Westerly Tempest 31

Westerly Tempest 31

Description

The Westerly Tempest 31 (also known as the Tempest 31) is a mid-size family cruising sailboat from Westerly Marine Construction Ltd. (Waterlooville, England), introduced in 1987 as one of the later-generation Westerly models. It was designed by Ed Dubois (British naval architect, known for modernizing Westerly's line with better performance and layout; he also designed the Griffon, Konsort, Seahawk, and others). Builder: Westerly Yachts (UK) — produced from 1987 to 1993, with around 107 hulls built (relatively limited compared to earlier Westerlys like the Centaur).

Construction Details

Designer Ed Dubois
Builder Westerly Marine (UK)
Length 30.580 ft
LOA 30.580 ft
LWL 24.500 ft
Beam 10.830 ft
Displacement 11000 lb
Ballast 5000 lb
Max Draft 3.750 ft
Year Built 1987
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The standard boat dimensions

i 38.35 ft
j 12.86 ft
p 32.58 ft
e 11.84 ft
p2 14 ft
e2 5.25 ft
i2 -
j2 -

Sails

Westerly Tempest 31 - MAINSAIL

Luff * 32.58 ft - (9930 mm)
Foot * 11.84 ft - (3609 mm)
Leech * 34.03 ft - (10372 mm)
Tack Angle * 88 °
Diagonal * 34.27 ft - (10445 mm)
Head (inches) * 5.25 in - (133 mm)
Area * 199 ft²
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Westerly Tempest 31 - JIBSAIL

Luff * 32.36 ft - (9863 mm)
Foot * 17.17 ft - (5233 mm)
Leech * 27.88 ft - (8498 mm)
Percentage LP * 115.01 %
Length Perpendicular * 14.79 ft - (4508 mm)
Deck Angle * 12 °
Area * 239.27 ft²
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Westerly Tempest 31 - GENOA

Luff * 38.43 ft - (11713 mm)
Foot * 20.89 ft - (6367 mm)
Leech * 36.01 ft - (10976 mm)
Percentage LP * 150 %
Length Perpendicular * 19.29 ft - (5880 mm)
Deck Angle * 4.04 °
Area * 370.63 ft²
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Westerly Tempest 31 - GENOA

Luff 37.5 ft - (11430 mm)
Foot 18 ft - (5486 mm)
Leech 35 ft - (10668 mm)
Percentage LP * 129.78 %
Length Perpendicular * 16.69 ft - (5087 mm)
Deck Angle * 3.44 °
Area * 312.97 ft²
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Westerly Tempest 31 - ASYMMETRICAL

Luff 39 ft - (11887 mm)
Foot 22 ft - (6706 mm)
Leech 36.5 ft - (11125 mm)
Perc LP * 165 %
Area * 644 ft²
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Westerly Tempest 31 - STORMJIB

Luff * 22.25 ft - (6782 mm)
Foot * 9.74 ft - (2969 mm)
Leech * 18.05 ft - (5502 mm)
Perc LP * 60.03 %
Length Perp * 7.72 ft - (2353 mm)
Deck Angle * 19.01 °
Area * 85.91 ft²
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.

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