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ALTERNATIVES TO CONSIDER

SADLER 29

On the scale ranging from Labrador to greyhound, the Westerly Konsort would be on the Labrador side of centre. On the greyhound side of the line is the Sadler 29. A sailor’s cruising boat, she has an attractive sheer line and a reputation for good sea-keeping, as you’d expect from David Sadler, the designer of the Contessa 32.

The layout below is very similar to the Konsort, although at over a foot narrower and with finer ends, there’s considerably less volume. Spaciousness in the saloon has been prioritised and some of what’s lost is stowage: she won’t swallow up stores in quite the same way. The

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