$319,000
OFFERED BY
Annapolis Sailyard
LOCATION
Deltaville, Virginia United States of America
YEAR
1999
LENGTH
44.0 ft.
Condition
Used
Year
1999
Make & Model
Taswell 44 AS
Boat type
Sail
Length
44.0 ft.
Fuel Type
Diesel
Location
Deltaville, Virginia United States of America
RARE OPPORTUNITY for this Taswell 44 AS- beautiful, capable cruiser, and very well kept! Ready for you now!
Impeccably well kept elegant cruiser from the revered Ta Shing yard, designed by Bill Dixon, this initial Taswell 44 All Season is an opportunity you don't want to miss.
Contessa is a yacht that offers incredibly comfortable accommodations; and strength to voyage wherever one chooses. One will rarely see a Taswell 44 Raised Salon Cutter come up on the market; reason being that their owners love them, enjoy them and keep them. She was the Annapolis Boat Show Queen 2000. Her current owner has lavished Contessa with love and respect.
999 Yanmar 4JH2-HTBE
Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hours: 3470
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Power: 75 hp
Propeller Type: 3 Blade
Dimensions
LOA: 44 ft
Beam: 13 ft 8 in
Max Bridge Clearance: 64 ft
Max Draft: 6 ft
Weights
Ballast: 9,600 lb
Displacement: 29,000 lb
Tanks
Fuel: 120 gal Stainless Steel
Fresh Water: 150 gal Stainless Steel
Holding: 40 gal
Designer: Bill Dixon
Builder: Ta Shing
FULL SPECS
Contessa is a powerhouse of a sailor; fast, comfortable, beautiful and safe. A world voyager with the strength and beauty to make an owner happy on all fronts. Contessa is a yacht of the highest degree.
She sports a midnight dark blue hull with white accents. She is a double spreader cutter with a Liesurefurl main with electric furling winch, and all headsails are on their own furlers. All lines are lead back in the safe and comfortable cockpit. She offers her owners and guests a comfortable and spacious two stateroom, two head arrangement with all of the creature comforts of home. Equipment wise, she has everything one would ever want and or need. Big Genset, air conditioning, heat, all of the creature comforts that make sailing and living aboard, a joy. Contessa has been kept in immaculate condition, making her a very special offering. She is truly in Bristol condition.
Accommodations
Contessa, a Taswell 44 Raised Deck Salon, delivered in 2000, is one of the most comfortable, high quality designs ever built and has been impeccably maintained by her owners. There isn't a more spacious, comfortable, better finished, well-performing cruising yacht for shorthanded cruising under 45 feet.
The interior features a large, bright, well ventilated raised main salon with a view. Moving aft is a generous navigation center to starboard and large galley to port. Both the navigation center and galley benefit from the extra light provided by the side and forward salon windows. Aft is a master stateroom with centerline queen berth and ensuite head with shower. Forward is a large guest cabin, guest head and desk.
For anyone considering an extended cruise Contessa has all the luxury options. Examples are the Liesurefurl boom, self-tacking staysail, power halyard winch, Furlex headsail furlers, 8 kw generator, 75 hp Yanmar diesel, two reverse cycle air conditioning, and comprehensive electronics package with instruments at navigation center below and at the cockpit helm station on deck. When Contessa was built, many custom options were added. Examples are: lead ballast, massive teak and bronze rubrail, custom radar pole with outboard crane, extra galley lockers and storage, deck hatches with screens, a built-in swim platform accessed through the stern pulpit gate, dingy davits... the list is endless.
Raised Main Salon
Bright, spacious salon with L-shaped settee to starboard with varnished teak table. Outboard of the settee are two double shelf lockers and one lower locker with shelf above. Hull port between the two double lockers. The portside features a second settee with locker with sliding doors outboard along with a tall shelf locker and low shelf locker with hull port. Extra storage outboard and under port settee. Storage locker under navigation seat with book shelves on bulkhead .
Interior
Excellent lighting throughout includes: reading, fluorescent, and Alpenglow lights thru-out, red floor nightlights throughout, and under deck and variable controlled overhead halogen lights. Bulkhead and counter grab rails. Custom Grabrails added thru-out for safety.
The master stateroom features a queen centerline berth with custom innerspring mattress. Tall hanging locker and seat to stb. Three lockers to starboard and bank of six drawers with three shelf locker above. Two hull ports, 2 trunk ports and deck hatch. Storage under and behind seat.
The Owner's head has separate stall shower and engine access door. Corian counter, mirror faced upper locker and two lower lockers. Linen locker outboard of shower.
The forward stateroom features a queen sized Pullman Berth to Starboard, drawers under.Tall cedar lined hanging locker, Bureau with three drawers and locker under. Mirror faced and louvered locker above bureau top. The forward head features Corian vanity and stainless steel sink, two hull windows, teak floor grating, handheld shower, linen locker, medicine locker and locker under vanity. Forward is lots of storage.
Galley & Plumbing
Electronics & Navigation
Mechanical & Electrical Systems
Sails, Rigging & Canvas
Hull & Deck
Additional
Contessa Recent Work:
Drew and tested engine and generator fluids
Stripped and varnished rub rails
Waxed deck and hull (sufficient time had passed since painting) and deck
Waterproofed bimini
Replaced staysail sacrificial cover
Replaced RO system with holding tank for forward head
Drained and refilled engine cooling system
Replaced generator water pump
Repaired/replaced selected engine/generator fuel valves
Lubed thru hulls
Painted underwater metals, replace zincs, paint bottom, lubed Max Prop
Waxed deck (hull not waxed due to new paint)
Stripped and rebuilt varnish on cockpit coaming
Tuned up dingy outboard
Replaced dingy
Replaced forward and aft Electro Scan systems
Replaced engine hanger bracket
Painted underwater metals, replace zincs, touch up bottom paint, lube Max Prop
Replaced dorade O-rings
Waxed deck (hull paint too new)
Varnished teak
Painted hull and replaced graphics
Replaced hose clamps on water lift
Replaced saloon "window" covers
Replaced genoa sheets
Cleaned turbo
Painted underwater metals, replace zincs, paint bottom, lube Max Prop
Varnished teak
Replaced cutlass bearing
Repaired drains in aft deck lockers
Installed redundant depth sounder system
Check for potential problems when using ground fault power pedestals
Lubed seacocks
Replaced anchor windlass
Replaced bolts on stanchon bases
Replaced damaged shore power inlet
Replaced cockpit manual bilge pump
Painted underwater metals, replace zincs, paint bottom, lube Max Prop
Varnished teak
Note: Contessa is hauled, shrink wrapped and inspected every year by Zimmerman Marine, Deltaville. Additionally, she undergoes extensive pre-haul and post-launch sea trails.
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Engine Count
0
HULL
Hull Material
fiberglass
The Taswell 44 AS is 44 feet long. The Taswell 44 AS is made of fiberglass.
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