BoatsTashiba 36

Tashiba 36

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1986

A 1986 cutter with a 43% ballast ratio, engineered for heavy-displacement stability and offshore passage-ready motion

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

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Tashiba 36, on the water

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

Footage from Golden Globe Race Official

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.72
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 323
EasygoingPowered-up

15.2 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.2
TenderStiff

43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 43%

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

  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~78% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 430 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tashiba 36, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Tashiba 36 is a Robert H. Perry-designed cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, built by Ta Shing Yacht Building in Taiwan since 1986. It measures 11.0 m LOA, with a 3.6 m beam, 1.7 m draft, and 9230 kg displacement; a pilot house variant is also available. Aboard his 1986 Tashiba 36 *Spirit*, Guy deBoer undertook a 4,000-mile qualifying passage for the Golden Globe Race, sailing from the Canary Islands to Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.0:37 During this solo voyage, deBoer navigated light-air conditions and performed an in-water repair of his Hydrovane.10:18 He also managed a Windpilot wind vane and used Starlink for daily communication.4:53 His maintenance tasks included addressing mast chafing and planning for new halyards.19:20

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
43.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.2
Displacement / length
322.7
Comfort ratio
36.8
Capsize screening
1.72
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1277
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1986
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Ta Shing Yacht Building (TAIWAN)

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The family

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

Tashiba 36 PHA pilothouse cutter with a long keel and 43% ballast ratio, designed for protected, all-weather offshore watchkeepingTashiba 31A Robert Perry-designed cutter with a long keel, built for heavy-weather stability and comfortable blue-water cruisingTashiba 40A 13-ton cutter with a high comfort ratio of 41.48, engineered for steady, long-distance passage makingTatoosh 42A Robert Perry-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a balanced displacement for offshore cruisingTA Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. Ct-37A Robert Perry-designed long-keel cutter built for heavy-displacement comfort and offshore stability

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