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Biggest issue for me as a new owner is finding information about my MW27, if indeed she is a 27 at all.
Paid full subscription here in the hopes I could find detailed drawings, photos of original cabin spec. And basically anything that could push my guesswork closer towards certainty…Alas, I haven’t found anything of the sort thus far.
If anyone else has any documentation, pics, specs or advice I would be most greatful.
This was the first sales brochure of the first version of the MW 27
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For the 1973 Earls Court Boat Show, the brochure was re-vamped, with much better photos of the boat sailing. (Sailing much faster, with sails perfectly trimmed ‘cos yours truly was at the helm!)
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In 1975/76, the Series 2 was developed: hull, keels and rig were unchanged. The deck moulding was substantially modified, with the toe-rails moulded GRP instead of screwed-on wood; GRP moulded flush-fitting forehatch, cockpit coaming and “garage” for the main hatch. The aft-deck hatches were also streamlined. I have mislaid the full revised sales brochure, but this was the flyer insert. Note that the standard engine was now a diesel, instead of the Stuart-Turner 10hp two-stroke!
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Thank you Bob, certainly you are a wealth of information.
I’m so confused, because our galley and table are reversed. Is there any logical situation where someone could have requested it that way?
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Also we have a Beta Marine Diesel engine…So should I assume that is another bespoke modification?
Reply from BobT: definitely! Good choice; I have one in The MW27 that I bought last year. It had been installed about 10 yrs ago to replace the original Volvo MD2B (my 2nd MW 27! – the first one from 1998 to 2019, and that also had an MD2B) .
The original specification standard was a 10 hp Stuart-Turner 2 cyl 2stroke engine. Not many had that fitted! Nice smooth-running unit, but it wouldn’t pull the skin off of the top of the proverbial rice pudding! A variety of diesels were fitted over the years, most often Volvo Penta MD2B 25hp (lots of grunt to punch against the strongest tides, but it was very heavy). Some MD1B single cylinder, One or 2 SAAB, a few BUKH, and even Solé diesels.
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Oh, and our water tank is in the cockpit, not the bilge. Nothing seems to be where it should be lol.
From the photo of the hull, no doubt : that is a Macwester 27 series 1. The date 1974 would be correct.
I can imagine 2 possibilities to explain the alternative interior layout :
At that time, there was strong demand for boats (and especially for the MW27, of course ), so the yard was working at the limit of capacity possible with the space in the workshops for fitting out, but the GRP moulding shop had a bit of spare capacity, so quite a few boats were sold and delivered as hull and deck assembly, with ballast and rudder fitted, and the main bulkhead bonded In place. The customer ( or his boatyard), would do all the cabin and bunk furniture, etc.
Otherwise perhaps a previous owner decided that he didn’t like the original setup, and ripped it up ?
A few years later, there was an alternative layout, with port and starboard settee bunks/seats, and a central table.Standard water storage was port and starboard under the cushions in the fwd. cabin, using flexible tanks. The filler pipe came up through the hanging locker ou the portside, just fwd. of the main bulkhead.
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Thanks ever-so-much Bob.
I appear to be chatting with you on two interfaces simultaneously (my apologies).
I was told this was a safe, sail-ready & dry MW28 from 1984 when I bought it & every step forward knocks me a few steps back.
Am I fighting a losing battle here? Can I make this safe for my family and I to enjoy? I hope you say yes?
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