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Westsail the World
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Note
Acknowledgements
Prose by Bill Crealock
Drawings and Pictures of the Westsail Boats
Westsail History
A Little Westsail History
100 Years New - Westsail
Weaving the Dream
Why a Westsail
Cruising, the Good Life Afloat
A Search for the Boat of Our Dreams
Dreamers, Wannabies, and Doers
Sail Far and Live Slowly
Selling a Westsail; Selling a Dream
Are These Boats Worth It
Owners Association
Start of the Westsail Owners Association
Westsail Owners Association
Westsail Rendezvous
Two Boats and a Six-pack
Westsail Greeter
Owners Boatbuilding
To Build a Boat
A Shipyard Heist
What Did I Get Myself Into
The Sea, the CIA, the Westsail 32, and Me
Sail a Westsail 32 Ketch for Thrills
Walking the Docks Can Change Your Life
Going Nowhere. The Story of Tahara, a Westsail 32
Small World Refit
The Resin Crunch of 1973
Maintaining a Westsail
Maintaining a Westsail
Spring Outfitting
Sea Trials
Cruising Stories
Westsail, Kids and Cruising
What We Didn’t Have
A Great Lunch – A Good Dunking
My First Singlehanded Offshore Passage
Night Passage, Abacos, Little Harbor, Nassau, Bahamas
Baja Bash; A Wonderful Memory of Mexico
A Close Encounter
Getting to Know a Westsail 42 Named Elan
A Crew’s Perspective
Night Sailing - Fantasy – Space Pilot
An Interesting Day at Anchor
Recollections of a Cruise on the Canals of France
Racing
Westsails through the Eyes of a Single-Handed Offshore Racer
Recollections of 1988 Hawaii Race
A Cruiser Racing a Westsail
Tortuga Across the Pacific
The Perfect Storm
True Story of Satori and The Perfect Storm
Making of The Perfect Storm Movie
Sailing Mishaps
Survival Stories
Dragging a W32 up a Dirt Road
Pilot's Demise
Capsize in the Southern Ocean
On the Rocks
Why You Don’t Tow a Dinghy
A Decision to Reluctantly Abandon Ship
Memories and Emotions
A Ships Departure
Reality Smack in the Face
Message in a Bottle
Happiness is Being Aboard my Westsail
Tributes
Tribute to Paula
Mr. Westsail
Appendix