Used Boats For Sale - Westsail

The Westsail 32 is one of the enduring bluewater cruising designs of the twentieth century. Designed by William Crealock with influence from W. Atkin’s pilot cutter tradition and built by Westsail Corporation in Costa Mesa, California, approximately 900 were produced between 1970 and 1979. Heavy displacement, a full encapsulated keel, a double-ended hull, and a cutter rig combine to produce a vessel with exceptional seakeeping ability, load-carrying capacity, and structural reserves well beyond most production sailboats of any era. The type has a well-documented bluewater record spanning thousands of ocean passages and numerous circumnavigations.

Arctic Loon, hull #77, has been progressively upgraded through two owner generations since being relaunched following a comprehensive refit ashore. The result is a vessel that combines the proven offshore architecture of a Westsail with critical modern systems: a 2021 Beta Marine diesel at 702 hours, a Victron-based electrical system installed 2022, a Garmin electronics suite installed 2024, a full offshore sail wardrobe including storm canvas, a Cape Horn windvane, and well-maintained standing and running rigging renewed 2017-2019.

A pre-purchase survey completed June 2026 before Yacht Sales West accepted the vessel in trade assessed Arctic Loon in above-average condition.

Name.............................................. Arctic Loon

Year........................................................... 1973

Builder............................. Westsail Corp., USA

Designer............... William Crealock / W. Atkin

LOA.......................................................... 40' 0"

LOD.......................................................... 32' 0"

LWL.......................................................... 27' 6"

Beam....................................................... 11' 0"

Draft........................................................... 5' 0"

Displacement................................... 19,500 lbs

Ballast....................... 7,000 lbs (encapsulated)

Sail Area............................................. 663 sq ft

Hull                      FRP single skin, heavy layup

Deck............................................... Cored FRP 

Rig                                                            Cutter

Steering..................................................... Tiller

Keel..................................................... Full keel

Rudder................ Keel-hung, laminated timber

Fuel....................... 270 L (2 x 136 L SS tanks)

Water....................................................... 252 L

CONSTRUCTION

• FRP single skin heavy layup hull with full encapsulated keel and double-ended hull form
• FRP deck over plywood core, integral to cockpit and cabin
• Bulwarks integral to hull with purpleheart wood rail caps
• 6 x bronze portlights 5"x7"; 4 x bronze portlights 7" round
• Bronze skylight with safety glass
• Hull insulated above waterline with 1/2" foam, glassed over (refit completed 2014)
• Teak and holly sole over plywood

COCKPIT AND DECK

• Traditional aft cockpit with tiller steering
• Dodger and bimini fitted
• SS pulpit, pushpit and stanchions with double Dyneema lifelines
• Granny bars at mast
• Dorade ventilators
• Boarding ladder stowed below deck
• Cockpit locker fitted
• Bottom paint: ablative antifouling recoated 2025

INTERIOR

• Classic offshore interior with warm teak and holly sole and traditional joinery
• V-berth forward with storage and windlass battery under berth
• Head to port, forward of main salon: composting Air Head (no holding tank required)
• Main salon with settees port and starboard and folding table
• Galley to port: Force 10 3-burner with oven (gimballed, propane); Engel MT45 12V fridge/freezer under counter
• Navigation station
• Heating: Sig Marine 120 diesel bulkhead heater, gravity-fed day tank

GALLEY

• Force 10 3-burner stove with oven, gimballed, propane
• Engel MT45 12V fridge/freezer under galley counter
• Electro Systems propane sniffer with solenoid shut-off
• Fresh water: 252 L total -- 2 x 85 L SS under settees, 36 L plastic under salon sole, 48 L plastic under V-berth
• Water pumps: Fynspray piston manual (galley); Whale foot pump (galley and head)
• Plumbing: reinforced plastic (2015)

MECHANICAL

• Beta Marine B-38 diesel, 38 HP -- installed 2021.  EPA compliant
• 702 hours as of May 30, 2026
• Oil and filter changed November 2025
• Racor 500 primary fuel/water separator -- filter and o-ring changed April 2025
• Water pump impeller replaced April 2025
• 2 x 136 L stainless steel fuel tanks (installed 2015); USCG Type A1 neoprene fuel lines
• 16 RH8 Explorer 3-blade fixed-pitch prop, 1" bore (2021)
• 1" bronze shaft; PSS dripless shaft seal (2021, serviced February 2026)
• Cutlass bearing replaced February 2026

ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING

• 12 VDC and 120 VAC systems
• 30 A shore power with Xantrex TrueCharge 2 -- 40 A, 3-bank charger (2022)
• House bank: 2 x Group 31 Interstate AGM (2022)
• Start battery: 1 x Group 31 Interstate AGM (2022)
• Windlass battery: Group 31 sealed lead-acid under V-berth (2021)
• Blue Sea ACR automatic charging relay
• Solar: 2 x Go Power Solar Flex 100 W panels on dodger (2022); Victron MPPT 75/15 controller
• Inverter: Victron Phoenix 800 W pure sine wave (2025)
• 2 x Victron BMV battery monitors -- one per bank
• Marine-grade wiring renewed 2014 and 2022; galvanic isolator fitted

INSTRUMENTS

• Garmin GPSMAP 1243XVS 12" chartplotter/MFD with Clear Vu/Side Vu sonar (2024)
• Garmin 18 HD3 radome radar (2024)
• Standard Horizon GS 2200 AIS/GPS/VHF
• EMTRAX AIS transponder and splitter
• Clipper depth and wind speed/direction instruments
• Contest compass, cockpit-mounted
• Simrad TP32 tiller autopilot
• JBL PRV-175 Bluetooth-capable stereo

SAILS AND CANVAS

• Mainsail: fully battened, 2 reef points (2018), in sailpack (2023)
• Yankee: on Harken MKIII roller furler
• Staysail: hanked-on
• Storm sail: Westsail storm canvas
• Asymmetric spinnaker with sock (2017)

RIGGING

• Standing rigging: SS 1x19 wire, replaced 2018
• Running rigging: braid, replaced 2017
• Running backstays replaced 2019
• Forestay with Harken MKIII roller furler
• Dyneema lifelines
• Forespar solid boomvang
• Cape Horn windvane (2018) -- also functions as emergency steering
• Cockpit winches: 2 x Barient 23 self-tailing (primary); 2 x Barient 20 self-tailing (secondary)
• Mast winches: 2 x Barlow 16; boom winch: Lewmar 8
• Stack pack and lazy jacks fitted

DECK GEAR

• Main anchor: Vulcan 20 kg; 40 m x 5/16" G4 chain + 76 m x 5/8" 3-strand nylon (2023)
• Stern anchor: Fortress FX-13; 12 m x 5/16" G4 chain + 60 m x 5/8" 3-strand nylon
• Windlass: Pro-Fish 1000 horizontal free-fall electric (2022)
• SS double anchor roller on bowsprit
• Shore line: 90 m x 1/2" floating polyethylene on drum, aft pulpit with canvas cover
• Granny bars at mast
• Timber bowsprit

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Rule 3,500 GPH automatic bilge pump (main bilge)
• Rule 800 GPH automatic bilge pump (forward bilge)
• Whale G10 manual diaphragm bilge pump
• High bilge alarm
• Life Sling throwable flotation; Kisby ring (24") with toss line
• Man overboard pole; removable jacklines; 2 x safety harnesses
• Radar reflector
• Custom mid-ship boarding ladder

MAINTENANCE

• Last antifouling: 2025
• Last haulout – June 2026
• Last engine oil change: November 2025
• Cutlass bearing and dripless shaft seal serviced: February 2026
• Racor filter and engine o-rings changed: April 2025
• Water pump impeller replaced: April 2025
• Pintles and gudgeons (SS): 2019
• SS fuel tanks installed: 2015
• Bronze ball sea cocks installed: 2015
• Full vessel and engine manuals onboard