Westerly Oceanquest 35 Center Cockpit with bilge keels. Ideal for coastal or offshore sailing with the ability to dry out, visit shallow anchorages and live aboard. Built by a world remowned UK manufacturer and designer Ed Dubois. Held in high regard for their good sailing performance, seaworhtiness and passage making. The Oceanquest 35 will sleep 6 and has a large owners cabin aft with a central island bed. The teak interior and deep furnishings with the addittion of a Faversham stove give her a very homely feel. She has been well maintained with many recent updates. Great for family crusing or short handed sailing alike.Comment from the designer"Built to traditional Westerly standards, her dependable performance and remarkable accommodation plan sets the Oceanquest 35 apart from the rest." Ed Dubois.Dimensions & general info.
LOA - 10.54
LWL - 8.23m
Beam - 3.74
Draft - 1.47
Displacement - 6512kg
Ballast - 2954kg
Year of Build - 1997
Builder - Westerly Yachts
Designer - Ed Dubois
Hull, deck & superstructureHull
Solid single skin GRP layup with structural bulkheads.
Original white gelcoat with Westerly blue top stripe, grey cove line and blue waterline.
Antifouled and new anodes. April 2026.
Deck
Solid single skin GRP layup.
Teak rub rail.
Teak laid deck and cockpit seats.
Bilge keelsSubstantial cast iron bilge keels capable of taking the ground.Steering
Semi balanced spade rudder.
Whitlock binnacle mounted wheel steering.
Stainless steel wheel with leather binding.
Interior & accommodation
6 berths in total with two double cabins and a double conversion in the saloon.
6' + headroom.
Teak interior.
Holly and teak stripped floor with carpet.
Vinyl headlings renewed between 2015-2018.
Faversham smokeless coal burning stove.
Webasto Airtop Evo 55 diesel fired warm air central heating. Outlets in all cabins. Fitted new in 2022 and serviced by Webasto dealer September 2024.
Pressurised hot and cold water system.
Radio / MP3 player with cockpit and saloon speakers.
Forward cabin
Double V berth.
Storage below the berth.
Hull side shelves.
Hanging locker to port and a dressing area with shelf and lockers to starboard.
Central deck head hatch.
Access to the chain locker.
Saloon
A very homely saloon.
Coachroof windows and opening portlights for plenty of light and ventilation.
U shaped seating to port and a two seater settee opposite. Lockers and a book shelves outboard. Behind the opening porthole mirrors is cleaver access to further storage.
Storage beneath the settee's.
Central fixed table with folding leaves and internal storage for drinks.
Faversham coal stove (for use with smokeless coal).
Galley
Secure U shaped galley aft to starboard with good work surface area.
GN Espace Levante 3, gimballed 3 burner stainless steel gas cooker with grill and oven.
Cooker crash bar for safety.
1 & 1/2 stainless steel sinks with hot and cold presurised water via a mixer tap.
Top loading refrigerated cold storage box with new Dometic CU55 fidge unit fitted Dec 2022.
There is an additional top loading insulated cool box beside the sinks.
Plenty of storage in drawers and lockers under the counter and lockers above outboard.
Dedicated table wear storage, knife and spice rack.
Navigation station
Large forward facing chart table with internal storage and navigators seat.
Ships electrical distribution panel outboard with instrumentation.
Open deep shelf for pilotage books.
Head
Situated in the access corridor to the aft cabin.
Large heads and shower with double opening doors which close off the aft cabin and or saloon.
Moulded compartment for easy cleaning.
There is a fixed seat as part of the moulding.
Sink with pressurised hot and cold water supply via a mixer tap. The faucet extends to act as a shower.
Electric shower sump pump. New May 2025.
Manual Jabsco marine toilet. New April 2024.
Holding tank with diverter valve with deck pump out or direct to sea with a dedicated electric pump.
Owners aft cabin
Large island style double bed.
Wardrobe and vanity unit to starboard with mirror.
Cupboards outboard port and starboard.
Central deck hatch.
Deck & deck equipment
Teak side decks, secured with stainless steel wrap round pulpit leading twin guard wires aft via stanchion posts to quarter pushpits. Between the pushpits is an opening guard wire for access to the sugar scoup stern with bathing ladder.
Teak topped stainless steel seat on three sides of the mast base.
Deep self draining centre cockpit with teak seats and teak cockpit floor grate.
Large starboard locker.
The aft deck holds the liferaft, mounted in a stainless steel cradle and a second liferaft canister made into a deck storage case.
Equipment
South Pacific Pro, electric anchor windlass. New in 2019.
15kg CQR anchor with 50m of chain.
Bruce kedge anchor and large Fishermans anchor.
Mooring cleats forward, mid ship and aft.
Bathing ladder.
Binnacle mounted folding teak table.
Mooring warps, fenders.
Side access gates.
Outboard bracket.
Winches
2 x Lewmar 44 self tailing primary winches.
2 x Lewmar 16 self tailing halyard winches mounted on the coachroof.
Lewmar 16 self tailing winch for Furlex roller furling.
Rig, rigging & sailsRig
Masthead rigged sloop with silver anodised mast and boom.
Stainless steel standing rigging fitted 2012, inspected professionaly in 2020 and maintained since.
Removable inner forestay.
Spinnaker pole.
Furlex roller furling headfoil system.
Running riggingReefing lines, halyards and primary control lines lead aft to the two coachroof winches via deck organisers to rope clutches.Sails
North fully battened mainsail with 3 reefs. Year 2000.
Arun roller furling Genoa. 2006.
Jeckles cruising chute with snuffer. 2018.
Engine
Volvo Penta MD2030 29hp 3 cylinder diesel engine with shaft drive.
New bronze three blade fixed popellor fitted April 2024.
Engine hours unknown but starts and runs well. The eingine had a top end overhaul including refurbished cylinder head and new stainless steel exhaust 2018.
Regularly serviced last service April 2026
New MMP vented stern gland fitted April 2024.
New rope cutter fitted April 2024.
A selection of engine spares.
Electronics & navigation equipment
ICOM IC-M601 DSC VHF with command mic at the unit and one for the cockpit. Nav station.
Raymarine C80 colour GPS chart plotter. Nav station.
Raymarine SL70 radar. Nav station.
Garmin GPS152. Nav station.
EM-TRAK Class B AIS tranceiver. New 2020.
Raymarine depthsounder. Hatch garage pod.
Autohel speed/log. Hatch garage pod.
NASA Clipper wind instrument. Hatch garage pod.
NASA Clipper GPS repeater. Hatch garage pod.
Raymarine quadrant driven autopilot. New 2018. Cockpit.
Clock & barometer.
Binnacle mounted magnetic compass.
Electrical
12v ships electrical system.
2 x 110Ah domestic batteries. New 2022.
1 x 110Ah engine start battery. New 2022.
1 x 110Ah windlass battery. New 2022.
240v shore power stystem with internal ships ring main.
Sterling Pro charge automatic battery charger.
Marlec 914 wind generator.
Marlec solar charging pannel and marlec HRSi charge regulator.
USB charging sockets.
Tankage & systems
Fuel - 1 x 130L tank.
Water - 1 x 270L tank.
Systems
Pressurised hot and cold water system via a calorifier tank. Heated via the engine heat exchanger and 240v immersion heating element.
New engine calorifier pipework, including cut off valve/taps. New April 2024.
Webasto Airtop Evo 55 diesel fired warm air central heating. Outlets in all cabins including heads and two in teh saloon. Fitted new in 2022 and serviced by Webasto dealer September 2024.
Canvas work
Blue mainsail stack pack with lazy jacks and mast boot.
Blue sprayhood.
Blue cockpit canopy with stainless steel frames. The canvas is old but effective as a winter cover.
Safety gear & equipment
Navigation light.
Ocean Safety 4 person cannister liferaft mounted in a deck cradle. New 2026. Next service April 2029.
Horseshoe lifebouy with light.
2 x harness points.
Fire extinguishers (may need servicing or replacement as required).
Fire blanket.
Co2, Gas and Soke alarms.
Radar reflector.
Emergency tiller steering.
Manual and electric bilge pumps.