Taswell 50 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Taswell 50 means looking at a late-nineties Bill Dixon design from Ta Shing's expanded Taswell range, built as a 50-foot center-cockpit cruiser with an "All Season" raised-salon variant carrying an interior helm. These are heavy, Lloyd's-spec solid-GRP voyagers of 40,000 pounds with 11,500 pounds of lead ballast, and the used cohort reflects that serious-offshore intent rather than a light coastal pedigree.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Taswell 50 appears in standard center-cockpit form and as the raised-salon "All Season" version with a secondary interior helm station. Both share the,15-foot beam and 50-foot length that produce a genuine liveaboard interior, and the 533-liter (140-gallon) fresh water tank plus 113-gallon diesel and single 75-horsepower Yanmar frame the boat as a self-sufficient passagemaker. Buyers comparing two layouts should weigh the interior helm of the All Season against the simpler standard deckhouse, as the sources describe no further interior differentiation between the variants.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, Taswell 50s commonly carry solar, life raft, air conditioning, wind generator, chartplotter, radar, EPIRB, AIS, cockpit shower, swim platform, dodger, bimini, freezer, electric winches, furling main, watermaker, autopilot, Starlink, and inverter. Hot water, dinghy davits, and a short-handed setup are often seen, while an asymmetric spinnaker and teak decks show up as occasional owner upgrades rather than standard fit. The cutter rig's documented 16 mm sheet runs at 15.3 to 38.1 meters mean any electric-winches-fitted boat is managing those loads with appropriately sized gear, and a furling main is a common cruising adaptation rather than a rare refit.
What to Inspect
The available authority extracts record no systemic structural defects for the Taswell 50, but the hull is a hand-laid solid fibreglass shell with vinylester outer laminate and a balsa-cored deck bolted to the hull flange — areas where an owner should confirm core dryness at hardware mounts. The draft of 6.76 to 7.06 feet dependent on load is a fixed design constraint to verify against any marina you intend to use, since she can only enter major marinas. No documented flooding paths or drainage faults appear in the sources, so inspection should follow normal Lloyd's-spec GRP practice rather than chasing a known weak point.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Taswell 50s on the used market typically appear in the United States and Georgia. For a shopper, the takeaway is straightforward: confirm the layout variant, verify deck-core and hull-flange condition, and accept the draft limitation as inherent. Check that common cruising equipment (watermaker, autopilot, electric winches) is present and serviced, and treat teak decks or asymmetric spinnaker as nice-to-have rather than expected. The boat's 29% ballast ratio, 37.5 Motion Comfort, and 1.75 capsize screen describe a stable offshore hull worth owning if the marina draft fits your plans.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Taswell 50. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 3 | $ 279,000 | — |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $ 289,000 | +3.6% |
| May 26 | 2 | $ 279,000 | -3.5% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $ 29,900,050 | +10616.9% |
| Jul 26 | 2 | $ 299,000 | -99.0% |
Where they're listed
Taswell 50 listings appear across 2 countries. United States has the most listings with 9 (90.0%), followed by Georgia.
Country view
10 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 279,000 | 9 | 5 | 90.0% |
| Georgia | $ 279,000 | 1 | 1 | 10.0% |
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| Taswell 50You are here | — | $ 279,000 | 12 | 8 |