New to WOA Fairweather Hull #188

  • December 29, 2022 10:33 AM
    Message # 13038269

    Our family has just purchased a Westsail 32 in Portland, Oregon.  It was sold through Passion Yachts sailboat brokerage.  The boat apparently has spent most of its time in the fresh waters of the Columbia River.  The boats’s name was Pop Corn and it’s hull ID number shows that it was produced in June of 1974.  The Coast Guard Documentation shows that it was first registered in 1978.  I am assuming that the four years difference between the production date and registration is because it was likely sold as a kit boat because the owner transported it to Winchester, Idaho where it was completed.  If any members out there can give additional information I would appreciate it.  

    My wife, Cathy, and I purchased the boat with our son, Andrew.  He plans to live in the boat in Portland after we do some cleaning and repairs and eventually do some serious traveling in it.

  • December 29, 2022 2:45 PM
    Reply # 13038535 on 13038269

    Congratulations on your boat. You're in the right place for any Westsail questions that will arise. I'm also a new owner and the way to tell if you have a kit boat is seeing the letter K in the first four letters of your HIN . My boat was built August 74 and is hull #203 WSSF02030874 . Cool to see we're only a couple months apart.

    WSSF ( Factory )

    WSSK ( Kit )

    Happy New Year and again congratulations and welcome aboard 

    Last modified: January 02, 2023 10:37 PM | Anonymous member
  • December 30, 2022 8:02 AM
    Reply # 13039152 on 13038269

    Happy New  Year!

    Great to hear.I am also June 1974 #216 

    Now S/V Coco

  • December 30, 2022 12:45 PM
    Reply # 13039401 on 13038269

    Welcome to the family !

    Happy New Year too!