Intro

When I was about five years old, my dad purchased a '72 Westerly Chieftain for around $1000usd. It wasn't exactly in the best condition. The boat had sunk on the hill at Dataw Island Marina, where he was employed. After hurricane Matthew hit Beaufort, SC in 2016 there was no shortage of shit to be salvaged. The deal was that I get the boat when I turn sixteen. I'm fourteen now, and the boat is sitting in our yard with trees growing out of it, looking like hell, so I have plenty of work to do if I want to take off as soon as it's officially in my possession. I'm creating this blog because, there being only 79 Chieftains in existence, there are very few such websites detailing the renovation of one.

About the Westerly Chieftain:
Length: 26'
Beam: 8.5'
Draft: 3'
Displacement: 6700'
Built: '72-'76
Number built: 79

The Chieftain was built from the Westerly Centaur hull. Pretty much the only change between the Chieftain and the Centaur would be that the Chieftain has an aft cabin, sacrificing the larger cockpit of the Centaur.