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Westwind 24

The Westwind 24, also called the Paceship P 24, is a keelboat designed as a heavy displacement coastal cruiser.

First built in 1966 by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Canada, it is now out of production.

Design

The boat was designed by Ted Hood. The hull, skeg, deck, and rudder are hand-laid fibreglass reinforced polyster resin. The hull has a fixed, rounded long keel forming a deep V-shape. It is here that the of cast iron ballast is placed. A swing centreboard gives a draft of between and .

It has a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller.

The masthead sloop rig may be equipped with a spinnaker. The hull speed is .

The cabin has four berths. In the cabin there is a sink to port and an ice box to starboard. The head, water tank, and grey water tank are in the V-berth. Cabin headroom is .

Interior trim is mahogany, and exterior trim is teak.

There is an outboard motor mount in a well in the bulkheaded self-draining lazarette.

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