Taswell 56 Centre cockpit cruising cutter

TASWELL 56 DASH HIGHLIGHTS:

-Bill Dixon design

-Built at the renowned Ta Shing Boatyard in Taiwan

-Semi-Custom built suited to high latitudes and offshore cruising 

-Full pre-purchase survey May 2024. Report available on request

-Two owners only, who have taken great pride in ownership (owned 13 years and 11 years)

-Fully enclosed cockpit

-Electric primary winches

-Furling Jib, Genoa and Main sail in good condition

-75 l/h watermaker, 8 Kva diesel generator, 480W solar power

-Shore power 110V and 220V, 50/60 hertz capable to suite international voltage 

- 5 AGM House batteries and one separate Engine/Genset  start battery. All replaced 2022

-Battery Charger/invertor Victron 12V/3000watt/120amp

-Full set of B&G Zeus 3 electronics with repeaters and B&G Radar

-VHF, HF, SSB, Iridium GO

-Starlink

-Reliable 100Hp Yanmar diesel in excellent condition

-310 RIB Hypalon Dinghy and Tohatsu outboard 

-Extensive set of offshore cruising safety equipment, including automatic fire extinguisher in engine room

-Huge inventory, turnkey and available with everything on board to just move on and sail away.

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Drawn by the legendary Bill Dixon, mastermind of such incredibly respected designs as the Moody, the Hylas, and such magnificent vessels as the 100' Antares III, or the 147' Heureka, the Taswell 56 is instantly recognisable as Dixon design, a serious offshore cruising vessel with the most beautiful lines.

Built for strength, balance and sea kindliness, as well as easily delivering an excellent turn of speed, the Taswell 56 is in every way the perfect ocean voyager, capable of all latitudes sailing and to withstand difficult ocean condition with ease and safety for her passengers.  

Dash is a veritable head turner, always treated with the care and respect such a yacht inspires by her two consecutive owners. Handed to you after religious upkeep and regular upgrades, this beautiful yacht is presented to you ready to begin your journey. Her owners are on board and available to welcome you for your inspection, assist with sea trial and a detailed handover to ensure that you feel safe from the very beginning of your ownership.

Because images are worth a thousand words, we have put together a detailed video tour, which was filmed in June 2024, just days before going to market, to show you this beautiful yacht exactly as she presents today. To ensure that Dash with in perfect health before being passed on to you, the owners commissioned an internationally qualified marine surveyor from Sydney, Australia, to fully survey the boat before going to market. The report is available on request.  

For a bit of info about Nautilus Yacht Management, we are a boutique-style brokerage devoted to high quality cruising yachts and to the cruising community since our launch in Sydney in 2011.

With representation from French Polynesia to Fiji, New Zealand and Australia to assist cruisers along South Pacific route, we are here to help both sellers and buyers with the logistics involved from registration to insurance, delivery, import, survey, storage and crewing if required. Ex- cruisers ourselves we just strive to help others begin their journey on the ocean.

If you think Dash may just be what you have been looking for, get in touch! Our team can organise a private video viewing, discuss the purchase process with you as well as take all the time you need to answer your questions, assist with organising your visit, purchase, delivery home if needed, insurance, berthing, crewing, etc.


A Word From The Owners:

"We had been looking nationwide for ocean-going vessels for close to 18 months when we saw this Taswell 56, then named Felicia.   It was in our own backyard - same marina that we sailed out of in Marina del Rey California.   It was slightly bigger than we had planned for and slightly over our budget but when we both visited - the boat sold itself to us.   It was in such good condition having only one owner who had the boat built to his specifications that we knew this was the one.   We are happy to say we made the right decision in so many ways.   Renamed Dash, she has been our friend, our home, our protector, and provided us with much happiness for the past 11 years.

Dash has been up and down the west coast of North America.   As far north as 52 degrees in British Columbia Canada and down to Mexico.   In 2018 we cut the dock lines and left from Marina del Rey to the Marquesas French Polynesia completing the 3000nm passage in just under 20 days. Since then, we have explored French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji and New Zealand.

We chose the name Dash for the boat, not due to speed (though we have had multiple "+200nm" days on passage) the name comes from the concept that our lifetime is too often summed up as two dates on a tombstone, separated by a dash and we have been out "Making the most of our Dash"!  After choosing the name, we found the beautiful poem The Dash by Linda Ellis that more eloquently spells out the concept. " Kellie and Mike, Fiji, June 2024