Links & Files

Yahoo Willard Group

Willard owners are passionate about their boats! The Yahoo Willard Group has been going strong for almost 10 years now! If you are serious at all about WIllards, you need to join this group -- there is an indescribable wealth of information there passed on by a wide variety of owners over the years.

Yahoo Willard Boat Owners List (Registration Required.)

Willard Links

Willard Boats on Facebook
TrawlerForum Willard thread
Flickr Willard Trawlers Group
Flickr Slideshow (Click on the photo to display comments)
Willard Marine Inc. (But there's nothing there about their trawlers!)
Willard Marine Promotional Video (Current - no yachts.)

Willards For Sale

Some good search sites: (Note: Where possible, these links go directly to a Willard Search. Others you will need to enter "Willard" into the search box.)

Yachtworld www.yachtworld.com -- Broker listings only
Boat Browser www.boatbrowser.com
Buy-Sell www.buysell.com -- General classifieds - Used a lot for boats in BC
Everyboat www.everyboat.com
Marine Source www.marinesource.com
I-Boats www.iboats.com/used_boats
Boat World www.boat-world.com

Willard Owner Sites

Willard Support Businesses

Bayview Engineering -- Articulated Rudders
Fuller Brush Portlights -- Replacements for W30 portlights.
Marks Plastics -- Windows & Frames. 951-735-7705 (No website)
Clearcut Plastics -- Custom cut plastic windows (Fremont, Seattle, WA)
SeaSkills -- Yacht Delivery; Private Offshore Instruction
Zimmerman Marine - Formerly a dealer. In Maryland & Virginia

Clubs & Organizations

Fiberglassics® - recognizing the style and creativity of the original fiberglass boat designs from the 50's & 60's.
Marine Trawler Owners Association

Miscellaneous

A Family Affair Aboard a Willard 30
Life with an Old Motor Sailor
Clyde Ford, author of novels featuring Charlie Noble and his Willard trawler.
Movie: Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure The first part of this movie features a 1974 Willard Horizon motorsailer.
Willard Hull Numbers
Willard Models
William Garden Facebook Page
Lord Nelson Victory Tugs Owners Site (No relation to Willards -- just another good trawler owner's site.)
Willard 50 proposed by Willard in 2000. (PMM April 2000)

Maintenance

All About Willard Windows (A Wiki Page - Under Construction.)
Blisters - passionforpaint.co.uk/Osmosis.htm
Yacht Survey Online - A wealth of useful maintenance info.
Fabula "Signature" marine hull paint -- Several owners have used this with good results.

Files

Note: Files are in pdf format unless stated otherwise.

Perkins Engine Manuals Page
Willard 36 Newsletters from 1965-1969.
Note: These were memeographed copies that were very hard to read. They have been scanned using character recognition software along with manual editing to make them as readable as possible, although there are a few spots that were completely unreadable. The originals are available at the Yahoo Willard list.
Vega 36 Standard Cruiser Brochure
Vega 36 Series Brochure, featuring details on all 36' models, plus some larger models. (Caution , this is a high rez, 7MB pdf file.)
Willard 30 1974 Owners Manual (Includes Electrical Diagram)
Word .docx version <-- Useful for customizing for your boat!
Willard 30 Electrical Diagram (11 x 17" pdf)
Willard 30 Hull Body Plan
Bartell Corrosion Meter Instructions
Willard 30 Trip to Bermuda - Passagemaker Magazine Article 12/2002 (Caution 5MB pdf file.)
Willard 30/4 Drawings (large format pdf files): (Thanks to Paul Birkey for supplying these.)
Outboard Profile & Deck Plans Construction Plans 1 - 2 - 3 Joinery Electrical Piping Deck Hardware