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Tayana 64

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 2003

A Robert Ladd-designed cutter with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance at 64 feet

Designed by Robert Ladd, 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 64, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Parlay Revival

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.84
LightHeavy

157 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 157
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.5
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 516 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tayana 64, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Tayana 64 is a Robert Ladd-designed cutter-rigged sailboat built by Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. in Taiwan since 2003. With an LOA of 19.4 meters, a beam of 5.5 meters, and a displacement of 27,713 kg, it features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg and a draft of 2.4 meters. A shoal draft variant is also available, reducing the draft to 2.08 meters. The Tayana 64 is a larger evolution of the Tayana 44, a model whose vulnerability to propulsion system failure was demonstrated when a fouled propeller on a Tayana 44 led to its wreck on a reef in the Tuamotu Islands.11:27

The living fleet

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Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.5
Displacement / length
156.6
Comfort ratio
34.4
Capsize screening
1.84
Hull speed
10.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
3602
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
FG Vinylester/PVC hull/Balsa deck
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2003
Designer
Robert Ladd
Builder
Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. (TAIWAN)

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The family

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

Tayana 65A Robert B. Harris-designed cutter with a 44.44 comfort ratio and 33-ton displacement for serious blue-water passage makingTayana 52A Robert Perry-designed cutter built for heavy-displacement offshore cruising with a skeg-mounted rudderTayana 55A Peter Beeldsnijder-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, built for heavy-displacement offshore cruisingTayana 48A Robert Perry-designed cutter featuring a raised salon and elevated floor for enhanced interior visibilityTayana 58DSA Peter Beeldsnijder-designed deck saloon cutter built on the proven Tayana 55 hull for serious offshore cruisingTayana 47 CCA Robert Perry-designed center cockpit cutter built for offshore comfort with a high sail area to displacement ratio

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