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The Westerly Tempest 31 is one of the later generation Westerlys designed by Ed Dubois, with a modern hull design and two double aft cabins. The forward cabin comprises of an excellent full-width heads, and a large sail/gear locker forward. She will sleep 6 in total including the saloon settee berths.
"Pyxis" is a bilge keel version and also benefits from a new engine.
Hull, deck & superstructure / General
Dimensions & general info..
- LOA - 9.32m
- LWL - 7.47m
- Beam - 3.32m
- Draft - 1.15m (Bilge keels)
- Air draft - 14m
- Displacement - 4100kg
- Ballast - 1300kg (Bilge keels)
- Built - 1988
- Builder - Westerly Yachts
- Designer - Ed Dubois
The Westerly Tempest 31 was designed by Ed Dubois in 1987 as a smaller version of the racing-orientated Storm 33. Thanks to broader aft sections it acted as a more cruising-friendly alternative to the existing 32 ft Fulmar design, the Tempest having two proper double aft cabins instead of the somewhat small double quarter berth of the Fulmar. The Tempest also had rather higher quality joinery than the earlier Fulmars, which were conceived as racing-capable boats. The Fulmar continued in production in parallel with the Tempest.
The bilge keel option had twin well-angled and efficient keels with bulbs at the base to keep the centre of gravity low, as well as slightly more keel weight than the fin keel versions.
Just over 100 Tempests were built between 1987 and 1993, when the hull design, interior and rig was reworked and renamed the Regatta 310, which nominally remained in production until 1997.
Condition
"PYXIS" is in good overall condition for her age. Her condition is better than the photographs portray as the boat yard doesn't have a water supply so she can't be cleaned effectively.
She will brush up nicely.
Interior & accommodation
- 6 berths including two double aft cabins and a large heads forward.
- Quality Teak finish in good condition.
- Holy and Teak floor in good condition.
- Webasto AirTop 2000 diesel fired warm air heating.
- LED lighting.
- USB points.
- 2 x 150W inverters.
Forecabin - Heads and storage
- Forward storage area, accessible from the deck and via a door from the heads.
- Full width heads with compartment in a single piece GRP moulding meaning it is easy to maintain.
- Manual marine flushing toilet to port.
- Oval inset sink molding to starboard with hot and cold pressurised water via a mixer tap which doubles as the shower.
- Toilet role holder.
- Towel rail.
- Mirror.
- Deck hatch.
Saloon
- To port is an L shaped single settee berth and to port is a shorter settee with a trotter box.
- Overhead lockers outboard to port and starboard with shelves above.
- Long coachroof windows and a central deck hatch.
- Central folding leaf table.
Galley
- Secure L shaped galley to starboard.
- Bespoke storage for tableware outboard.
- Drawers and general storage.
- Gimballed two burner spirit stove with crash bar. It would be possible to re-fit a full sized boat cooker if required.
- Top loading refrigerated cold storage box.
- Stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
- Separate fresh water system with carbon filter.
Navigation station
- To starboard, facing outboard with foldaway seat.
- Large chart table with internal storage.
- Instrumentation and ships electrical distribution panel.
Identical twin double aft cabins
- Double berth.
- Open fronted hanging locker and general storage locker.
- Shelf outboard running along the hull side.
- Cockpit portlights.
General specification
Deck & deck equipment
Stainless steel pulpit and quarter pushpits with aluminium stanchion posts and double guard wires secure an easily navigated deck and large safe cockpit. The cockpit has is well laid out with long bench seats running forward to two raised primary winches and the entrance hatchway. There are two small cockpit seat lockers. The large deck storage area on this model is forward and accessed via a deck hatch or a door from the forward heads.
- Double bow roller.
- Anchor well
- Electric anchor windlass with up and down deck mounted foot switches.
- Delta anchor and chain.
- 2 x spare anchors.
- 1 bow, 2 midship and two stern mooring cleats.
- Fenders and mooring warps.
- Dinghy davits.
- Outboard bracket.
- Stern boarding ladder.
Winches
- 2 x Lewmar 18, 2 speed self tailing halyard winches.
- 2 x Harken 35, 2 speed self tailing primary winches.
Rig, rigging & sails
- Kemp single spreader mast head rigged, silver anodised mast.
- Stainless steel standing rigging from 2011.
- Kemp silver anodised boom.
- Spinnaker pole.
- Rotostay roller reefing head foil system.
- Single line slab reefing mainsail system.
Sails
- Mainsail.
- Roller reefing genoa with UV strip.
- Spinnaker with snuffer.
Engine
- Volvo Penta D1-20, Installed new, by DDZ Marine in 2017.
- Shaft drive to 3 blade Bronze fixed prop.
- Rope cutter.
Electronics & navigation equipment
- Plastimo magnetic bulkhead compasses.
- Navico speed - hatch garage..
- Clipper depth - hatch garage..
- Cliipper wind - hatch garage.
- Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot.
- Easy Navtex
- Garmin GPSMap 4008 chart plotter.
- Radar.
- M-Tech MT-500 DSC VHF.
Electrical
- 12v ships system with electrical distribution panel at the chart table.
- 115amp engine alternator.
- 2 x batteries, one for engine and one domestic with a linking isolator switch.
- 1 x windlass battery forward.
- 240v shore power system with internal ring main protected by an RCD.
- 30amp Victron battery management system.
- Solar panels. One mounted on the coachroof and 2 removable units mounted on the sprayhood.
- Victron Bluetooth solar charger.
- BM1 Compact digital battery monitor.
- LED lighting.
- USB points.
- 2 x 150W inverters.
Tankage & systems
- Fuel - Approx. 72L.
- Water - Approx. 90L.
- Hot water calorifier tank. Water heated via engine alternator or 240v immersion heater when on shore power.
- Pressurised hot and cold water system plumbed to galley and forward heads.
- The galley cooker was originally plumbed for gas which can be reinstated.
- Webasto AirTop 2000 diesel fired warm air heating.
Canvas work
- Blue sprayhood.
- Blue cockpit tent.
- Blue Dodgers.
- Blue stack pack with lazy jacks.
- Cockpit cushions.
Safety gear & equipment
- Navigation lighting.
- Manual bilge pump.
- Electric bilge pump.
- Horseshoe life buoy.
- Dan buoy.
- Gas alarm.
- Fire extinguisher.