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1977 Tayana 37

San Diego, California

$59,500

37' Tayana 37 '77 "Night Heron"

NIGHT HERON has been superbly customized specifically for offshore single-handed sailing by an extremely knowledgeable sailor who has owned and enjoyed her for the last 23 years. Age and health issues have now forced him to move on and share his legacy with the next deserving owner.

Basic Boat Info

Boat Name: Night Heron
Make: Tayana
Model: 37
Year: 1977
Condition: Used
Category: Sail
Builder: Ta Yang
Designer: Bob Perry
Construction: Fiberglass
Boat Hull ID: TYA370840877
Has Hull ID: Yes
Keel Type: Full Keel
Range: 1,035.7 mi

Dimensions

Length: 37 ft
Length Overall: 41'2 ft
Length Of Deck: 36'8 ft
Waterline Length: 31'6 ft
Beam: 11'9 ft
Min Draft: 5'10 ft
Displacement: 22,500 lb
Bridge Clearance: 60 ft
Cabin Headroom: 6'5 ft
Ballast: 7,000 lb

Engines / Speed

Engines: 1
  • Make: Perkins
  • Model: 4-108
  • Drive Type: Direct
  • Fuel: Diesel
  • Engine Power: 49hp
  • Type: Inboard
  • Propeller Type: 3 Blade
  • Year: 1977
  • Engine Hours: 3000
Cruising Speed: 5.7 kn
Propeller RPM: 1800
Maximum Speed: 6 kn

Tanks

Fuel Tanks: 1
Fuel Tank Capacity: 90 gal
Fuel Tank Material: Other
Water Tanks: 1
Water Tank Capacity: 50 gal
Water Tank Material: Plastic
Holding Tank Count: 1
Holding Tank Capacity:
Holding Tank Material: GRP

Other

Heads Count: 1
Drive Type: Direct
Boat Class: Cruisers, Cutter

Contact

our office
Yachtfinders Windseakers

Office

Yachtfinders Windseakers
2330 Shelter Island Drive Suite 207
San Diego, California, US, 92106
Tel:(619) 224-2349
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


Accommodations

V-berth forward with custom Pullman entry. Bench to port and hanging locker to starboard. Moving aft, to port is the private head with hand-held shower and “comfort bowl” toilet.

Main salon features a U-shaped dinette to port that converts to a snug double berth and a settee to starboard. Nav station just aft of the settee followed by a quarter berth.

The U-shaped galley is to port of the companionway steps.

Large number of storage locations throughout. Headroom comfortable for people as tall as 6'5". Lots of handholds. LED lighting. Four solar-powered overhead fans.

Galley

Norcold 12V refrigeration (needs service)

2-burner Regal propane stove with oven

Pressure and manual sea water system

6-gal water heater (engine driven and 120V)

Solenoid for propane

Fiberglass propane tank

Electronics and Navigation

Wind speed and direction

Speed and distance logs

Depth sounder

Autopilot (inoperative)

Compass GPS

Chart plotter

Furuno radar

VHF radio on binnacle

Hand-held VHF radio

ICOM M710 SSB radio

ICOM M710 ham radio

Clock and barometer

Diesel tank level indicator

AM/FM, CD with cockpit and cabin speakers

Electrical

12V DC and 110V AC

Heavy duty 12V lead-acid starter battery

(4) 6V AGM LongLife house batteries 420 amp hrs

Battery parallel switch

Newport battery charger

50’ shore power cord

Galvanic isolater

Extensive rewiring of 12V system

Deck

Custom bow platform

55-pound Spade anchor with 316' G40 5/16" HiTest

Fortress FX23 stern anchor

LoFrans – Tigres electric windlass

Dodger (starboard zipper needs repair)

Cockpit awning

Sail cover

Dodger cover

Bimini

Avon dinghy with 5hp Nissan 2-stroke motor

Anchor and steaming lights

Deck light

LED running lights

Bow pulpit and rails

Lifelines and stanchions

Boarding gates

Dock lines and fenders

Swim ladder

BBQ

Dinghy davits

Outboard mount

Radar reflector

Windex

Custom radar tower with tiltable Garhauer platform

Outboard engine lift

Anchor washdown pump

Anchor bridle

Stainless aft railing linked to stern pushpit

Fleming GLobal 501 windvane

Cockpit spotlight

Custom binnacle

Solid teak bowsprit

Chain plate knees (gussets) rebuilt with through-hull bolts and external backing plates

Hull

Actual LOA: 41’2”

Last bottom paint – 7/2020

Sails and Rigging

Manual soft boom vang

Wire standing rigging

Wood deck-stepped mast

Harken Ocean 300 series ball bearing mainsheet traveler

Mainsheet 6:1

Profurl 42 roller furling on headsail

Hood roller furling on staysail

Winches:

 (5) Lewmar ST-30 two speed

 (2) ARCO ST-45 Genoa

 (3) small mast winches

Sails:

 Genoa 440 sq. feet

 Staysail ca. 230 sq ft

 Mainsail ca. 330 sq ft (foot = 13'6", Luff = 44')

Optimized for single handing, all lines aft to cockpit (topping lift, main halyard, #1 and #2 reefing lines, traveler, furlers on Genoa and staysail), Dutchman boom brake Model 750 with dedicated ST30 Lewmar winch, Lazy Jacks,

Engine and Mechanical

Fuel filter

Raw water sea strainer

Stove and engine fuel shut-off valves

Cockpit engine controls

Thermal and acoustic engine area insulation

Manual engine fire extinguishing

(1) manual and (2) electric bilge pumps

Wheel and tiller steering

Manual head

15-gal fiberglass holding tank

Accu-Heater 20,000 BTU (engine hot water heater)

Dickenson diesel heater 17,000 BTUs (Newly installed) with heating coil for heating water

Small 120 Volt electric heater

Safety

(3) life jackets

Fire extinguishers

Custom emergency tiller (stainless steel)

Flares

Horn and whistle

LifeSling

MOB pole

Other Features and Equipment

Custom V-Berth (semi-Pullman for easier entry)

Custom porthole over quarter berth

Fitted sheets for v-berth

Heavy duty factory davits available (not installed)

Outboard engine lift on radar pole

Port forward lifelines modified to simplify lifting dinghy onto foredeck

Mainsail and boom shortened on advice of Bob Perry to eliminate weather helm and improve safety in cockpit

Leece-Neville 90A alternator

Completed replacing about 50% of teak deck bungs

Interior varnish was stripped to bare wood and refinished (2008)

Exclusions

All seller’s personal effects on board are excluded from the sale of this vessel.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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