Paceship Yachts Westwind 24

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See her sail

The Paceship Yachts Westwind 24, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draughtDraws 0.64 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23

CoastalBluewater

1.91 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.91

LightHeavy

350 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 350

EasygoingPowered-up

18.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.1

TenderStiff

51% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 51%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 620 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Paceship Yachts Westwind 24, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Paceship Yachts Westwind 24 is a 7.3-meter masthead sloop designed by Ted Hood and built by Paceship Yachts since 1966. This 2100 kg displacement keel/centerboard sailboat is also known as the PACESHIP P 24.2:37 Aboard *BoatworksToday*, a 1970 Westwind Paceship 24 underwent a full restoration, including a custom electrical system designed to support a floating office with 920Ah of lithium batteries, a Starlink Mini, and a 3000W Victron MultiPlus inverter-charger.0:51 The electrical system, sized for future transfer to a larger vessel, provides four to seven days of off-grid autonomy without solar.11:43 The owner balanced the 186-pound battery weight forward of the mast against a 9.9hp outboard and a 20-gallon freshwater tank aft.14:28 The restoration project addressed significant interior rot from leaking port lights, but the hull and deck were found to be solid, hand-laid fiberglass without coring or stress cracks.9:27 The refit included permanently closing improperly installed through-hulls with structural fiberglass repairs using 1708 biaxial cloth and 5-to-1 epoxy resin.8:14

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.

BoatworksTodayBoatworksToday provides practical, step-by-step guidance on marine structural repairs, fiberglass fabrication, and electrical system upgrades for DIY boat owners and restoration enthusiasts.

Seen 5 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Paceship Yachts Westwind 24 on video

V-Berth Electrical Layout On A Small Sailboat: It's Tight, But It Should Work!Andy installs a Victron electrical system in a 1970 Westwind Paceship 24 using a physical V-berth mock-up.BoatworksToday

Saving A Classic: Restoring A 1970 Westwind Paceship 24 ~ Moving DayA 1970 Westwind Paceship is moved to a shop for a winter restoration alongside a Bertram project.BoatworksToday

Fiberglass Over Old Thru-Hulls — Permanent Repair!!A 12-to-1 taper and 1708 fiberglass cloth restore hull integrity when permanently closing redundant through-hulls.BoatworksToday

Potential Sailboat Restoration: Bringing a Classic Back to Life?A 1970 24-foot Westwind Paceship undergoes inspection for a potential restoration project involving interior structural repairs.BoatworksToday

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

InstalledVictron
Victron components, including the MultiPlus, are part of the electrical system.
aboard BoatworksTodayseen October 20261:41
WorkingStarlink
The Starlink Mini is intended to be used 24/7 as a floating office.
aboard BoatworksTodayseen October 20265:15

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Paceship Yachts Westwind 24 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

1channel weighed buying one

The current owner needs to move the boat and the creator is looking to buy it for a restoration project
from BoatworksTodayseen September 20257:03

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

51.2%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

18.1

Displacement / length

349.7

Comfort ratio

22.8

Capsize screening

1.91

Hull speed

5.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

514

Hull

Hull type

Keel/Cbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1966

Designer

Ted Hood

Builder

Paceship Yachts

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The family

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