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 -- and if registered, Yahoo may be tracking your internet activity, even on non-Yahoo sites. More info HERE, including how to opt-out.)

Willard Links

• 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!)
   

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

• Kozad - W30 Voyager
• Lorelei 36' Vega - Charters from Willmington, NC 
• Nereid - 1966 47' Willard Dover Pilothouse 
• Northstar - W40 Widebody FBS (Available for Charter)
• Pilgrim - 1974 Willard 30 Voyager 
• Rincon - 1982 Willard 40 Flybridge 
  Passagemaker Magazine Article about Rincon (1.6MB pdf)
• Salty - 30' Voyager
• Slow Dancer - 30' Voyager 
• Trident - 36' Pilothouse 
• Willard 30 with Flying Bridge Removed 

Willard Support Businesses

• Bayview Engineering -- Articulated Rudders
• Fuller Brush Portlights -- Replacements for W30 portlights.
• Marks Plastics -- Windows & Frames. 951-735-7705 (No website)
• SeaSkills -- Yacht Delivery; Private Offshore Instruction

Miscellaneous

• A Family Affair Aboard a Willard 30
• 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.

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.
• Willard 30 1974 Owners Manual  (Includes Electrical Diagram)  Word .docx version.
• Willard 30 Electrical Diagram (11 x 17" pdf)
• Bartell Corrosion Meter Instructions