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1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43 Boat in Seattle, WA 98109 US

$137,000

Used
builtBuilt in 1989
Year the boat was built
model

Taswell 43

Boat model
engine

1 Engine (Yanmar)

Engine type and count
length

42.8 feet

Overall boat length
fuel

Diesel

Fuel type
material

Fiberglass/Reinforced

Hull material

Windwalker, Taswell 43 hull #22, will be a find for new owners seeking a great liveaboard and serious offshore passage-maker. Designed by Bill Dixon and built by Ta Shing in Taiwan, her hull is solid, hand-laid fiberglass below the waterline and end-grain balsa cored above, keeping the topsides light and stiff while leaving the hull below the waterline free of any concern over core deterioration. This is a boat built to head west out the Strait of Juan de Fuca and turn left, or venture north to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. In the latter case, her dual interior heating systems, air conditioning, and dodger/bimini combination make Windwalker a capable four-season adventurer. Her cutter rig comes with a well-considered sail inventory, including a newer Code 0 and Seldén furler, in keeping with her mission as an able, robust sailing vessel both upwind and down.

9,600 pounds of encapsulated iron ballast, carried in a moderate fin keel and paired with a skeg-hung rudder and wheel steering, strikes the sweet spot between solid offshore tracking and directional stability on one hand, and maneuverability in close quarters on the other. Her deck layout is built around generous side- and foredeck working space, reflecting a design brief centered on functional, shorthanded, offshore-capable sail handling rather than dockside styling. Her two-cabin layout comfortably accommodates two couples, with a dinette that converts into a midship double berth.

From the owners:

"We originally chose Windwalker because we fantasized sailing to Mexico and the Pacific after retirement. We knew she was the perfect blue water vessel. We found out quickly that Emily was not a fan of being on the ocean so we revised plans and spent the next 20 years exploring British Columbia: Haida Gwaii, a few trips to Barkley Sound from the south, counterclockwise circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, six trips around Cape Caution to the Great Bear Rainforest, and nearly annual trips to the Broughtons at the north end of Vancouver Island."

Interior Accommodations

Below decks, all Taswell 43s are immediately distinguished by their hand-crafted teak joinery, a hallmark of the Ta Shing yard's build quality. Forward and to port is a double pullman berth stateroom with a separate forward head featuring hot and cold pressure water, a sink, and a shower. Athwartship of the pullman berth is a large vanity/worktable with desktop storage and additional built-in shelves and drawers.

Moving aft, the main saloon is bright, functional, and well ventilated, with multiple opening ports. A large U-shaped dinette and seating area to port comfortably accommodates six adults. To starboard, opposite the dinette, is a traditional, generously sized forward-facing chart table and nav station equipped with a radar display, Raymarine instruments, and VHF and SSB radios.

Aft of the nav station, Windwalker's U-shaped galley sits at the base of the companionway and is equipped with an outward-facing, gimbaled Force 10 three-burner propane stove with oven, generous countertop space, a side-accessed refrigerator/freezer, a microwave oven, cabinets including a sculpted lazy Susan bar closet, and a double sink near centerline providing all the necessities, storage, and amenities to keep her crew well fed. The galley is laid out for real use underway.

Aft of the dining area, immediately to port of the companionway, is the pass-through to the owner's stateroom. On the inboard side of the passageway is Windwalker's electrical panel, along with full side access to the engine and mechanical compartment located directly below the cockpit. Outboard are hanging lockers and storage.

Moving aft through the passageway, the owner's stateroom offers a large, comfortable centerline berth, storage lockers, bookshelves, and a vanity desk with wall mirror, a layout that belies any notion of cramped "tiny house" boat living. To starboard and forward of the stateroom is the owner's ensuite head with a stand-alone shower. This is a very comfortable, generous, liveaboard-friendly layout.

Galley

• GE microwave oven

• Top loading refrigerator/freezer

• Seafrost seawater compressors

• Force 10 3 burner propane stove with oven

• Double sink with hot and cold pressure water

• (2) Whale foot pumps for fresh and salt water

• Convenient flip out garbage bin

• Generous storage including sculpted bar with lazy-susan turn table

Electronics and Navigation

• Garmin GPSMap 7612 MFD (cockpit mount)

• Garmin GPSMap 180 chart plotter (nav station)

• Raytheon R20 radar display

• Raytheon radar dome

• Ritchie 4" binnacle compass

• Raymarine ST60 multi-function display (nav station)

• Raymarine ST160 speed display (cockpit)

• Raymarine ST160 wind display (cockpit)

• Raymarine ST160 depth display (cockpit)

• Simrad AP22 autopilot controller (cockpit)

• Icom IC-M502 VHF radio (nav station)

• Icom IC-M204 VHF radio (cockpit)

• Icom IC-M710 SSB radio (nav station)

• AMEC WideLink B600 Class B AIS transponder

• AMEC Cubo 162 AIS/VHF antenna splitter

• Standard Horizon L45 hailer

• Simrad JP21 AP dash mount outlet (cockpit)

• Kenwood KDC-MP232 AM/FM/CD stereo receiver

• (2) West Marine cockpit stereo speakers

• (2) Alphasonik salon stereo speakers

• (2) Alphasonik aft stateroom stereo speakers

• 12V CLA plug (cockpit)

• Weems and Plath 3" barometer

• Bell Clocks 5" ship's chronometer

Electrical Systems

• 30 Amp / 120V shore power

• (2) Perko battery selectors

• AC/DC breaker panel

• Magnum Energy MS inverter/charger

• Magnum Energy SMX-11 remote monitor

• Dual alternators (type TBD)

• BASS 120V AC shore power selector switch

• ProSail galvanic isolator

• (4) NAPA 1200 4D house batteries (2026)

• (1) Group 27 start battery (2026)

• (5) 12V fans

• Spreader lights

• Steaming light

• Anchor light

• Running lights

Mechanical Systems

• Yanmar 4JTH-TE diesel engine

• Kanzaki direct drive transmission (2014)

• Racor fuel filter

• Groco raw water strainer

• PYI dripless shaft seal

• Maxprop bronze 3-blade feathering prop

• Cruisair heater/air conditioner (AC electrical/engine driven)

• Cruisair SMX-11 thermostat

• Espar hydronic M-D10W 12V diesel heater

• (3) Espar thermostats

• Village Marine Tec LW150 watermaker

• Henderson manual bilge pump (cockpit)

• Whale Super Gulper 12V bilge pump

• Jabsco 1-liter accumulator tank

• (2) Par 36251 shower sump pumps (forward and aft heads)

• (1) Par 36680 12V 5.5 gpm diaphragm automatic bilge pump

• (2) Raritan manual heads

• (2) head sinks with pressure hot/cold water

• Hart Systems Tank Tender monitor

• LPG control breaker switch

Deck and Hull

• Solid fiberglass hull below waterline, composite above

• Fin keel with encapsulated iron ballast

• Skeg hung rudder

• Factory fiberglass decks

• (9) Lewmar hull opening ports, including 2 transom ports

• (4) Lewmar cabin top opening ports

• (5) dorade boxes with cowl vents

• (1) Vetus UFO closable mushroom vent

• (1) solar powered mushroom vent

• (6) mooring cleats

• Deck wash outlet (foredeck)

• Maxwell 12V vertical windlass with capstan and foot controls

• Deck mounted genoa tracks and car leads

• Deck mounted inner staysail track with car leads

• Teak cabin top grab rails

• Teak cap rail with bow, midship, and stern chocks

• Stainless steel mast "sissy bars"

• Stainless steel cockpit/companionway handholds

• Canvas cockpit dodger and bimini

• Edson steering pedestal with 32" teak laminated wheel and stainless-steel spokes

• Teak cockpit table

• Teak lattice cockpit flooring

• (2) folding cockpit pad eyes

• Deep port and starboard aft lazarette lockers

• (2) Lewmar 43 ST mast mounted halyard winches

• (1) Lewmar 30 mast mounted halyard winch

• (1) Lewmar 30 ST mast mounted reefing winch

• (2) Lewmar 40 ST secondary winches

• (2) Lewmar 52 ST primary winches

• (1) Lewmar 43 ST mainsheet winch

• 28V Milwaukee 90-degree angle drill with winch handle chuck

• Stainless steel dinghy davits

Sails and Rigging

• Double spreader aluminum mast and aluminum boom

• Cutter rig

• Harken genoa roller furler

• Harken staysail roller furler

• Storm trysail mast track

• Forespar mast mounted adjustable whisker pole

• Spinnaker pole mast track

• Wire standing rigging

• (2) running backstays with Lewmar 4:1 block and tackle tensioning

• Mainsheet, end boom, 4:1 purchase

• Lewmar traveler, 4:1 end controls with cam cleats

• Garhauer 4:1 purchase tackle boom vang

• Deck mounted genoa car tracks

• (1) jib halyard

• (1) staysail halyard

• (1) spinnaker halyard

• (1) Code 0 2:1 halyard

• (1) main halyard

• (1) main topping lift

• (2) reef lines

• Lazy jacks

• UK mainsail (full batten)

• UK genoa

• UK staysail

• UK Yankee jib

• Storm trysail

• UK Passage Maker gennaker

• North asymmetrical spinnaker

• Hasse Code Zero (2018) with Seldén CX25 furler

• (Sails maintained by Hasse Sails, Port Townsend, WA)

Miscellaneous and Safety

• Lifesling 2 MOB system

• Switlik 6-person liferaft in hard canister (certification expired)

• ACR 406 EPIRB

• (1) engine compartment automatic fire extinguisher

• (2) fire extinguishers

• (2) 50' jacklines

• Lifebuoy ring

• Kidde carbon monoxide detector

• (4) throwable cushions

• Dodger and bimini

• Highfield HFC2 2.9 RIB

• Nissan 9.8 hp four-stroke outboard

• Outboard motor mount on pushpit

• Outboard lifting crane

• Stainless steel swim step ladder

• (2) Scotty downriggers with pole holders

• Magma Newport II propane grill

Exclusions

• Owners' personal items

Nominal Length
42.75ft
Length Overall
42.83ft
Length at Waterline
38.25ft
Beam
13.67ft
Max Draft
6.25ft
Displacement
23500lb
Ballast
9100lb
Fresh Water Tanks
200gal
Fuel Tanks
86gal
Windlass
electric-windlass
Hull Material
fiberglass
Hull Shape
monohull
Engine 1
Engine Make
Yanmar
Engine Model
4JH-HTE
Total Power
55hp
Engine Type
inboard
Fuel Type
diesel
Engine Year
1989
Drive Type
direct
Propeller Type
3-blade
Propeller Material
bronze

Price History

DateEventPrice
10/10/26Initial price$137,000

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The 1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43 has garnered a reputation for its exceptional craftsmanship and seaworthiness among boat enthusiasts

Many owners praise its sturdy construction and the use of high-quality materials, which provide a sense of reliability on the water. Feedback often highlights the spacious and thoughtfully designed interior, making it comfortable for extended cruising. The layout typically includes a well-equipped galley, ample storage, and inviting living spaces, all of which contribute to an enjoyable onboard experience. Sail performance is another common point of appreciation. Many customers remark on the boat’s responsive handling and ability to tackle various sea conditions effectively. This versatility, combined with a classic aesthetic, appeals to both seasoned sailors and those new to the yachting community. Overall, the Ta Shing Taswell 43 is frequently celebrated for its balance of comfort, performance, and timeless design, making it a cherished choice for long-distance cruising and leisurely weekend trips alike.

The Biggest Pros and Cons

The 1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43 is a classic sailing yacht known for its craftsmanship, durability, and performance. Here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons:

Pros

Build Quality: The Taswell 43 is constructed with solid fiberglass and features a high level of craftsmanship, making it sturdy and reliable for ocean cruising.

Performance: This model is designed for good sailing performance, offering a well-balanced hull that responds well under sail. It can handle various wind and sea conditions effectively.

Spacious Interior: With a well-thought-out layout, the interior provides ample space for comfort. The saloon, galley, and cabins are designed to maximize livability and storage.

Classic Design: The Taswell 43 features an elegant and timeless design, with traditional lines that appeal to many sailing enthusiasts.

Good Resale Value: Due to its reputation and quality, the Taswell 43 tends to maintain its value well in the market over time.

Amenities: The yacht typically comes equipped with various amenities for long-distance cruising, including a reliable engine, good tankage for water and fuel, and a functional galley.

Cons

Maintenance: As with any older vessel, maintenance can be a consideration. Owners may find that systems or components needing attention require ongoing investment of time and money.

Weight: The sturdy construction contributes to a heavier weight, which can affect speed and performance under certain conditions compared to lighter modern yachts.

Older Technology: Being a vessel from 1989, some onboard systems and technology may be outdated compared to more contemporary designs, which may necessitate upgrades for modern conveniences.

Draft Limitations: With a keel design that may have a deeper draft, the Taswell 43 may have limitations when navigating shallow waters, which could restrict cruising areas.

Availability of Parts: Depending on previous ownership and any modifications, sourcing specific replacement parts may be more challenging compared to more widely produced models.

Made For

The 1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43 is ideally suited for discerning sailors and cruising enthusiasts who seek a blend of performance, comfort, and classic elegance in their sailing adventures. With its renowned craftsmanship and strong seafaring abilities, this yacht is perfect for: 1. Experienced Cruisers: Sailors looking for a reliable vessel to embark on long-distance adventures will appreciate the Taswell 43's solid construction and proven offshore capabilities. 2. Liveaboard Sailors: With spacious interiors and thoughtful design, this boat provides a comfortable living space for those wishing to spend extended periods on the water. 3. Couples and Families: The combination of safety, comfort, and easy handling makes it an excellent choice for couples or families looking to explore coastal waters or embark on journeys to sought-after destinations. 4. Sailing Enthusiasts: Those who value high-quality craftsmanship and timeless design will admire the yacht’s fine wood finishes and attention to detail. 5. Luxury Seekers: This boat offers the allure of upscale features and a luxurious ambiance, appealing to individuals who appreciate the finer things in life while at sea. Overall, the 1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43 caters to those who want to experience the joy of sailing without compromising on comfort and style. Whether it's for day sails or globetrotting adventures, this vessel promises an exceptional sailing experience.

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Finance your dream boat!

Use our boat payment calculator to estimate monthly payments for 1989 Ta Shing Taswell 43. Enter your down payment, choose a loan term, and adjust the interest rate to see an instant payment estimate — ideal if you're calculating boat payments before you enquire. Wondering how much does a Center Cockpit cost in today's market, or how much does a Ta Shing cost for similar models? This boat financing calculator helps you compare scenarios in seconds, whether you're considering used boat financing or a new purchase.
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510152025
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Principal Loan Amount$116,450
Total Payment$208,208.27
Monthly payment
$867.53/mo

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