Westwind 24

Westwind 24

Development
Designer	Ted Hood
Location	Canada
Year	1966
Builder(s)	Paceship Yachts
Role	Cruiser
Name	Westwind 24
Boat
Displacement	4,630 lb (2,100 kg)
Draft	5.50 ft (1.68 m) with centreboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fibreglass
LOA	23.92 ft (7.29 m)
LWL	18.08 ft (5.51 m)
Beam	7.96 ft (2.43 m)
Engine type	outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	long keel and centreboard
Ballast	2,370 lb (1,075 kg)
Rudder(s)	internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	31.79 ft (9.69 m)
J foretriangle base	10.00 ft (3.05 m)
P mainsail luff	28.70 ft (8.75 m)
E mainsail foot	10.75 ft (3.28 m)
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	154.26 sq ft (14.331 m2)
Jib/genoa area	158.95 sq ft (14.767 m2)
Total sail area	313.21 sq ft (29.098 m2)
Racing
PHRF	231

The Westwind 24, also called the Paceship P 24, is a Canadian trailerable sailboat that was designed by Ted Hood as a cruiser and first built in 1966. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Production

The design was built by Paceship Yachts in Canada, starting in 1966, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Design

The Westwind 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed, rounded long keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 4,630 lb (2,100 kg) and carries 2,370 lb (1,075 kg) of lead ballast. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with the centreboard extended and 2.10 ft (0.64 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring. The motor is mounted in a well in the lazarette. ^{[1] [3]}

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on both sides, just aft of the bow cabin. The galley is equipped with a sink to port and an ice box to starboard. The head is located in the bow cabin under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is 66 in (168 cm) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal). ^{[1] [3]}

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. ^{[1] [3]}

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 231 and a hull speed of 5.7 kn (10.6 km/h). ^[3]

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by an active class club, The Paceship, but since the death of the club organizer the club is inactive, pending efforts to restart it. ^{[5] [6]}

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Ted Hood founded Hood Sailmakers, which during the 1960s turned into the world's largest sailmaker. Also in the 1960s he began designing yachts, and eventually became a boatbuilder, founding Little Harbor Yachts. In 1967 he designed the deep-bellied whalelike hull you see here for Paceship Yachts of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The design may look unconventional, but close inspection reveals some advantages. Above the waterline, the hull is quite conventional, but the lower midships section descends into a deep V down where ballast is most effective ... The hull depth also permits a lower cabin sole which together with a doghouse in the cabintop yields the most headroom compared to her comp[etitor]s. Best features: In general, owners seem quite satisfied with their choice of boat. Worst features: Despite her good headroom, plus cabin cabin sides which are very close to the gunwales (leaving very little room to walk forward), the boat has a lower Space Index than any of her comp[etitor]s." ^[3]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Westwind 24 (Paceship) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Ted Hood 1927 - 2013". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 302. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN   978-0-07-163652-0
4. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Paceship Yachts Ltd. 1962 - 1981". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Paceship/AMF Yachts Website". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
6. "The Pacehip". paceship.org. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022. We're working on reactivating the webpages of Paceship.ORG and the related domains. The creator, Jay Moran, passed and through the kindness of his daughter, the site has been saved. The domains have been moved and we have a copy of the Windows server files.