Westerly Centaur Sloop
Sailboat
25′ 11″
Monohull
Since 1969
Overview
- Builder
- Westerly
- Model
- Centaur Sloop
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1969–1980
- Designer
- John Laurent Giles
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi masthead
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 25′ 11″ (7.90 m)
- Waterline length
- 21′ 8″ (6.61 m)
- Beam
- 8′ 6″ (2.59 m)
- Draft
- 3′ (0.91 m)
- Displacement
- 6,173 lb (2,800 kg)
- Ballast
- 2,800 lb (1,270 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 10–25 hp
- Fuel
- 12 gal (45 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 401 sq ft (37.3 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 1
- Berths
- 4
- Heads
- 1
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 19.1
- Displacement / length
- 271
- Ballast ratio
- 45%
- Capsize screening
- 1.85
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Twin keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 45 %
- Ballast type
- Cast iron
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Former French navigation category
- 2
- French customs tonnage
- 6.65 Tx
- Genoa area
- 240 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 133 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi masthead
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Solent area
- 182 ft²
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- 0 °
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Stormjib area
- 45 ft²
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.