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Tayana 48

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1992

A Robert Perry-designed cutter featuring a raised salon and elevated floor for enhanced interior visibility

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

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The Tayana 48, on the water

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Footage from Sailing SV Cordelia

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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

19.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.8
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 33%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~87% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1961 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tayana 48, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Tayana 48 is a Robert H. Perry and Robert Ladd-designed cutter-rigged sailboat built by Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. since 1992. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, measures 14.6 meters LOA with a 4.4-meter beam, and displaces 15,875 kg.7:17 An early 2000s redesign by Rob Ladd introduced a raised salon and an elevated salon floor.7:44 The Tayana 48 has a comfort ratio of 36.1 and a sail area to displacement ratio of 19.8.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.8
Displacement / length
239.6
Comfort ratio
36.1
Capsize screening
1.78
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2085
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
FRP w/PVC foam core
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1992
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. (TAIWAN)

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