Franklin, we have done a further 35,000nm in our Tayana, we are presently in
Japan. She is a great sea boat and handles seriously bad weather with ease, she took a F10 in the Cook Straights with ease.
However, she is slow in light weather...just part of the
price you pay for stability in 60 kt winds and 25 ft seas.
When we were looking for a Tayana there was a strange schooner with mostly
roller furling sails...we rejected her because of the strange rig.
Our Tayana will be
for sale in October when we get her back to the US unless someone wants to sail her in the Pacific where we have had 4 wonderful years.
Pm me if you want detais, she is
blue water equipped.
The early Tayana 55s drew 7-6 and the keel weighed 17,000lbs, slow but very stable. Ours has an air
draft of 76ft, you do not buy a sea boat to
motor the
ICW.