TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-54

BoatsTA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-54

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The TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-54, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from The Sailing Doodles Podcast

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 51 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 51

CoastalBluewater

At 1.59 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.59

LightHeavy

331 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 331

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.5

TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~95% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~81% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~92% of boats her size on file

Compared with 118 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-54, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Ta Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (TAIWAN) Ct-54 is a Robert H. Perry-designed staysail ketch with a long keel, built from 1975 to 1981.16:25 It measures 16.5 meters LOA, with a 4.7-meter beam, 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 25,854 kg.15:13 The design was initially intended to be sold as the HANS CHRISTIAN 54, but no boats were marketed under that name.16:35

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

28.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Staysail Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.5

Displacement / length

331.5

Comfort ratio

50.9

Capsize screening

1.59

Hull speed

8.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2316

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1975–1981

Units built

100

Designer

Robert H. Perry

Builder

Ta Chaio Shipbuilding Co

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-56A Robert Perry-designed masthead ketch with a long keel, built for heavy-displacement offshore comfort and stability TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-48A Robert Perry-designed staysail ketch built for offshore comfort with a heavy displacement and skeg-mounted rudder TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-47A versatile cutter from the board of F. Michael Kaufman, built in Taiwan with over 80 hulls produced for varied layouts TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-49A traditional-stern cutter offering multiple rig and cockpit configurations for customised offshore cruising TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-44A 13-metre cutter with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, offering a pilot house option for offshore voyaging TA Chiao Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-43A Ron Holland-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, built for performance-oriented cruising

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