westphal one design sailboat

Westphal one design

The westphal one design is a 28.33ft fractional sloop designed by david westphal and built in fiberglass between 1967 and 1969., 26 units have been built..

The Westphal one design is a light sailboat which is a high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat.

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I'm looking to buy a Westphal 28 One - Design that's fairly inexpensive and fairly close to me. But I know absolutely nothing about them. I've read on sailboatdata.com that most were destroyed in a Hurricane in the 80s and that they had a unique stowable tender in the cockpit design but the only pictures I can find of it are two of the bow of the one for sale, and no other information. I'd really like to know what I'm getting myself into if I buy this.  

Warren Milberg

As a sailor who has bought 5 used sailboats over the past 40 years, as well as worked as a broker, my advice to buyers of used boats is to buy (1) well-known name brands and (2) with an eye on the future when you sell it. It is a lot harder to sell a lesser-known, or unknown, make of boat when you eventually "move up" (or out).  

I'll be honest, I don't believe I'll have much interest in reselling it. I tend to have a strong attachment to the first of anything I buy  

rickkinross

Still looking? Check this out. http://cbmm.org/boat-donation/1968-westphal-28-one-design-sloop-2236/  

I am giving my Westphal away....trailer, sails, this is Hull one, it's a classic ....would like to find a good home for it  

Hi Amesick Did you get your westphal ? I've been contacted buy a guy that has one for sale at a great price . He contacted me as I have a 46 ft westphal. I also think the reason they don't seem as common is maybe because once you bought one you would never want to sell it . They are amazing boats . Thanks woody  

Mac1 said: I am giving my Westphal away....trailer, sails, this is Hull one, it's a classic ....would like to find a good home for it Click to expand

Sunday, Feb 26th, 2017 Dear Mac; Is this still available? Thank you for the responsive message. Elliot Miller (305) 861-1313 - Realtor [email protected] emiller at the hyphen beach dot net  

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The history and design of the racing dinghy

Pt 1.31 – “Of all models and builds”: US one designs 1895-1925

The late 1800s and early 1900s seem to be a period of turbulent growth in American centreboarder sailing. The sandbagger era was over. The canoes and the Raters had been almost killed by their excesses. The industrialisation of the Delaware had killed the tuckups. In their place came a shift to the one design concept, but a version that was quite different to the one we hold today.

The rise of the one designs in the USA was, as WP Stephens noted, “a protest against the extremes of modern racing” under simplistic rating systems and restricted class rules that had created expensive and fragile racing machines that quickly became obsolete.  It was an issue that ran from the elite Seawanhaka Cup racers all the way down to local club level. As early as 1887, Forest and Stream had recognised the difficulty;  “there are thousands of miles of water throughout the United States and Canada which are suitable for sailing and racing in small boats with as much benefit and as keen sport to the sailor as is found in yachts of the largest class. Already these streams and rivers float an immense pleasure fleet of canoes, sailing skiffs, catboats and similar crafts”.  The problem lay in organising fair racing between such a variety of boats. “At first the fleet includes a lot of odd boats of all models and builds, perhaps a few rowboats with sprit sails, a duckboat or two, a sneakbox, and a few canoes, the dimensions varying from 12 to 16ft., with beam from 2 ½ to 5ft…..It is an extremely difficult matter for a rule which will afford fair racing to the mixed fleet of boats, canoes and sneakboxes that are usually found in first forming a club, and yet it is necessary that all be given a fair chance.” The technology of the time allowed for no such rule. The racing machines always won. One designs seemed to be the answer.

As Stephens wrote, the move to one designs arose “with no concerted action on the part of clubs and associations”. It also occurred in an era when the concept that “one-design boats….are confined to special local waters” was almost universal.  “The idea seemed to be that each club must have a distinctive one-design class of its own, a boat especially designed for its particular weather conditions and different from any other one-design class” explained George W. Elder, who bought into a local 22′ Long Island Sound one design in 1914. “In other words a one-design class was considered a strictly local proposition and the private property of a given club. That was fine for the designers, but it isolated every group of small boat skippers and prevented them, as well as the clubs, from having any interests in common.”

The logistical issues of getting small boats from club to club in those days before trailers and hoists were part of the problem, but so was the mindset.  As late as the early 1920s, Elder claimed, “the hundreds of little one-design classes, each restricted to one club, were keeping yachtsmen apart.”  One design sailors, he wrote, “just could not visualize any small one-design being successfully developed on a widespread scale. Their yachting horizon was limited. They knew that yachts were being raced in some other places, but it was too far away to amount to much. It is difficult to understand such a frame of mind today, but conditions were very different them.”

The parochial viewpoint that Elder lamented and the lack of cooperation between clubs and associations meant that the idea of joining forces to create national classes was foreign to most sailors. Even when two clubs did adopt the same design, often they had so little interest in building a wider class that they would call it by a different name. Many sailors probably believed that no one design class could survive long enough to spread from coast to coast as the Universal Rule rating yachts had done, for the horizon of early one designs seemed to be limited in time as well as in space. Sailors, sailing journalists (who were normally vocally against one designs, claiming they stopped the development of the sport) and designers commonly expected that interest in such small local classes would fade away within two to three seasons; as late as 1902, WP Stephens found it notable that the Newport 30s had survived for seven years.

This mindset meant that just when small boat sailing was growing, it became largely restricted to small and isolated pockets of local one designs that sprang up in a confusing array of widely different classes, with no national classes or overall structure.  There were classes derived from Raters, and fishing dories, from little duck-hunting “sneakboxes”, from scows, sharpies, skiffs and skipjacks, from rowing dinghies, prams and working catboats. Dozens of types appeared and faded, leaving no influence on the wider world of dinghy design. Small boat sailing had become a disorganised and localised sport without a high-profile type such as the canoes or sandbaggers. Just when centreboarders had taken over the lead in design development, they retreated into local racing and the shadow of the big yachts.

Many of the small US local classes were specifically designed for young sailors. In Elder’s words, “these were the days of the large yacht, when racing was a rich man’s game….. small boats were considered playthings for boys”.  Once young sailors had learned the ropes, they were to move into a “real” boat – one that carried lead and was 25 ft long or more. There was no almost US equivalent to the contemporary expensive high-performance adult centreboarders that were sailed in places like England and Australia; perhaps there was no place for them in the colder waters, lighter winds and more affluent society of the USA’s sailing heartlands.

Given the credibility boost that the Seawanhaka Cup gave to small boat racing, it was not surprising that some clubs adopted Raters or similar types, such as the modified versions of Question that were sailed at Yale Corinthian YC. Some of them were designed by the top designers of the day, like Herreshoff, Clinton Crane, but they seem to have been comparatively expensive boats and few of them seem to have survived long or spread far. One of the most popular types, and perhaps the last survivor, was the Herreshoff 15 footers. Over one hundred were built for three clubs, but in the typical style of the day instead of sharing a single design that could allow interclub racing, each club had its own variation on the basic design. As George Elder wrote, clubs “wanted a special class of their own…unless the designer made some changes, he would hardly feel entitled to his fee.”

The expensive Rater-style one designs were an exception. Most one design fleets were modelled off the bewildering variety of cheap local working and hunting craft that had been bred by the diversity of America’s waterways. One of the first and most popular such types was the dory. In the 1890s, dory racing became popular around Massachusetts, with the usual sequence of events;  “each season there would be new boats built of a newer design and perhaps larger in some ways, and would consequently be faster, which would mean that the owners of the old craft must sell at a great sacrifice and get a new one. After a while it got too expensive and the interest died out”.

The result was the formation of the one design Swampscott Club dory class in 1898. The ubiquitous and versatile Charles Mower designed the boat, which retained the dory style “because it could be built and maintained for much less than any other type”.  The Swampscott sailors were an evangelical lot who promoted their class to other clubs and formed the Massachusetts Racing Dory Association in 1903. It may well have been the first class association of the modern style in the sport. Previously classes had been run by more general bodies like the American Canoe Association, regional sailing associations or a powerful club.

Within a few years there were fleets of Swampscott Dories and the related Massachusetts Racing Dory restricted class as far north as Nova Scotia, west to the Great Lakes, as far south to the Panama Canal Zone, and apparently as far east as Holland. A 1907 challenge between the Nova Scotia and Massachusetts fleets may have been the first international event for an indigenous American dinghy type, and fittingly the US team dominated. In 1908, Massachusetts sailor George Gardiner Fry (a man who could afford a big boat but preferred a small one) won an international event in Holland, although I can find no details about the event at all.

Despite the promising start, dory racing seems to have quickly faded so completely that few traces remain. Perhaps the problem was that in the typical chaotic style of the era, many clubs adopted similar but not identical one-design or restricted classes. Perhaps the Swampscott Dory’s low initial stability was another problem; most boats it inspired, like the Indian One Design and the Gravesend Knockabout, had firmer bilges and wider sterns. Sadly, not only is the class long dead but even the Swampscott Dory Club itself, once so keen and innovative, is now a social club with no interest in sailing or the boat they created.

Further south in Massachusetts around the same time, the 14ft Cotuit Skiff was developed as the “Mosquito” class for an unusual club reserved for unmarried people under 25. The Cotuit Skiff was derived from from local hard chine clamming and oyster skiffs, and remarkably it has survived to the present day almost unchanged – even tiller extensions are still banned.  At one time few more than half a dozen Cotuit Skiffs were left active, but the classic boat resurgence has seen fleets climb to 30 and sometimes more. As with so many other classes of its day, the Cotuit Skiff remained a local class only.

In the same area and around the same time, the brilliant America’s Cup designer, aircraft creator and poet Starling Burgess created the Brutal Beast, named after his Great Dane dog. Another hard chine 14 ft catboat with a wide (6ft2in) beam, by the 1930s it was so popular around Marblehead that it had to be sailed in several divisions. Like many classes, the boats built for many fleets differed slightly, which would have done little to help the class grow widespread momentum. The Brutal Beast died out in the ’60s, apparently killed by construction costs and probably the move to more widespread classes.

Several other classes followed the same general (and logical) style of hard-chine catboat. There were designs like the Cricket, St Petersburg One Design, Flattie and Shelter Island Sharpie mentioned earlier. The 14ft Sea Mew, a design from The Rudder, was sailed on the Gulf, Pacific and Atlantic coasts and on the Great Lakes. Some can still be found in California, but widespread class racing never seems to have become organised.

The most popular of all the hard chine cat-rigged classes was the Snowbird, designed in 1921 by boatbuilder Willis J Reid and quickly adopted by several clubs around Boston. The Snowbird also became popular around southern California, and when Los Angeles was chosen as the host for the 1932 Olympics it was the obvious choice for the singlehander in an era when local cities traditionally chose a local boat.

In the typical style of the era, the Snowbird’s loose rules meant that in California many of the earlier boats and those built for hire fleets soon became uncompetitive, but in the ’50s and ’60s the annual “Flight of the Snowbirds” race around Newport Harbour attracted over 150 boats, making it allegedly the world’s biggest one-class sailing event.  The Snowbird’s weight and construction cost killed the Californian class in the late 1960s, although there’s one mention of them sailing at Quincy YC in Massachusetts, one of the original clubs, as late as 1982. But despite a “national” association, its brief Olympic glory, its popularity in Southern California and its toehold in the east, like so many other designs of its era the Snowbird remained essentially a local class.

Many other catboats followed the more traditional round-bottomed form. One of the smaller and longest-lasting ones is the Beetle Cat, designed in 1921 as a junior boat and still not only racing today, but still being built in traditional timber planked construction.

Oddly enough, few of the local US classes followed the style of the classic round-bilge sailing dinghy or oar-and-sail boats. Small groups of 12 and 14 footers could be found along the southern shore of the Great Lakes and the New York Canoe Club adopted a one design dinghy, but until Frostbite sailing evolved there seems to have been few US equivalents of the International 12 or the British classes that were to form the genesis of the International 14. Sailors of the USA stuck firmly to a preference for types developed as working and hunting boats.

One of the oldest and most popular types that was developed from hunting boats was was the Sneakbox, which evolved on the lagoon-like waters of Barnegat Bay in New Jersey south of New York. The Sneakbox is one of those rare traditional types that can be traced back to being the creation of one individual, boatbuilder and enthusiastic wildfowler Captain Hazelton Seaman. About 1836, he developed the low-sided spoon-bowed boat he called a “devil’s coffin”, but which others called the Sneakbox.   The typical hunting sneakbox was only about 12 ft long, so it could easily be paddled, poled or sailed and lifted over patches of land and marsh. They were almost completely decked over, with a crowned deck. The low profile allowed the sneakbox to slip up to unsuspecting wildfowl, while the wide decks allowed them to handle the windy waters of Barnegat Bay. Equipped with a cockpit cover and an offset centreboard to keep the cockpit clear, the hardy hunters could sleep aboard a 12 ft Sneak Box for days.

The unique structural design dispensed with the normal keel timber; instead it relied for longitudinal strength on the planking itself. The keel-less structure and rounded bow sections allowed builders to simply run the planks up to the gunwales at the bow, rather than taking on the complex job of fitting them to a conventional stem. Many Sneakboxes were built with frames that followed different parts of a master curve to further simplify construction and cut costs.

As the renowned historian Howard Chapelle noted, “the sneak box, being practically a small racing scow in model, is a very fast boat under sail when properly modelled, rigged, and fitted” and racing and cruising sailors started adopting and adapting the Sneak Box late in the 19th century. To the apparent disgust of observers like Chapelle they abandoned the offset centreboard and moved it to the conventional centreline position, which required the boat to be extended to about 15ft to maintain sufficient cockpit space.

In 1875, Nathaniel Bishop sailed a sneakbox from Pittsburgh to the Gulf of Mexico and made the type famous with his book “Four Months in a Sneak Box”. By the 1890s, sneakbox racing had developed in 16 to 18 footers which soon developed into 20 foot sandbaggers. The 20 foot sandbagger Sneak Boxes sound like beasts of boats, carrying up to eight crew and 35 30lb sandbags and hard both on the crew who had to throw the bags from side to side, and on the helmsmen, who often required a second man to handle the weather helm. In 1914, the versatile designer Charles D Mower, of Lark and Swallow fame, created a lighter 20ft “sneakbox” that was basically an inland racing scow. The Mower type was a sneakbox in name only (as Chapelle noted, the yachtsmen had basically ‘improved’ the sneak box out of existence) and it was itself made obsolete in the 1920s by true inland scows from the Midwest. Barnegat Bay remains the eastern-most stronghold of the inland Scow classes.

But after the 20 foot sneakboxes died out, the smaller versions kept on sailing on Barnegat Bay and far further afield. Boatbuilder J H Perrine, whose grandfather had built one of the very first sneak boxes, built almost 3,000 sneak boxes from 1900 to 1958. From 1918, strong fleets of Perrine-built 15 Foot Sneak Boxes developed around Barnegat Bay and in pockets along the US east coast and even into other countries. Strong club fleets and a regatta circuit developed in Barnegat Bay, with most of the racing restricted to sailors under 17 and only boats built by Perrine and one other builder were allowed. Weighing in at 400lb, they cost only $225 and performed well for their time, although an old yardstick seems to indicate that they were barely faster than a Mirror and slower than a Sunfish. The 15 ft Sneak Box was claimed to be perhaps the most widespread one design in the world, with some 3,000 boats spread across the world, but although the Barnegat Bay fleet formed probably the biggest centre of junior racing in the USA the 15 ft Sneak Box never seemed to become organised as a widespread class. An even smaller version, the 12 ft Duck Boat, was designed in 1951 and became an established junior class around Barnegat Bay.

The performance of the smaller Sneak Boxes seems to be the subject of dispute; some early fans praised their seaworthiness while others called them tender, hard to steer in a breeze, and prone to nosediving. Others steer a middle course and say that while they do not handle when when pressed hard and unforgiving of bad handling,  they are safe when sailed conservatively and well.

Despite their spread, their popularity and the strong class scene around Barnegat Bay, the Sneakbox had oddly little effect on the general course of dinghy design. Even in its home waters, it almost died out decades ago. As historian Eric Stark noted, it took much longer to build than a chine boat, took more time to maintain, could only carry a small crew, and it was hard to make in fiberglass. Not surprisingly, the arrival of Optis, Sunfish and Lasers carved a swathe through the ranks of the Sneak Boxes. Today, results show only a half a dozen 15 Footers apparently racing regularly. But the Sneakbox is part of the history of Barnegat Bay, an area that has its own sailing culture and history, and once a year local sailors dragged out their old 12 Ft Duck Boat sneak boxes together for an event they call the “Duck Boat worlds”.  For years, the Duck Boat Worlds has been sponsored by philanthropist Phil Kellogg (a classic boat fanatic, who helped revive the bigger local catboats and paid for the replica Sandbaggers Bull and Bear) who provides a donation to charity for each Duck Boat that came to the line. Today the Duck Boat Worlds sees a fleet of  70 or more restored 12 ft Sneakboxes (and even one or two new ones) crossing the line every summer.

But the traditional sneakbox was more than boat for summer racing; it was a boat for winter work, and the ‘box or one of its descendants may have developed that heritage to be the fastest sailing dinghy in history. One of the sneak boxes’s tricks was that it became an amphibious boat in the winter. When the shallow waters of Barnegat Bay started to ice over, the rounded hull and sloping bow of the sneak box allowed it to be dragged onto the ice and even sail over it, steered by dragging a pole. Sneak box sailors claimed to hit speeds of up to 40mph as they careered across the ice.

While the racing sneak boxes of Barnegat Bay were evolving into boats for “soft water” only, further north in the Great South Bay of Long Island off New York a descendant of was evolving the other way. The Great South Bay freezes, but because it’s sea ice it is often rough, unstable and full of “air holes” or patches of unfrozen liquid water. Back in the 1800s, hunters and lifesavers found themselves blocked by the Bay in winter; a normal boat could not cross the ice unless it was dragged on a sled, while a normal iceboat could not handle the rough ice or the water gaps in between.

The answer was the South Bay Scooter, a development of the sneak box . Like the sneak box, the Scooter could be rowed, poled or sailed over both the water and the ice, but it soon developed lower freeboard and a shape aimed more at ice sailing. Instead of the sneak box’s standard cat rig, the Scooter developed a sloop sailplan with a long bowsprit, to allow the boat to be steered on ice by easing the jib in and out. Inevitably, they also started racing during the winter.

“Roughly, the scooter is a Barnegat “sneak box”, mounted on runners” said one 1909 guide to building a Scooter. “This craft will sail in the water as well as on ice, consequently the sailor does not fear soft ice or air-holes, but sails merrily along taking ice or water, whichever happens to be in his course….when crossing an air-hole less than forty or fifty feet…the speed of the scooter, with a good wind, is sufficient to carry her across and out on the ice again in jig time…This ability to pop in and out of the water constitutes a novel sensation and makes scootering a very fascinating sport”.

“No scooter sailor would call the day complete unless he had dashed into and out of a dozen or more air holes” wrote a Scooter sailor in Rudder. “The water, cleaved as if by a shot hurled from a cannon, is thrown into the air a distance of twenty feet, completely shrouding the schooter from view until, with speed little diminished, it glides smoothly and triumphantly out upon the ice at the other side of the opening” said one account.

As they developed the Scooters became optimised more for ice sailing, and by the early 1900s they were capable of averaging 27 knots around a course. By the 1940s they had developed roachy full-battened pocket luff rigs, but the hull had wasted away to little more than a board-like platform for the rig and runners.

Today, the Scooters reach 50 knots or more on the ice – way faster than any sailing dinghy, but they can no longer sail on “soft” water.  Well, actually, they can – but only for short distances. Scooter sailors still delight in finding waterholes in the ice and planing across them. The problem is that, like a waterski or a sinker sailboard, the modern Scooter is so low on buoyancy that it sinks when it drops off the plane. If they don’t get to the ice on the other side of the hole soon enough, the Scooter and Scooter-ers will end up in icy water.  Scooter sailors, obviously a strange breed, think the occasional swim in icy water is all part of a good day’s sailing. And who’s going to argue with members of a class that can claim to have been the fastest-sailing dinghy ever??

round-bowed little lug riggers”:- The Rudder   . At the time they had just been changed to gunters of 96 sq ft. See also Yachting feb 1914

“There were 18 foot Prams in Portland Oregon”:- Rudder May 1911 and

“WP Stephens, never a fan of the scow type”:- ‘One Design Classes in Yachting’, WP Stephens, Outing 1902 p 481

“The influence of the Seawanhaka Cup”:- ‘Fifteen-Footers from a Massachussets Standpoint”, Forest and Stream, April 9 1904

“”The idea seemed to be that each club must have a distinctive one-design class of its own’:- Forty Years Among the Stars”, George W Elder p 36

” “wanted a special class of their own…unless the designer made some changes, he would hardly feel entitled to his fee.”  Elder p 44

“”the hundreds of little one-design classes, each restricted to one club, were keeping yachtsmen apart.” George W Elder and Ernest Ratsey, ‘The International Star Class’ in Sailing Craft, Schottle (ed) 1928

“”these were the days of the large yacht, when racing was a rich man’s game….. small boats were considered playthings for boys”. Elder and Ratsey, ibid. Numerous biographies of US yachtsmen of the day show them being bought yachts of 30 ft or longer when still in their teens or early 20s.

““each season there would be new boats built of a newer design and perhaps larger in some ways:”- Forest and Stream Jan 21 1905

“The Swampscott sailors were an evangelical lot”:- ‘The Massachusetts Racing Dory Association” by J Samuel Hodge, Fore’n’Aft, April 1907

“A 1907 challenge between the Nova Scotia and Massachusetts fleet”:- Fore’n’Aft October 1907. Part of the US domination was because they hiked until “there was nothing in the boat but their feet” which is just one more piece of evidence contradicting Antipodean sailors who claim that they created the art of keeping a dinghy afloat by hiking.

“They included the Cohasset YC one design class, modelled off WP Stephens’ Scarecrow”:-  Forest and Stream, Oct 10 1895.

“The typical hunting sneakbox was only about 12 ft long”:- American Small Sailing Craft; their design, development and construction, Howard I Chapelle, 1951, p 214.

“as Chappelle noted, the yachtsmen had basically ‘improved’ the sneak box out of existence”:- American Small Sailing Craft p 211. This was probably a reference more to the 20 footers than to smaller Sneak Boxes, which still bore a strong resemblance to the originals.

“built almost 3,000 sneak boxes from 1900 to 1958”:- Eric Stark, Wooden Boat magazine issue 47.

“As historian Eric Stark noted”:- Eric Stark, Wooden Boat magazine issue 47.

“”I n winter when used for gunning,” Sailing Craft TBA

” “No scooter sailor would call the day complete unless he had dashed into and out of a dozen or more air holes” The Rudder. Vol 17 1906 p253

“The water, cleaved as if by a shot hurled from a cannon, is thrown into the air a distance of twenty feet, completely shrouding the schooter from view until, with speed little diminished, it gliges smoothly and triumphantly out upon the ice at the other side of the opening”. Sci Am

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A former sailing journalist and magazine editor, I was lucky enough to grow up in Sydney, one of the world's sailing hotspots and to win national and state championships in classes like J/24s, Windsurfer One Designs, offshore racers, Laser Radial open, Windsurfer OD Masters, Raceboard Masters and Laser Radial Masters, to get into the placings in a few other classes, and do a few Sydney to Hobarts. View all posts by cthom249

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Really appreciate this informative post. Came here for the Snowbird, but learned so much about other interesting classes. Do you have more information or contacts on the East Coast Snowbird fleets? I’d love to see more period photos and find other survivors, but it’s hard finding very much information on this class.

We own fully-restored hull #344 (titled as built by McClure Boatbuilding in 1952). It somehow ended up near Delaware Bay and has been sailed around Chesapeake since at least 2011 or so, but originated in the Newport Beach, CA area. If I’m not mistaken, it can be seen rounding marker #3 in a still and video from the 1954(?) Flight of the Snowbirds race. The purchase included a neat, undated postcard photo of that race, one that I haven’t seen on UC Irvine Library’s online archives of photos taken by Hugh R. McMillan.

Hi Emil, and thanks for your note. I’ll chase up some other information about the Snowbird and send it to you over the next week or two. The lack of available information on the Snowbird is odd considering how popular it once was. Cheers!

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> > Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. 31-01-2017, 22:34   Boat: T33, Nexus dory where information that the fleet was damaged came from. Here is my Westphal story. Back in the 1970's I was visiting a Star class who had recently returned from with the fleet. His photos included of a lovely long and lean low freeboard fractional rigged daysailor with separate for and crew. The "drivers" seat faced forward and was equipped with seat backs and a mid station for both . The looked very comfortable and fast. My Star friend was dismissive of such comfort, but I was captivated. A few years later in Tennessee one of the Westphal daysailors turned up on Watts Bar Lake . I bought that boat and sailed her for many years. There is something very sweet about really skinny with fine entry and exit carrying 63% ballast ratio. That ratio is achieved by employing low freeboard for the construction is robust. It is my guess that you and I have very different Westphal models though I suspect the high quality of construction is common to both . My daysailor has long been in in the SE and needs to be restored. I currently live 4500 miles NW of the Westphal, but do sail in the . Perhaps our paths will cross one day so that we may discuss our boats. My long neglected Westphal daysailor needs a good home. Should someone wish to restore such a vessel proff of intent and capacity to carry the to completion, plus the value of a bottle of George Duckle, would see me helping build a . 04-02-2017, 12:48   Boat: Judel/Vrolijk 33 2 of them told me that a substantial part of the fleet were destroyed in a . I also read the that the first boats had a or integrated into the design. Since we know that Mr Westphal is still around, we may be able to have him provide the real story. rb 23-09-2017, 08:57   bag it to get it up. My son and I planned to restore it but his youth sailing got in the way. We continued to sail it as rough as she was but had fun. Hurricane Irma put a small hole in her and broke the stay mount on the . I,m afraid this time she going to the land fill. My son has graduated and left for and I have several other boat projects that won't require as much or $$$$$ to restore. I know and worked with David. I will call him and see if he is interested answering any questions. He is an incredible man with never ending talent. (we can't forget Loretta his wife who is the "rock" behind Dave). I have , , and the if if any one is interested. Richard 24-09-2017, 05:44   Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt) 24-09-2017, 06:48   and would entertain the idea of restoring one of these Westphal as it seems a horrible waste to see them go. Seeing there are two of them in this thread I would think you would be able to put together a solid boat. I am a furniture designer/ and have facilities for of and to manufacture wooden parts as needed. Nice area next to my shop building to store the hull/s. Used to own an old Yankee one design from 1937 that was also fractional rigged designed by Sterling Burgess that sailed like a witch. The Westphal daysailer brings back fond memories of sailing her so long ago. Drop me a PM if you think we could all out something to keep them alive. Brock 24-09-2017, 11:41   in the keys 10-10-2017, 21:18   Boat: T33, Nexus dory 26-02-2020, 20:02   Boat: Seafarer 36c her to my marina where I live and work. Replace some running , sort a few standing rig issues. Get her a haulout pronto, clean bottom and take this pretty girl out for a sail. She hasn't been out for fun in a while. Actually I haven't either so it's a date. She'll be fun to work on, super simple and great access. Very sexy, long and skinny with great lines. I bet she could be rowed if needed albeit slowly. She's a solid boat in need of a little TLC. One owners since new in 1968. PO's said she was #30 but haven't seen it on the boat anywhere yet. I'm hoping someone might have pics of other Westphal 28s. Maybe even some literature or sales info. I'm curious if the running rig set up is stock or modified. She was raced alot here in .             26-02-2020, 23:03   in governers harbour . Getting ready for the front coming in . I’ll send the Westphals A copy your lovely post in the morning. I also think it’s about time we had a Westphal sailboat owners page . Speak soon 27-02-2020, 02:58   Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt) 27-02-2020, 04:27   Boat: Seafarer 36c generations sailed her. They were troubled over letting her go but pleased of her new home. I would really love to find and see some more info about these lovely boats. Questions to ask about the design, rig and . Etc. Any help / info would be appreciated   01-03-2020, 10:55   06-03-2020, 06:13   Boat: Seafarer 36c layout and see how it works. Mine is new to me, haven't sailed her yet but anxious. Thanks, Kevin 11-02-2021, 08:04   Boat: Westphal 38, 38.5' 11-02-2021, 14:25   Thread Tools Rate This Thread : Posting Rules post new threads post replies post attachments edit your posts is are code is are are are - - - - - - - Privacy Guaranteed - your email is never shared with anyone, opt out any time. Review of Westphal One Design Basic specs.. The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all. The boat equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed. Sailing characteristics This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats. What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)? The capsize screening value for Westphal One Design is 1.71, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races. What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed? The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.1 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed. The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Westphal One Design is about 84 kg/cm, alternatively 470 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 84 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 470 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch. Sailing statistics This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points. What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)? What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)? What is Displacement Length Ratio? SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio) Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind: - Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15 - Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20 - Racers have ratios above 20 - High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24 Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 20.11 Maintenance If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful. Usage Length Diameter Jib sheet 8.6 m (28.3 feet) 10 mm (3/8 inch) Genoa sheet 8.6 m (28.3 feet) 10 mm (3/8 inch) Mainsheet 21.6 m (70.8 feet) 10 mm (3/8 inch) Spinnaker sheet 19.0 m (62.3 feet) 10 mm (3/8 inch) This section is reserved boat owner's modifications, improvements, etc. Here you might find (or contribute with) inspiration for your boat. Do you have changes/improvements you would like to share? Upload a photo and describe what you have done. We are always looking for new photos. If you can contribute with photos for Westphal One Design it would be a great help. If you have any comments to the review, improvement suggestions, or the like, feel free to contact us . Criticism helps us to improve. Most Popular One-Design Sailboats ‍ Key Takeaways A class-legal boats race is for you to compete without special modifications to the boat Small boats are typically one-design but some can be up to 30 feet in length The two most popular one-design boat brands are Laser and Sunfish Each class association is governed by the US Sailing organization Youth sailors greatly benefit from one-design classes to help shape sailing skills ‍ One-design class sailboats come in a variety of shapes and sizes. But what are the most popular one-design sailboats? Popular one-design sailboats include Laser, 49er, I-420, and Ideal 18. Some popular multihull one-design boats are A-Cat, Isotope, and Hobie 16. Various one-design boat brands will cater to specific races and sailor’s needs in order to provide the best experience. In my experience the Laser is one of the popular one-design brands in existence due to its rich history and sailors loyalty to the brand. Many other brands are right up there with it in terms of quality and performance. Table of contents ‍ Top 15 Popular One-Design Sailboats One-design sailboats are an international class of boats meant for solo sailing and racing. One-design racing incorporates virtually identical boats and some of the popular brands today have the best representation of the design class. The Laser is the most popular racing dinghy across the world. It is a one-design sailboat they use in Olympic regatta and other world sailing events. There have been over 200,000 of these sold worldwide and they feature three rig setups to accommodate anyone that enjoys dinghy sailing. The 49er is another sailboat that is considered among the best of world class racing sailboats. This small sailboat is a double handed skiff and requires that you have plenty of skill to handle it. The popularity has exploded since its debut in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The I-420 is a one-design class sailboat that is sailed around the world. It is commonly used in sailing schools and clubs for sailors that want to hone their skills as a dinghy racer. This boat is classified as an Olympic Development Class for all athletes trying to join the Olympics. If you are wanting a blend of high performance competitive sailing without being too difficult then the 470 is the perfect boat. This incredible boat was introduced in the 1976 Montreal Olympics and is still currently used today for many of the races for design classes in the Olympics. These boats are used for the men’s and women’s double handed racing. A popular one-design keelboat is the Ideal 18 that requires skill rather than any special rigging to win a race. It is one of the easiest boats to rig and is best for single handed sailing. You can use either a roller furling jib or self tacking jib to accommodate your sailing needs. The A-Cat is part of the International A-Class and is an international developmental class for multihull one-design sailboats. It is 18 feet in length and is regarded as one of the fastest dinghy sailboats in existence. They mirror the quality used in the America’s Cup and are used in many races across North America. Another one-design multihull that many sailors are switching to is the Isotope . This one-design class is a registered Formula 16HP class boat. At just 16 feet it is one of the fastest one-design multihulls out there. The Hobie 16 is a one-design multihull sailboat that is one of the most iconic sailboats. It is in the Sailing Hall of Fame and is easy to sail. Sailors have loved this boat for over 45 years with over 100,000 sold worldwide. The 29er is the younger sibling to the 49er one-design sailboat. This boat is a bit more advanced and perfect for youth that are wanting to take the next step up to the 49er. It has a race class devoted to it and is a great alternative to the Laser series if you have difficulty finding one. A one-design boat that is geared towards a variety of uses does not get any better than the J/30 . It has the appeal of a racer cruiser and can accommodate all different types of sailing experience. This is perfect for those that want to race but not be tied down to limited options on the boat. For youth that need a great starter one-design boat the Nacra 15 is a perfect option. It is a semi-foiling multihull that requires teamwork and is perfect for those that are building up the skills to one day be in the Olympics. At just under 16 feet it offers the ease of transportation anywhere the water is available. The Atlantic is a classic one-design sailboat that is 30 feet in length and is fast. It has a keel and offers stability while remaining fast on the water. For nearly 100 years this 30 foot one-design has been at the top of its class. Catalina 22 The Catalina 22 was one of the first boats inducted in the 1995 Sailboat Hall of Fame for good reason. It helped revolutionize the trailerable sailboat market and is a great one-design boat for sailing. It is great for the entire family and can be passed on for generations if taken care of properly. A popular one-design sailboat that typically needs three or four people to sail is the J/22 . Hundreds of J/22 boats have sailed over the years since it was used in the 2004 Olympics. Its design allows it to remain competitive against older boats due to the strict one-design class. The most iconic one-design sailboat out there is arguably the Sunfish . There are over 500,000 Sunfish boats around the world since the 1950’s and are used in roughly a thousand races a year. The beauty of this one-design is that it can be used as a racing boat or for casual day sailing. Why One-Design Boats are Used for Racing Sailing has been primarily used over the course of history to ship goods across waterways. Over time designs changed and people were interested in seeing who was faster than one another. This led to the design of racing sailboats and were first used in the 1800’s in Greece. Fast forward over 200 years later and there are thousands of boats racing across the world in various competitions. One-design boats are not only meant for racing and can be used for daysailing depending on the brand. If you want to be on the same playing field and for everyone else to do the same then one-design boats are ideal. Need for Speed There is a unique feeling when you see another sailboat just like yours and you have the itch to race it. This has always been a driving force behind racing and it is fueled by sailors that have a competitive outlook. One-designs are meant to allow your skill shine and not the boat aiding in your ability to win. Dinghy sailing are boats that are under 20 feet and are typically handled by less than three people. Importance of Design One-designs are a balance of sport and comfort. Some boats are geared entirely for racing but there are plenty that balance perfectly as a daysailer and a racing boat. Many will also have keels to provide added stability. A small keelboat is great for those wanting to have a bit more stability if they have a fear of tipping over in the water. Small keelboats are also great for those that are new to sailing and require a little help remaining stable. Best for Training If you are an inexperienced sailor or you want your kids to lean how to sail then one-design boats are the best option. Since these design classes all have to be similar depending on the boat length it is easier to learn on these than another type of boat. This allows youth to easily adapt to the boat without being too overwhelmed or discouraged. It also helps if you start out on a one-design boat and then move up to a more advanced boat with a similar skill set needed to operate it. In addition you can try out different types of one-design sailboats without having to buy one. This will allow you to get your feet wet with yacht clubs or other solo sailing organizations and have fun trying new boats. What are One-Design Races? One-design sailing is where an event of racing takes place and all of the boats that are competing are identical or very similar. The reason that these boats are nearly identical is so that no one competitor has an edge based on their boat rigging or any other special influences. These races are entirely based on skill with minor help from the boat you are using so that everyone gets a fair shot. Everyone starts at the same time and the first to go across the finish line is the winner. There is an estimated 200 or more one-design race classes around the US and vary in boat length from eight to 40 feet. These races are narrowed down among various racing organizations and clubs across the world. Different Types of One-Design Races There are many versions of one-design racing that sailors can join. This all depends on your experience or potentially a club that you are a part of. In the Olympics you will also see various one-design races. Match races are quite common among one-design sailing. This is where two sailboats are of the same design or very similar are competing against one another to determine a winner. The only major difference between the two boats sailing against each other is the crews on board each boat. Depending on the experience of the crew will greatly affect the outcome of the race. Arguably the most common one-design racing is fleet. This is where either a small handful of boats or even up to 100 at a time can compete to cross a finish line in a given location. These are great because you have a lot of sailors starting at one spot at the same time in very similar or identical boats. This is the same setup used in the Olympics and is why it is the most common race type. Sailing clubs are great for building experience and camaraderie among your sailing peers. These can vary on one-design use but most will outline exactly what type of racing is going to be conducted. These typically use various forms of racing types or one-design sailboats depending on location. In addition you can race to be the best of your club and earn a trophy. Team racing is a bit different than other races that deliver a winner as soon as they cross the finish line. These are usually a few one-design boats with a few people on board and will award points to those teams depending on how they finish the race. The team that has the lowest amount of points after each race is the winner and it will require a few races to determine a winner. Regatta races can vary based on location and will use different types of one-design sailboats. These races typically last a few days and will need teammates if the event is geared towards a team event. Most people enjoy regattas since they offer one of the best social interactions lasting a few days. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to travel hundreds of miles or sail for days on end to reach a destination first then offshore one-design sailing is right for you. These races require extensive knowledge in order to remain safe. They typically have one-design requirements so that everyone is on the same playing field. If you have disabilities and still want to enjoy sailing then paralympic sailing competitions are right for you. These are one-design sailboat races meant to handle skill and can accommodate to anyone attempting to sail. Related Articles Daniel Wade I've personally had thousands of questions about sailing and sailboats over the years. 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These additions aim to make art contemporary, not simply a detached, unrelatable concept, but bring it closer to the Russian people. Become a Culture Tripper! Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $1,058 on our unique trips.. See privacy policy . Culture Trip Fall Sale Save up to $1,058 on our unique small-group trips! Limited spots. Post ID: 384552 Sponsored? No View Payload 153 IMAGES Westphal One-Design David Westphal 1999 One Design 1D35 Sail New and Used Boats for Sale David Westphal One-Design Showcase One-design sailboat / sport keelboat / classic / open transom VINTAGE VIDEO Int'l One-Design Sailboat Model My Fashion Designs 2008/09 Building our New Dodger in a Dusty Boatyard in Mexico Weston Beach Race 2023 First Lap Mayhem Design Pieces 2009 (Waist Coat, Coat, Jacket) J35 North American Championship COMMENTS WESTPHAL ONE-DESIGN S# first appeared (that we know of) in TellTales, April 1988, "On a Scale of One to Ten" by A.P. Brooks . The equation incorporates SA/Disp (100% fore triangle) and Disp/length ratios to create a guide to probable boat performance vs. other boats of comparable size. For boats of the same length, generally the higher the S#, the lower the PHRF. Westphal One-Design Westphal One-Design is a 28′ 3″ / 8.6 m monohull sailboat designed by David Westphal and built by Westphal Boats Inc. (USA) between 1967 and 1969. Great choice! Your favorites are temporarily saved for this session. Westphal Join Date: Feb 2016. Posts: 3. Re: Westphal. I owned and sailed a Westphal One Design ( Hull #12) in Sag harbor for many years. It was a wonderful boat and we have many fond memories. She was built in 1969 on the Miami river and was one of 20 or so hulls made. I proposed to my wife on that boat! Westphal one design The Westphal one design is a 28.33ft fractional sloop designed by David Westphal and built in fiberglass between 1967 and 1969. 26 units have been built. The Westphal one design is a light sailboat which is a high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a racing boat. Review of Westphal One-Design The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Westphal One-Design is about 84 kg/cm, alternatively 470 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 84 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 470 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch. Westphal 28 I'm looking to buy a Westphal 28 One - Design that's fairly inexpensive and fairly close to me. But I know absolutely nothing about them. I've read on sailboatdata.com that most were destroyed in a Hurricane in the 80s and that they had a unique stowable tender in the cockpit design but the only pictures I can find of it are two of the bow of the one for sale, and no other information. David Westphal Sailboats Designed By David Westphal. Sort by: ... WESTPHAL ONE-DESIGN: 28.33 ft / 8.63 m: 1967: ShipCanvas. KiwiGrip. Bruntons. Rudder Craft. SPW Non-BR. Pelagic Autopilots. Boater's Closet Non-BR. EWOL. bottom ads1 row1. bottom ads2 row1. bottom ads3 row2. Show Favorites WESTPHAL ONE-DESIGN WESTPHAL ONE-DESIGN. More information . Hull. Fin Keel. Rigging. Fractional Sloop ... 3,92 ft i.e. 1,19 m. Construction. Fiberglass. Ballast Type. N/A. Last Built. 26. Maker. N/A. Design. David Westphal. Blue Water Value Rank (BWVR) 5861. Blue Water Surf Value Rank (BWSVR) 5466. Capsize Comfort Value Rank (CCVR) 4003. Capsize Screening Formula ... Review of Westphal One Design, data Image upload Westphal One Design. All our reviews are 100% dependent of the illustrations and specific data elements we have in our database. In our reviews we would like to illustrate the following: The boat as such; The saloon; The galley; The toilet; The cockpit; For sailboats: The keel; For sailboats: The rig; Pt 1.31 "The idea seemed to be that each club must have a distinctive one-design class of its own, a boat especially designed for its particular weather conditions and different from any other one-design class" explained George W. Elder, who bought into a local 22′ Long Island Sound one design in 1914. "In other words a one-design class was ... David Westphal 2 Sailboats designed by David Westphal. Sailboat. Terrapin 24. 1973 • 24 ′ 6 ″ / 7.5 m Sailboat. Westphal One-Design. 1967 • 28 ... Westphal I have been contacted by 3 people who claimed to be former owners of a Westphal One-design. WESTPHAL ONE-DESIGN sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com 2 of them told me that a substantial part of the fleet were destroyed in a hurricane. I also read the that the first boats had a dinghy or tender integrated into the cockpit design. Since we know that Mr Westphal is still around ... Review of Westphal One Design The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Westphal One Design is about 84 kg/cm, alternatively 470 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 84 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 470 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch. Most Popular One-Design Sailboats Popular one-design sailboats include Laser, 49er, I-420, and Ideal 18. Some popular multihull one-design boats are A-Cat, Isotope, and Hobie 16. Various one-design boat brands will cater to specific races and sailor's needs in order to provide the best experience. In my experience the Laser is one of the popular one-design brands in existence ... 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