A John Westell-designed long-keeled masthead sloop from 1966, built for stability and steady cruising
Designed by John Westell, built by Tyler Boat Co. Ltd.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.13 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,656 kg of hull, so roughly 2,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.99 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 22Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.82Bluewater
LightD/L 279Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 16.9Powered-up
TenderBallast 33%Stiff
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
Narrower than ~86% of boats her size on file
Compared with 133 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.9
Displacement / length
279.4
Comfort ratio
22.2
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
5.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
450
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1966
Designer
John Westell
Builder
Tyler Boat Co. Ltd
Boats like this, on the water
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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
Contessa 267.77 mSame hull family1.2 m longerA David Sadler-designed long-keel masthead sloop, built in both England and Canada with a 25-year production run
Flicka 207.32 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA Bruce Bingham-designed cutter with a long keel, originally offered as amateur plans before becoming a production classic
Jeanneau Cap 5405.40 mSame hull family1.2 m shorterA 5.4-metre fractional sloop featuring a long keel and 0.64m draft, built by Jeanneau starting in 1986