West Marine Ltd. was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Peel Engineering Company, which was founded by designer, inventor and engineer Cyril Cannell in the early 1950s to make Microcars, GRP boats and other fibreglass products.
West Marine was located in the boat yard by the side of the River Neb at the top of Peel harbour, in the Isle of Man.
[2] They also produced a 25-foot Midshoreman designed by Dr. E. C. B. Corlett, which was especially suited to the Irish Sea, they were fitted with an inboard diesel engine and Z outdrive.
There were only supposed to be three of these ever made, to qualify for an Isle of Man Government business grant, which was never received.
West Marine Ltd also produced a small rowboat/tender with possible sailing capabilities; this is believed to be a GRP copy of an old boat that was lying around the yard at the time.