EDIT (November 2024): We are now at our sailing club marina in Gosport on the walk in pontoon for winter and we can arrange a viewing any day, however you need to let us know in advance as we live 60 miles away. Please, be aware that you cannot come in to see our boat by yourself and we need to accompany you. Our Westerly Merlin is for sale! Make us an offer! Details • Make: Westerly • Model: Merlin 28 • Heads: 1 • Water tank size: 80 Litres • Engine Make: Bukh • Horsepower: 24 • Engine hours: 290 • Drive Type: shaft drive • Fuel Typ... read more

The Westerly Merlin is a fast, comfortable cruiser and was the first Westerly designed with an aft double berth quarter cabin. Strongly built to Lloyds standards with spacious accommodation and good sailing performance, the Merlin makes an ideal family cruiser, her bilge keels are well suited to the shoal waters of the East Coast and near Continent.   A well maintained example that has been regularly updated and has been in the same ownership for nearly twenty years.... read more

This is a nice example of the popular Westerly Merlin 28. They have exceptional space and really do feel like a bigger vessel. The interior and upholstery looks good and she has had new headlinings and also new 10mm close cell foam insulation which is now covered in new light grey four way stretched carpet. She has had a brand new Beta 20 engine fitted I April 2024. new PSS shaft seal, new water lock, new standing rigging, new instruments, other than wind. The seacocks have been replaced with nylon ones, new stack pack and dodgers. In October 2023 she was sanded down and had 7 coat... read more