Hey guys, my wife and I are proud new owners of a W32 called Sandshoe and we are trying to research the history behind the boat. We are aware that she was involved in a crew rescue in the Bass Straight and that she was recovered to Lord Howe Island and thats about all we know. My wife and I along with our twin 20 month old girls are excited to take on the restoration and we are hoping you might be able to help us out with a little background info, and perhaps some technical info too e.g. age of the standing and running rigging, engine details perhaps - basically any info you have would be greatly appreciated by our family.

i don't have a boat on my list with that name.  With the hull number, I probably have the boat, under a previous name.

I replied to another post on this forum about the 33.  It is not a Westsail factory boat, but a boat built by an Australian company that used the same Atkins lines that Westsail used.