Description

1979 Tayana Vancouver 42, Proven Bluewater Cruiser, Fully Refitted and Ready to Sail

Custom-built in Taiwan for her original owners, this Robert Harris designed Tayana Vancouver 42 embodies true offshore craftsmanship and capability. Her first owners cherished her from launch until 2009, when the current owners purchased and lovingly restored her to near-new condition, upgrading, refitting, and modernizing her over the past 16 years while living aboard in Alameda, California and cruising south to Mexico in 2022.

Now fully cruise-ready and beautifully maintained, she’s a USCG-documented vessel with everything you need to continue the adventure; from a Beta 43 diesel with low hours, Spectra watermaker (4 years old), and new electronics (2022), to a complete sail inventory including spinnaker and new mainsail with stack pack.

Her comfortable interior layout features a Pullman stateroom forward, convertible quarter berth aft, and a bright salon with a head and shower. Topsides, a fully enclosed cockpit with interchangeable “glass” and mesh panels provides comfort and protection in all weather. Her new stainless safety rails and recent bottom job (2024) underscore the care she’s received.

This is a rare opportunity to own a thoughtfully refitted bluewater vessel, a capable, handsome cruiser equally at home exploring the Sea of Cortez or bound for distant oceans. After 16 years aboard, her owners are ready to pass her on to someone who will love her as deeply as they have.

Highlights

Manufacturer Tayana

Model Vancouver 42

Year 1979

Price $70,000 USD

Status For Sale

Length 42

Hull Material Fiberglass

Region La Paz, BCS, Mexico

Type and Class Sail, Cruiser, Sloop

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Specs

General Information

Manufacturer	Tayana
Model	Vancouver 42
Year	1979
Length	42
Hull Material	Fiberglass

Additional Details

Status	For Sale
Region	La Paz, BCS, Mexico
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Full Specs

Dimensions

Length Overall	41.75 ft
Max Draft	5.75 ft
Beam	12.5 ft
Length at Waterline	33ft
Hull Material	Fiberglass

Speed & Distance

Cruising Speed	6.5 kn
Max Speed	7.5 kn
Range	1,000 nm
Engine Make	Beta Marine
Engine Model	43
Total Power	43hp
Engine Hours	800
Engine Type	Inboard
Fuel Type	Diesel
Propeller Type	3 Blade
Propeller Material	Bronze

ACCOMMODATIONS

Nav Station
Corian galley and head countertops (2014)
Wood floors
Quarter berth with insert to make queen bunk (aft port)
Salon with TV and table with fold-out leaf
Master stateroom with custom mattress (pullman bunk)
One manual Jabsco toilet in head, with shower head and sump pump
Cockpit enclosure with solid and mesh panels
SS hand rails (installed 2025)
Built-in top and front loading 12V refrigeration
Princess Gourmet II propane 3-burner stove with oven (2013)
Double SS sink
Pressure water system
11 Gal. water heater
Uniden UMS25 VHF
B&G Radar
B&G Chart Plotter
B&G GPS
Pelagic Autopilot
Danforth Constellation 5" binnacle type
Depth Sounder
Wind speed and direction
Knot/meter log
AiS
TV
12V DC system and 110V AC system
4 Lifeline AGM 6V batteries, 600 AH total (2022)
Battery panel switch
Battery monitor
2 500 watt inverters
LED interior lighting
Auto battery charger
8 100 watt solar panels
Dockside electrical cable
Beta 100 amp alternator
Re-powered seven years ago with a new KUBOTA-based BETA 3-cylinder diesel engine, 4-cycle, naturally aspirated
31” stainless steel wheel with leather rim cover
Cable steering to bronze quadrant
Emergency tiller
Foam-cored FG skeg-hung rudder
2” SS rudderpost / Bronze packing gland
Federal Tru-Pitch 3-blade bronze 18” RH 10”
Morse cables to pedestal-mounted gearshift and throttle levers
1 auto and 1 manual bilge pumps
Raw water sea strainer
Dual Racor fuel filters
Borg-Warner Velvet Drive, engine alarm and emergency engine stop
Stove and engine fuel shut off
Fresh water cooling systen
Overboard head
Manual holding tank, 12V macerator
Force 10 propane heater, bulkhead mounted in salon
Spectra Ventura 9 GPG watermaker
Fuel	2 FG tanks, 80 gal each. 160 gal total
Water	2 SS tanks, 80 gal each. 160 gal total
Holding	1 FG tank, 40 gal
Graywater	1 FG tank, 20 gal (not connected)
45 lbs. Bruce anchor at bow, 250' chain
35 lbs. Bruce anchor at stern, 50' chain and 150' line
Lewmar electric anchor windlass, 250' 3/8 chain (2022)
Bow rollers
Deck, Tricolor lights
SS 1.25 lifelines and rails
SS gates
Boarding and swim ladders
Bow pulpit
Salt water deck wash down (not hooked up)
Dodger, full cockpit enclosure with solid canvas and mesh inserts
Zodiac 275 aluminum bottom RIB dinghy with a Mercury 9.9 HP 4-stroke (2022)
FG deck
Sunshower on deck
Double-spreader masthead rig
Main (UK, 2022), 110% Jib, Spinnaker, Storm Staysail. Cruise equipped, Dacron
FACNOR LS200 Roller furling - Jib
Aluminum mast, keel stepped
Wire standing rigging
All halyards and topping lift were replaced in fall 2022. Reefing lines were replaced in winter 2023. Mainsheet was replaced in December 2025.
Lines led aft
Winches	2 Barlow ST 27 - primary
2 Barlow 24 - secondary
2 Lewmar ST 46 - halyard controls
Block & tackle boom vang
Spinnaker pole
Stakpak type mainsail cover with lazy jacks
6 Lifejackets
Lifesling
Jack lines