Blewtooth

I love this little boat. After having a Windward 21 that sailed well and introduced me to sailing but was just too small, delicate and old and then moving up to a Morgan 28 (quite a substantial and comfortable boat but not a good sailor with the center board up) I found the perfect little boat for me. She is small enough for one man to handle, almost manhandle with a weight of only five thousand pounds empty, I am able to virtually pull her off of a sandbar by wadding out and yanking on a halyard, but damn seaworthy and is the best behaved boat I have ever sailed. Here are her specs that I pulled from some web site. I cant remember where I found this but like all the other web sites or publications, has nothing but good things to say about Westerly Tigers:

Westerly Tiger

BuilderWesterly Marine, Hampshire
Length OA25' 1"
Sail Area311 sq ft
Length WL21' 10"
RigSloop
Beam8' 9"
Cabins2

The Tiger is a stretched version of the Westerly Cirrus, with fairly typical Westerly looks, except for no "bow knuckle" as seen on Centaurs etc. They are also slightly faster than Centaurs. Overall, the Tiger is a tough, capable small cruiser.
Draught4' 3"
Berths4/5
Displacement 5,260 lbs
Engine typeVolvo Penta MD1 or MD11 diesel or Vire 6 hp petrol inboard (former owners pulled the diesal and replaced with a Tohatsu 9.9 outboard which has worked like a champ)
Ballastnot knownEngine bhp6 - 12
Keel typeCast iron fin keel and spade rudder

"The Westerly Tiger is a relatively little known model from Westerly, being in many ways overshadowed by the huge success of the bilge-keeled Centaur, introduced the same year. Designed by John Butler in 1968, they were built to Westerly's normal high constructional standards - ie much more heavily built than almost all new yachts of similar size sold today. For this reason older Westerlys hold their price very well. Although a few inches shorter than the Centaur, they are slightly beamier, and as a result offer very similar interior space. With their well ballasted fin keel and 4' 3" draught, the performance is significantly better than the Centaur ( although Centaurs also sail very well ). The Tiger was phased out in 1976 with the arrival of the Westerly Pembroke - a fin-keeled version of the Centaur. "

My Tiger was sailed over to Florida from England via the Carribean on her own bottom and was modified with a pilot house but when she was sold to a young couple in the Keys she was restored to her original configuration with a slight change to her windows. Four beautiful round bronze portholes were added in place of the original ovals along with two extra stainless ones forward. Also I must add that the couple did such a great job on beefing up her standing rigging and heavier chain plates, great paint job and lots of other details. I have nothing but compliments to them about the job they did on her. I know it was a labor of love for them.

Here is a Wickapedia article about Dennis Raynier, the founder of Westerly and quite a guy.
He was a WWII Destroyer Captain, Writer, (wrote "The Enemy Below" remember the movie with Robert Mitchum!) and famous sailor and boat builder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Rayner

I got the above article from the guy who published it after chatting with him on a Westerly forum.

Some of the improvements I have made lately are:

Installing a new toilet and holding tank system with macerator and deck pump out
Tiller Pilot
New instruments: Barometer, clock with tide clock, seawater temp guage
Air X wind turbine
Modified the old bimini off of Narenba (my former boat)
New Mainsail
Lazy Jacks
leading all lines aft with new blocks etc
Hatch locks

Adding:
A new table
Trying to save enough to get a bottom job and a dodger and replacing the old bimini
Also need new batteries