S/V New Horizons

Type: Tayana 55

Configuration: Cutter Rigged Sloop

Built: 1987

Length Overall: 55 feet/16.76 meters

Beam: 16.08 feet/4.90 meters

Draft: 7.08 feet/2.16 meters

Displacement: 48,400 pounds/21,954 kilograms

Built in Taiwan

New Horizons is a 1987 Tayana 55 built by The Ta Yang Yacht Bldg. Co., Ltd who has long been dedicated to producing not only the finest in yacht construction but also the most advanced cruising designs available. It was in this spirit that they commissioned the incomparable Dutch naval architect Pieter Beeldsnijder to design a fast, beautiful fifty five footer which incorporated the latest thoughts in yacht technology. This was a large order but it didn't stop there. The new yacht was to combine speed with extraordinary ease of handling.

Beeldsnijder decided that two underbody configurations were necessary. One was a deep, fixed keel for those who expected to do their sailing outside of shallow coastal waters. New Horizons has this configuration.

It is in the accommodations that her true quality is most apparent. On entering the companionway, one finds themselves surrounded by a most lovely decor of fine tropical woods and luxurious fabrics.

The Tayana 55 is one of the renowned cruising sailboats designed by Dutch naval architect Pieter Beeldsnijder and is considered among serious cruisers to be one of the few larger hallmark cruising yachts ever built. The vessel is elegant yet functional and she sails like a dream!