Miscellaneous Articles and Publications

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c.19621) Kingfisher 20 brochure
2) German K20 brochure featuring nos. 27, 32 and 67.
Jan 1962Y & Y review of the K20
Sept 1962YM review of the K20
Nov 1962Die Yacht review of the K20
c.1963Westfields brochure featuring K20 and K30 No.2152, owners reports, stats, cap size test etc.
April 1963Kingfisher 20 order form
Nov 1963Bournemouth Evening Echo reveal plans for the K30
19641) Kingfisher 20 price list in French
2) French K20 brochure featuring No.32
3) German K20 brochure featuring No.32
Feb 1964Bourenmouth Evening Echo visits Westfields
c.1965K20 Order form
Feb 19651) Vancouver Sun review of the K20 featuring No.106
2) Sunday Express boat test of the K20 featuring No.106
c.1966"Ships and Champagne" A Sidney Garner - Peter Haigh Production. Starring 'Dytiscus' The most beautiful sloop in the world. A documentary of a voyage from Poole to the Mediterranean via the waterways of France. (Does anyone anywhere have a copy of this?)
Jan 1966Kingfisher 30 review (Copy) (unknown magazine)
May 1966Bournemouth Evening Echo article on K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold
June 1966KYOA Rally Yarmouth IOW and attendee list. Meal at George Hotel.
July 1966YM article on K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold in the Caribbean
c. 1967Letter suggesting KYOA newsletter
Jan 1967Observer - K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold
Feb 1967The Northern Echo - K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold
Mar 1967West Morland Gazette - Quill No.187 (pic) and the Windamere 24 hour
June 1967KYOA Rally Yarmouth at the Kings Head
Aug 19671) Daily Sketch - K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold
2) Sunday Express - K30 Charon of Styx and the search for gold
3) Poole and Dorset Echo celebrate the 70th Kingfisher to be built in 1967 - K30 Golden Breeze
Oct 19671) KYOA buffet reception at Kensington Palace Hotel to coincide with Earls Court Boat Show
2) Bournemouth Echo - K30 Mother of Pearl survives a tremendous ocean battering off Africa
Nov 19671) Bournemouth Evening Echo - K20 Plus review sail no.268
2) Financial Times - Westfields has orders for over 60 boats, half of which will go abroad
Dec 19671) Yachting and Boating weekly - Westfields announce 3 changes - new K20 Plus, K26 inboard, K30 new galley design
2) Yachting and Boating - K30 article
3) Yachts and Yachting - the Kingfisher Range
c.19681) Instructions on what to do when you receive your Kingfisher 20 PLUS (1st edition)
2) All three Kingfishers brochure (Copy - original would be much appreciated)
19681) Bristows book of Yachts K20 (106), K26, K30 (2152).
2) Bristows book of Yachts K20, K26, K30 Advert showing cross sectional plans
3) Sunday Telegraph - Lone voyager Chay sets sail with Mr Zulu
4) Sunday Times - Chay Blyth sails in round the world race
Jan 19681) Yachting and Boating Weekly - K30 aft cabin, tiller and main sheet
2) Yachts and Yachting - K26 Galley
Feb 1968YM - K30 heads and Westfields moulding
April 1968YM - K30 galley and sliding door configuration article (pics)
June 19681) Telegram from Chay Blyth to Westfields
2) Bournemouth Evening Echo - Chay Blyth and K30 Dytiscus (pic)
3) Sunday Express - Chay Blytth (pic) and K30 Dytiscus
4) Yachts and Yachting - K30 Dytiscus (pic) and article
5) Sunday Express - Chay and Dytiscus close on rival
6) Yachts and Yachting - K20 Plus technical specification
July 19681) Daily Colonist, Vancouver BC - K26 launch
2) Bournemouth Evening Echo 22nd July 1968 K30 Dytiscus II reported stolen from Poole - she was never recovered.
Aug 1968Yachts and Yachting test the K26 - Full review with pictures featuring No.12
Nov 1968PBO article on Kingfishers - copy missing
Dec 19681) Kingfisher 20 PLUS brochure
2) Kingfisher 26 brochure
3) Kingfisher 30 brochure
1969Book Devils Gold K30 Charon of Styx
Jan 19691) Sunday Express - Chays wife tells of nightmare as Atlantic gale batters yacht
2) Bournemouth Evening Echo - pictures of Kingfishers at Earls Court Boat Show
April 1969PBO K20 PLUS review
1970Book Innocent Aboard K30 Dytiscus III
c.1970Yachting World Sail Boat guide featuring the K30.
c.1971Article from Woman magazine on K20 Polyester No.49
c.1971AYRS Document No.75 with an article on K26 Blue Smoke
1972Tiddlers View of the Round Britain Race K26 Blue Smoke by Guy Hornett
Dec 1972Watermota Seawolf, Sea Tiger, Sea Leopard service manual for Mk.II
c.19741) Yachting and Boating Weekly - New K20 Plus and picture of K30S
2) Power and Sail K30S boat test - pictures, diagrams of No.60
3) Westfields K30S specification sheet
May 19741) YM design section - Kingfisher 30s review
June 1974Sunday Express K30s review (Copy)
c.19751) Kingfisher 30s brochure (Copy)
2) Yachting Monthly review of K30s
3) K26JR sail and rigging parts
4) Hasler K20 Plus basic specification sheet
5) YM sailing review of Hasler K26 with pictures including Hasler K20 Plus
Jan 19751) YM ist review of the K20 Plus JR - copy missing
2) Hasler K20 Plus Chinese Rig price
3) K30 brochure incorporating the K30S No.60
May 19751) Hasler Kingfisher 20 . Details of rigging. Drawing No. CV/25 by H.G.Hasler. Amended 3/1/79
2) K20 Plus JR Sail plan and rigging. Drawing No. CV/24 by H.G.Hasler. Amended Jan 1979
Aug 1975Boat Magazine - Hasler K20 Plus test and pictures
Sept 1975YM design section review of the Chinese rigged K20 Plus
Dec 19751) K20 Plus price list and order from
2) Hasler K20 Plus Chinese Rig price
Mar 1976PBO K20 Plus Pilmer with mention of K20 Plus Happy Mouse that was under going trials as a comparison.
April 19761) Hasler K26 price list and order form
2) K26 price list and order form
3) K30S price list and order form
May 1976Yachting World K20JR 414 Clover Louise
Dec 1977Hasler K26 price list
1978Kingfisher 26 Blue Smoke features in Waddingtons Super Trumps described as a fast cruiser
K26 Trump Card
Jan 19781) PBO K20 Plus Crackers on Lake Constance Switzerland
2) K20 Plus Advert in yachting magazine (Drawing)
March 1978YM Cover of K30 Nordlys at Korsund just north of Sogne, Norway
c.19791) New HK26 design
2) New K36 drawings
3) New K22 artists impression
Feb 19791) Hasler Kingfisher Fully Battened Lug Sailing Instructions by H.G.Hasler
2) Hasler Kingfisher Sailing Instructions - Drawings of HK26 nos DV/11 and DV/12 are missing.
3) Publication DV/20. Mentions HK30 and HK36 but no drawings listed.
May 1980PBO article on K20 - picture of K20 No.32.
Dec 1980PBO article K20JR (not PLUS) Amethyst Sail No.245 being towed by lifeboat in St Peter Port
c.19801) YM Cover Picture of K30 Nimrodel
2) K36 listed in Buyers Guide
April 1982PBO Articles on K20 Plus Griffin, K26JR, Picture K26JR No.68 Cygnet of Medham
Sept 1982Sunday Express K20JR Amethyst and Keith 'Ginger' Elliot cross the Atlantic
May 1983Poole Advertiser K20JR Amethyst and Keith 'Ginger' Elliot set off around the world
August 19831) Daily Telegraph K20JR Amethyst and Keith 'Ginger' Elliot arrive in New York with no VISA!
2) Daily Telegraph K20JR Amethyst and Keith 'Ginger' Elliot avoid deportation and are given 2 months to prepare the boat
c.1986K20 Plus JR Vanity around the world updates
June 1988PBO Sailing the junk-rigged gaff or the Junkette Rig
Jan 1990Keith 'Ginger' Elliot feared lost retuning to Poole from USA
July 1997PBO Issue 367. Kingfisher 20 report
c.2000Yachting monthly Mairi Sona Atlantic Cruise
Nov 2000Interesting Practical Boat Owner Magazine report on K20 'Frantica' Sail No.74
May 2001Sailing Today suggesting K26 as an alternative to the Sabre 27
Oct 2002Yachting Monthly A to Z of 2nd hand yachts featuring the Kingfisher Range
2004Reeds Yacht Buyers Guide K20 'Alcedo'
2005Yachting Monthly article featuring K30s 'Penultimate'
June 2006PBO article on Feather Vanes featuring K20 Plus
July 2006PBO article on 'The Jester Challenge' featuring K20 Plus 444JR 'Shanti'
May 2008PBO No.497 Kingfisher 26 full re-build 'Seabird'
June 2009PBO No.510 Kingfisher 26 new cockpit floor 'Seabird'
October 2012Yachting Monthly - Chay Blyth sails K30 Kamiah in Scotland 45 years after his voyage on Dytiscus III
UnknownInstructions on what to do when you receive your Kingfisher 20 PLUS (2nd edition)
UnknownK20 Plus brochure featuring No.351, K26 No.12, and K30 No.6
UnknownPBO review on Hasler K20 Plus
UnknownNewspaper review of 1st National Kingfisher Race in Poole Harbour
1st Liza, 2nd Clare if Impington, 3rd Susan Too
UnknownArticle on Westfields titled 'Very Special Cruising Yachts' by Spencer Armsdon
UnknownPBO full report on K20 Plus Crackers sailing in Germany - Austria
UnknownMercury Outboard advert featuring K20 Plus Taj Mahal
UnknownThe Moray Toilet instructions and parts diagrams