H G May 35 ft West Solent One Design W-23 1928/1995 1928 NATICA

35 ft West Solent One Design W-23 1928/1995

The Berthon Boat Company’s West Solent Class of beautiful and fast 35 ft sloops has always ticked so many boxes in perception of what a classic yacht should be: elegant sheer; simple, clean deck layout and rig; basic but adequate accommodation; so seaworthy, despite low freeboard, that at least one has completed an Atlantic circuit, returning during the 1979 Fastnet Race storm. NATICA is one of the special ones that enjoyed keel-up restoration by Peter Brookes during the mid-1990s class revival. Subsequently that desirability has attracted owners prepared to keep her just so. In current hands, NATICA has been professionally maintained, and recently received a completely new spruce rig, new sails, and neatly installed inboard engine.