BoatsTayana 47 DS

Tayana 47 DS

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1991

A Robert Perry-designed cutter featuring a deck salon and skeg-hung rudder, built for comfortable blue-water cruising

Designed by Robert H. Perry, built by TA Yang Yacht Building Co. (Taiwan).

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36
CoastalBluewater

1.78 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.78
LightHeavy

240 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 240
EasygoingPowered-up

14.9 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.9
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Heavier than ~89% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2108 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.9
Displacement / length
239.6
Comfort ratio
36.4
Capsize screening
1.78
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2085
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1991
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. (TAIWAN)

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Tayana 47 CC14.33 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Robert Perry-designed center cockpit cutter built for offshore comfort with a high sail area to displacement ratio
Kelly-Peterson 4614.10 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Doug Peterson-designed cutter built for long-range comfort with a skeg-mounted rudder and a high displacement-to-length ratio
Malo Yachts 45/4614.20 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14-metre blue-water cruiser that evolved from the M45 to the M46, featuring a 39% ballast ratio for offshore stability
Swan 47 S&S14.58 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA Sparkman & Stephens design #2201 featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder for offshore stability
Hylas Yachts 4614.10 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA German Frers-designed masthead sloop built for offshore performance with a high sail area to displacement ratio
Bavaria Yachts Cruiser 4614.27 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14.27-metre cruiser from 2014 featuring a high-volume hull and a 2.1-metre draft for offshore stability

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