For Sale: 2005 Tayana 48
Viking boasts great performance and easy sailing with a shorthanded crew.
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The brokerage team at Swiftsure Yachts has listed the Tayana 48 Viking for sale with an asking price of $379,000.
This 2005 model is located in Seattle, Washington, and rocks the norse name Viking. She was penned by yacht designer Robert Perry.
Described by the brokerage team as a blend of expertise in cruising sailboat design and construction, the Tayana 48’s fin keel and skeg-hung rudder provides great performance. Electric genoa furling, staysail on fixed furler and Leisure Furl boom with an electric main halyard winch allow for easy sailing by a shorthanded crew.
Viking is 48 feet long with a 14.5-foot beam, a 6-foot draft and a displacement of 35,000 pounds. It’s powered by a Yanmar 4JH3-TE engine with 75 horsepower reading 5,042 engine hours.
Below deck, teak joinery creates a bright and homely atmosphere. The three-stateroom, two-head layout provides privacy and separated living spaces. Opening ports, large deck hatches, dorade vents and cabin fans allow for plenty of ventilation.
Forward is a guest cabin with a separate head finished in white fiberglass and a teak accent trim. The central living space salon has a roomy 6-feet, 6-inches of headroom and a J-shaped dinette to starboard. A navigation station is starboard of the companionway ladder and open to the salon and galley for socializing.
A passageway galley with Corian countertops, tall fiddles, toe kicks and overhead lighting is to port. The galley sports a range of kitchen appliances including a stove/oven, microwave, fridge and freezer boxes and storage shelves.
The large, private master cabin includes an ensuite head with a shower stall.
Other specs highlighted by the listing broker include: new standard rigging in 2021, bow thruster, full cockpit enclosure, Webasto hydronic heat with heated cockpit, recent Raymarine electronics, a SSB radio and Iridium Go satellite phone, low hours Northern Lights generator and more. All upgrades by the current owner were undertaken with offshore sailing, sail handling and security at anchor in mind.
More details about the Tayana 48 Viking as well as detailed equipment specs can be found here.
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