Tayana Vancouver 42
Description
The Vancouver 42 was designed by Canadian naval architect Robert Harris and built by Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. in Taiwan beginning in 1979 as a successor to the Robert Perry-designed Tayana 37. Approximately 200 units were constructed over several decades in three configurations: 130 aft-cockpit cruisers, 70 center-cockpit versions, and 5 rare pilothouse variants. Built with solid fiberglass and polyester laminate hulls (vinylester resin after 1992), the boat features woodblock cored decks, 11,800 pounds of encapsulated iron ballast, and semi-custom construction allowing significant interior variation. At 41.75 feet LOA with 12.50-foot beam and 5.83-foot draft, this heavy displacement cruiser (29,147 lbs) carries 942 square feet of sail area in a cutter rig configuration.
Construction Details
| Designer | Robert B. Harris |
|---|---|
| Builder | Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. |
| Length | 41.750 ft |
| LOA | 41.750 ft |
| LWL | 33.000 ft |
| Beam | 12.500 ft |
| Displacement | 29147 lb |
| Ballast | 11800 lb |
| Max Draft | 5.830 ft |
| Year Built | 1982 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 55.11 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 19.50 ft |
| p | 48.61 ft |
| e | 16.67 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.11 ft | 19.50 ft | 48.61 ft | 16.67 ft | - | - | - | - |
Documents
Sails
Tayana Vancouver 42 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 48.61 ft - (14816 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 16.67 ft - (5081 mm) |
| Leech | * 50.57 ft - (15414 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 50.84 ft - (15496 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | * 415.59 ft² |
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Tayana Vancouver 42 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 46.77 ft - (14255 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 26.3 ft - (8016 mm) |
| Leech | * 39.93 ft - (12171 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115.03 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 22.43 ft - (6837 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | * 524.5 ft² |
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Tayana Vancouver 42 - GENOA
| Luff | * 55.54 ft - (16929 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 31.89 ft - (9720 mm) |
| Leech | * 51.87 ft - (15810 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 29.25 ft - (8915 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.99 ° |
| Area | * 812.28 ft² |
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Tayana Vancouver 42 - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | * 55.54 ft - (16929 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 32.17 ft - (9805 mm) |
| Leech | * 51.1 ft - (15575 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 1340 ft² |
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Tayana Vancouver 42 - STORMJIB
| Luff | * 32.15 ft - (9799 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 14.95 ft - (4557 mm) |
| Leech | * 25.67 ft - (7824 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 60 % |
| Length Perp | * 11.7 ft - (3566 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 19 ° |
| Area | * 188.12 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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