Norm,
I am very prejudiced towards the Tayana 37, so take anything I say with
a grain of salt.

You should know though that not all of them have teak decks. One of the
main selling points when we bought Tricia Jean was that it had teak back
in the cockpit area, but the side decks and foredeck are pure
unadulterated plastic. I like the look and feel of the teak back in the
cockpit, but it just never made sense to me to take a nice waterproof
plastic boat and drill thousands of holes in it then expect the water to
stay exclusively on the outside.

As far as performance goes, we were pleasantly surprised with it (and
absolutely love the asym. spinnaker we recently bought). Of course,
you've got to understand that our previous boat was a Catalina 30 - a
nice boat and we sure had good times with it, but when we took it to
Baja in the '99 HaHa, we were one of the last boats to arrive at every stop.

Fair winds - Dan Best
p.s. Did I mention storage? That's what REALLY sold us on the boat.
We've had it 2 1/2 years and I still have 3 drawers that have nothing in
them.

Norm wrote:
I have to admit I really like the looks of the Tayana. I don't like
the teak decks and long bowsprit though. I believe the Union also has
both of these. There is one in San Diego that appears ready to go
anywhere for $89k. I just don't know how to get it up to Seattle and
am not positive if its the type of boat we want this time around. We
use to have a Fuji 36 that is very similar.

--
Dan Best - (707) 431-1662, Healdsburg, CA 95448
B-2/75 1977-1979
Tayana 37 #192, "Tricia Jean"
http://rangerbest.home.comcast.net/TriciaJean.JPG