Westerly Corsair Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · centerboard

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

15.75' · 4.8 m

Disp.

300 lbs · 136 kg

First year

1967

The Westerly Corsair stands as a pivotal design in the history of British yacht building, representing the transition of Westerly Marine from the rugged, somewhat utilitarian designs of the 1970s to the more sophisticated, performanceoriented cruising yachts of the 1980s. Designed by the late Ed Dubois and introduced in 1983, the Corsair was a 36foot centercockpit cruiser that successfully balanced the volume required for extended liveaboard voyaging with a hull form capable of maintaining respectable speeds across a variety of wind angles. Unlike its predecessors, which often favored extreme durability over hydrodynamic finesse, the Corsair benefited from Dubois’s pedigree in racing design, resulting in a hull that is remarkably wellbalanced and "slippery" for its displacement.