| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Ted Hood |
| Location | Canada |
| Year | 1966 |
| Builder | Paceship Yachts |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Westwind 24 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 4,630 lb (2,100 kg) |
| Draft | 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with centreboard down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fibreglass |
| LOA | 23.92 ft (7.29 m) |
| LWL | 18.08 ft (5.51 m) |
| Beam | 7.96 ft (2.43 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | long keel and centreboard |
| Ballast | 2,370 lb (1,075 kg) |
| Rudder | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 31.79 ft (9.69 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 10.00 ft (3.05 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 28.70 ft (8.75 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 10.75 ft (3.28 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | masthead sloop |
| Mainsail area | 154.26 sq ft (14.331 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 158.95 sq ft (14.767 m2) |
| Total sail area | 313.21 sq ft (29.098 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 231 |
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.1
Design
The boat was designed by Ted Hood. The hull, skeg, deck, and rudder are hand-laid fibreglass reinforced polyster resin.2 The hull has a fixed, rounded long keel forming a deep V-shape.3 It is here that the 2,370 lb (1,075 kg) of cast iron ballast is placed.2 A swing centreboard gives a draft of between 2.10 ft (0.64 m) and 5.50 ft (1.68 m).3
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.1 The hull speed is 5.7 kn (10.6 km/h).3
The cabin has four berths. In the cabin there is a sink to port and an ice box to starboard. The head, 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal) water tank, and grey water tank are in the V-berth. Cabin headroom is 66 in (168 cm).1
Interior trim is mahogany, and exterior trim is teak.2
There is an outboard motor mount in a well in the bulkheaded self-draining lazarette.3
References
References
- McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Westwind 24 (Paceship) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Westwind Specifications" (PDF). www.paceship.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
- Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 302. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0