"Cindy Ballreich" wrote in message
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Actually, the Union is an "adaptation" of a Bob Perry design. (In other
words a ropoff. There's a web page with the whole story, but I can't find
it right now.) If you are interested at all in the Union, do yourself a
favor and check out the Baba/Panda/Tashiba boats from Ta Shing. These are
much better boats, from a MUCH better yard, with a direct relationship to
Mr. Perry. We have a Baba 30 and love it (so I'm prejudiced


In Dan Spurr's book "Heart of Glass" there is section written by Robert
Perry describing his experiences with building boats in Taiwan. The first
boats he designed were the CT series and then he was commissioned by John
Edwards to design a boat to be called the Hans Christian 34. After he
finished the design Edwards took the plans and stretched the boat by 2 feet.
He sold it as the HC 36 and never gave Perry any royalties. Edwards had a
falling out with his boatyard at some point and the yard continued to build
the boat as the Union 36. Other names mentioned are Union Polaris 36 and EO
36.

I had a close look at a Union 36 once and I was favourably impressed. The
interior was nice and very solidly constructed. The teak decks were in
excellent condition. Nice looking boats.
The only thing I recall seeing that caused some concern was the presence of
rust along the welds of the stainless steel tanks underneath the cabin sole.