$27,500 · Classic 1947 Wood Gaff Cutter Liveaboard with Moorage - Taihoa

This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of local history. This 1947 wooden sailboat is a great liveaboard and could take you on beautiful adventures around the BC Coast. It was the runner up at the 2019 Victoria Classic Boat Show for "best liveaboard". Price flexible for the right buyer. Currently in need of a new partial deck beam. A George Band custom design, Taihoa is a flush deck, gaff rigged cutter featuring red cedar planks on oak frame and mahogany/teak trim/interior with many recent updates: - Charger (Jan. 2018) - Marine grade wiring (2018) - Head pump (Sept. 2019) - Battery bank and starting battery (Jan. 2018) - Includes Dinghy with 6hp mercury engine (2018) - Retractable bowsprit, saves 8' in harbour (2020) - 12v Novakool Refrigerator (New 2020) Taihoa is presently moored in downtown Victoria and liveaboard moorage can be transferred along with the vessel. Specs: Designer: George Band Builder: J. N. Simmonds Launched: 1947 Vancouver British Columbia Length: 48 feet overall 37 feet 10 inches on deck 35 feet 10 inches at waterline Draft: 5 feet 10 inches Beam Max.: 11 feet Displacement: 12.6 ton Keel : cast iron 7400 Lbs, with 4000 lbs iron pigs inside. Sail Area: 850 square feet Engine: Westerbeke 4-107 Transmission: Hurth ZF Horsepower: 37 hp @ 3000rpm Max. Torque: 80 ft. lbs Sea Tiger 2 speed manual Anchor windlass 35# Danforth Anchor 50' 3/8chain 200' 5/8 rode 66# Bruce w/200' chain 200' 5/8 rode Stern anchor line w/ 150' rode Mooring Lines Brass Binnacle Compass Garmin Fish Finder/Depth sounder Standard Horizon Color Chart plotter new (2008) 2 100w Solar Panels w/regulator Fitted with both standard black water tank and C-Head Gimbaled 3 Burner Seaward Princess Propane Stove On demand propane hot water Dickinson Newport diesel cabin heater $27.500 OBO