John Westell

John Westell
Personal information
Birth name	Woodroffe John Westell
Nationality	English
Born	11 March 1921; Devon
Died	January 1989 (age 68); Devon
Sailing career
Class	International 14

John Westell (11 March 1921 – January 1989) was an English sailboat designer, who is noted for designing the 505 sailing dinghy^[1] and the Ocean Bird^[2] class of trimarans. Westell also designed cruising sailboats.^[3]

^ Lottret, Chloé (19 September 2016). "Le mythique 5o5, petit mais whaou !". Bateaux.com (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Gougeon, Meade; Knoy, Ty (1974). Sailboat design: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Collier Books. ISBN 9780020014003. john westell sailboat designer.
^ Greene, Danny (1984). Cruising sailboat kinetics: the art, science, and magic of cruising boat design. Seven Seas Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780915160693.

[1] Lottret, Chloé (19 September 2016). "Le mythique 5o5, petit mais whaou !". Bateaux.com (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] Gougeon, Meade; Knoy, Ty (1974). Sailboat design: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Collier Books. ISBN 9780020014003. john westell sailboat designer.

[3] Greene, Danny (1984). Cruising sailboat kinetics: the art, science, and magic of cruising boat design. Seven Seas Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780915160693.

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