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Originally Posted by Jeff_H
...Atkin's also designed a 32 footer called the Eric that was more closely related to Colin Archers designs. The Eric formed the basis for the Westsail 32.
In any event, the Ingrid design was eventually adapted to fiberglass and sold as a an Alejuela and Pacific Seacraft 38 (not to be mistaken for the later Pacific Seacraft 37) as well as under a variety of other names built by a number of builders world wide. ....
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Jeff, all very interesting.
Two points of elaboration: I have often heard it stated that Crealock adapted the Westsail 32 from Atkin's
Eric. Atkin actually had two similar designs,
Eric and
Thistle, that shared a common hull. But whereas
Eric was a gaff-rigged ketch,
Thistle used the same rig (cutter with sprit and boomkin) that was carried over to the Westsail 32. In that sense, I think it's more accurate to say that the Westsail 32 derived from
Thistle. I'm sure there'll be no end to debate on that one, though.
Also, I'm unaware of a Pacific Seacraft 38 model that was ever built (Bob Perry was designing a 38 footer for PSC/California a few years back, but it was only on paper). There were, however, two west coast companies selling the Ingrids: Alajeula Yachts (Alajeula 38, sold as a cutter) and Blue Water Boats (Ingrid 38, sold as a ketch, often in kit form). Could one of these be the "PSC 38" you were remembering?