Ta Shing Tashiba 36 Sailboats for Sale

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

36' · 10.97 m

The mid1980s heralded a pivotal transition in the yachting world. As production builders increasingly pursued flatter bottoms, wider sterns, and lighter displacements, a committed cadre of cruising traditionalists remained fiercely devoted to the seaworthy behavior, heavy tracking, and aesthetics of the doubleended cruiser. Stepping into this arena was the Tashiba 36, born of a legendary collaboration between naval architect Robert Perry and the master shipwrights of Ta Shing Yacht Building in Taiwan. Designed in California and built in Tainan, the Tashiba 36 was engineered as a highly refined evolution of Perry's earlier traditional designs. It successfully merged the romanticism of the classic canoe stern with a modern understanding of hydrodynamics. Today, the Tashiba 36 is widely regarded as one of the finest production examples of the modified fullkeel doubleender, representing the zenith of Taiwanese yacht building before the industry shifted toward more standardized, modern hull forms.