Watch Westsail.com in the coming weeks as Nereus goes on the market. Here’s what we have so far:
Westsail 32 #101 Nereus
1973 Factory Finished
Hull # WSSF 0101 0773
Document #954063
LOA 32′
LWL 27′- 6″
Beam 11′- 0″
Draft 5′- 0″
Displacement 20,000 lbs.
Ballast 7,000 lbs.
Sail Area: 663 Sq. Ft.
Engine: Westerbeke 44B-Four
Engine: 44 HP
Fuel Tank Capacity: 76 gallons
Water Tank Capacity: 76 gallons
Comments: A proven cruiser with all of Bud’s major upgrades. The history of this boat is long and varied. The original owner owned the boat a short time and the second owners had the boat for 25 years, having sailed the whole west coast from Washington to the Panama Canal. The current owner purchased this boat twenty years ago, trucked it to Chicago and sailed the Great Lakes, the east coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. Both owners have lived aboard the boat at various times during its illustrious career. Now we are passing it along for you to plot your own adventures. Located in Ventura, CA, this boat can take you to the Channel Islands or across the Pacific. Any where you want to go, Nereus will take you safely and in comfort.
Accommodations: Nereus is a modified factory boat. Coming down the companion way, the typical “puzzle piece” steps and engine room enclosure have been replaced with an engine room door and a ladder. As expected, a stand-up nav station is to starboard and a U-shaped galley is to port. There is a cabinet overhead of the refrigerator box and shelf forward of the nav station above the wet locker. Moving forward, you’ll find the usual starboard-side pilot berth has been removed, opening up the settee with an entertainment center to starboard. There is a chart storage locker underneath the entertainment center. The usual dinette to port has been converted into a L-shaped dinette with the fold-up table attached to the refrigerator box. This really opens up the cabin. In fact, at one Westsail Rendezvous, we had 10 people aboard for dinner! There is a Balmar (Sigmar) diesel heater on the bulkhead next to the dinette keeping the whole boat warm and dry – it is gravity fed from the main diesel tanks. Forward of the main bulkhead, you’ll find the usual dresser/cabinet to starboard and head with shower pan to port. The V-berth is forward with cushion insert, making the whole v-berth one big bed.
Lighting through out is ABI 12V red/white fixtures and ABI 120V electric lights with a florescent lights in the head, galley, and engine room.
Deck & Hull: No teak decks to worry about. The entire top-sides were painted with Awl-grip in 2014. Non-skid is “medium” grit in the paint. Topside wood is varnished, including the beautiful mahogany rudder cheeks. Bowsprit was replaced with Bud’s Stainless bowsprit in 2013 and the boomkin was replaced with Bud’s stainless boomkin with radar arch and stainless rail tubing in 2014, making the cockpit very secure. Navigation lights are on teak boards in the rigging and there is an optional tai-color light at the masthead. There are 10 original ABI round port lights as expected with new gaskets. There is a traveler over the companion way forward of the dodger for mainsheet control. The dodger with weather cloths and Bimini cover are in the process of being replaced. New teak hand-holds have been installed. There is a teak hatch over the V-berth and the sliding companion way hatch was rebuilt in 2015.
Aft on the boomkin are a round Magma BBQ, two 20lb propane tanks with covers & solenoid, and a Cape Horn self-steering wind vane.
Hull was refinished with 5 coats of Interlux 2000E in 2004 and covered with ablative bottom paint. PropSpeed anti-foul on three-blade prop.
Galley:
U-shaped galley with plenty of storage.
Princess 3-burner gimbaled stove with oven
New Adler-Barbour refrigerator installed in 2014
Hot and cold pressure water
Microwave installed in nav station
Remote propane control
Glass rack for wine glasses and drinking glasses
Engine:
Westerbeke 44B-Four installed 2004
750 hours on engine
Prestolite – Leece Neville 105 amp alternator (with spare)
Vetus Dual-Stage waterlock muffler
Freshwater attachment for engine flush
Bud Taplin supplied stainless aluminum fuel tanks for 76 gallons of fuel
Racor spin-on fuel filters in engine room
Dedicated starting battery
Plumbing:
2 Bud Taplin supplied poly tanks for total of 76 gallons of fresh water
Deck fill
Whale Tip-Toe manual pump in galley with water filter
6-Gallon water heater with engine heating loop
Hot & cold pressure water
Shureflow pressure pump with accumulator tank
Pressure water inlet
All pressure water plumbed with color-coded PEX pipe (no vinyl hose)
Hot & cold pressure water in head with diverter faucet and shower head.
Shower pan and shower curtain
Groco HF Manual Head with sea water inlet
30 Gallon Todd holding tank under V-berth with stand pipe & deck pump out
Whale Guzzler holding tank pump (not installed)
Rule automatic bilge pump
Whale Manual bilge pump
Electrical:
Heart Interface 1500 inverter charger with remote control panel
Renogy Adventurer 30 amp solar controller
Kyocera 120 solar panel
Rutland 913 wind generator with Marlec HDRi controller
Boat wired with both 12 VDC and 120VAC
Heart Interface Pathmaker automatic battery combiner with remote (remote not installed)
House battery bank (currently one 4D battery), easily expandable
Dedicated 12V engine starting battery
Electronics:
Standard Horizon Eclipse+ VHF with RAM mic in cockpit (whip antenna at masthead)
Airmar depth & speed/temp transducers feed into Actisense DST Module for NMEA0183
Garmin 17x NMEA0183 HVS GPS antenna
LCJ Capteurs CV-7 Masthead Transducer with wind speed, direction, temp (NMEA0183)
iCom MXA-5000 AIS Receiver
Actisense NDC-4 NMEA0183 Multiplexer with USB interface
Insignia TV/HMDI Monitor (1360×768 – 720p) on Nav Station for primary navigation
Vizio TV/HDMI Monitor (1080p) in the salon for movies as secondary monitor
HDTV Antenna hooked to Vizio
Mac mini as aviation computer running OpenCPN and other software for navigation
Complete set of up-to-date electronic charts for US, including in-land rivers & waterways
NMEA0183 over TCP/IP on Apple TimeCapsule router for WIFI communications
Mast and Rigging:
LaFiell mast with tabernacle
Mid-boom sheeting with over-companion way traveler
Shaeffer 2100 roller furler on bow
Removable staysail stay
Loose-footed staysail
Main sheet Bronze Barlow winch on mast
Barlow on-mast winches for both head sail & staysail
Barlow winch on boom for reefing
NO BOOM GALLOWS – boom was shortened for performance
Boom toping lift
Bud Taplin supplied sheeting tracks with blocks on cap rails
Lewmar 30ST self-tailing winches for head sail
Barlow winches with Spinlock brakes for main & staysail sheet control
Block at masthead for spinnaker halyard
Spinnaker pole on deck
Running back stays
Cape Horn windvane self steering
Sails:
Kern Sails on deck:
Super Yankee on furler with Sunbrella cover
Loose-footed Staysail in bag on stay
Full-batten main on boom with two reef points
These sails are always ready to go!
Below in lockers:
Cruising spinnaker (well worn with repairs)
Spinnaker sock (good shape)
Storm stay sail (old – never used)
Storm tri-sail (old – never used)
Ground Tackle:
New Lewmar Delta 35 lb. anchor on bow roller as primary
300 feet of 3/8” chain in locker
Simpson Lawrence 555 Sea Tiger Windlass – rebuilt, but not yet used
22 lb Danforth on stern bracket with chain and rode in lazerette
22 lb Danforth – no chain or rode – stored in lazarette
Four oval hawse pipes with cleats aft and Sampson posts at the bow
Extras:
(2) West Marine Port Runner folding bicycles in Dahon bike bags
West Marine 9ft inflatable dingy with hi-pressure floor
Mercury 8hp 4-stroke outboard motor
Radar mount installed – old radar removed
Mid-ship boarding gate stations
Mahagony “Dingy” step for boarding
Ship’s bell
Clock/Barometer/Hygrometer on bulkhead
Window covers, fishing poles, and other miscellaneous gear stays.
Location:
Ventura Harbor, Ventura, CA
Price: $40,000
Contact:
Steve
