Boat Details

Taxi Dancer may possibly be the best sled design and build on the sled racing circuit. Her hull, deck, mast, boom and rudder are built of carbon fiber & epoxy. She had an extensive rebuild in 2019 and then won her class in the Transpac Race. Her sail inventory is by North Sails. Electronics are B&G. All newer winches are built by Harken.

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Taxi Dancer is a proven timeless design from the boards of Reichel Pugh Yacht Design. The yacht is well known and well respected in West Coast yachting circles.

Originally built in 1989, she was completely rebuilt by Dennis Choate in 2018 in preparation for the 2019 Transpac race, which she won. The revision covered virtually every aspect of the vessel other than the hull itself, which was meticulously faired on the exterior, and detailed on the interior. A new optimized keel and rudder were installed, new carbon fiber mast and boom with EC6 carbon fiber standing rigging, new Yanmar engine, new batteries, all new electrical system, and new B&G electronics installed. A new North Sails inventory was brought on board as well. 

The result is virtually a new boat (2018), which was, and should continue to be, very competitive.

Hull: Hand laminated carbon fiber & epoxy, Nomex honeycomb core

Deck: Carbon fiber & epoxy, high density foam coated, applied non skid

Cabin: In deck mold, aluminum & FRE hatches

Cabinetry: Foam cored carbon fiber/epoxy

Keel: External bolt-on flanged cortex steel fin with lead bulb (designed by Greg Stewart at Nelson Marek Yacht Design)

Rudder: Ultra-high aspect carbon fiber elliptical spade rudder built of carbon fiber & epoxy over foam on carbon fiber post

Mast: 2018 Four spreader carbon fiber mast

Boom: Painted carbon fiber boom

Standing Rigging: Future Fiber EC6 carbon fiber

• Pipe berths for 12
• Full galley with gimbaled one-burner LPG stove, sink, ice box
• Settees to port
• Nav station aft under cockpit
• Semi-enclosed head with electric toilet
• Sail stowage forward

• 12 volt DC system and 120 volt AC ship/shore power system
• (1) 60 ah. AGM 12 volt battery (engine)
• (6) 220 ah. Lifeline AGM 6 volt batteries in (1) 12 volt bank (house/inverter)
• Mastervolt 2500 watt DC to AC inverter/charger
• Heavy-duty alternator with programmable regulator
• DC volt and ammerter
• DC watermaker
• DC nav lights, cabi lights, foredeck light
• DC fans
• AC/engine heat fresh water heater
• VHF transceiver with AIS and MOB - B&G V50
• Hand-held VHF with GPS - Standard Horizon HX 870
• Satellite phone with remote handset - Thrane & Thrane TT-3672A
• (2) multi displays - B&G V7
• (3) multi displays - B&G V5
• (5) programmable mast displays - B&G V2020
• Laptop PC with Expedition software - Panasonic Tough Book FZ55
• Multi-function display - Panasonic
• Remote keyboard
• (3) through-hull kelp cameras
• Touch screen systems manager - CZone
• Fusion stereo

• (2) 6" Ritchie magnetic steering compass

• Yanmar  4 cyl turbocharged and inter-cooled @ 80 hp
• Yanmar SD60-4 2.23:1 saildrive with skeg/fairing
• 23' LH geared folding prop
• Dual carbo fiber  wheels on pedestals

• Fuel: 35 gallons (est) 
• Water: 120 gallons in 3 integral FRE and 1 nylon bladder
• Stove fuel: portable disposable LPG canisters

• Fortress FX-37 aluminum anchor, chain, and line rode
• Drogue (sea anchor)

• Headstay foil
• Roller main sheet traveler
• Running backstays and checkstays
• 3-way hydraulics for backstay, vang, and outhaul
• Carbon tapered spinnaker pole
• Carbon reaching strut
• Carbon asym pole (portable sprit)
• Kelp cutters for keel and rudder
• Boathook
• Winches: (2) Harken coffee grinders, (2) Harken #65.3 primary, (2) Harken #65.3 secondary, (2) Harken #55 main sheet, (4) Harken #50 multi-purpose cabin top
• Hydraulic mast jack

As reported:

• Main - North 3Di Raw (2018)
• Main - North 3Di (2013)
• Light #1 Genoa - North 3Di Raw (2016)
• Light #1  Genoa - Ullman Carbon (2010)
• Medim #1 Genoa - North 3Di Raw (2013)
• Heavy #1 Genoa - North 3Di Raw (2017)
• heavy #1 Genoa - Quantum 155% (2017)
• #3 Jib - North 3Di 100% (2018)
• #4 Jib - North 3DL 80% (2019)
• Drifter (1996)
• Genoa Stays 1 (2018)
• Spinnaker Stays 1 (2018)
• Code Zero - Quantum (2018)
• 1A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North (2019)
• 1.5A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North (2016)
• 1A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North ORR (2012)
• 2A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North ORR (2012)
• 2A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North Highlighter (2019)
• 2A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North (2016)
• 3A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North (2019)
• 3A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - Ullman (2010)
• 4A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - Ullman (2006)
• 5A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - North Xi09 (2019)
• 5A Asymmetrical Spinnaker - Ullman sm reacher (2000)
• Blast Reacher (2019)
• Storm Jib - Dacron (original)
• Storm tris 1 - Dacron (original)

• (3) 2.5 lb and 91) 2 lb portable dry chemical fire extinguishers
• Titanium split bow and stern rails, double lifelines
• Man overboard module
• Lifesliing
• Tapered soft wood damage control plugs
• SOLAS emergency distress signal (flare) kit
• CO detectors
• Offshore first aid kit
• Horn
• SARSAT 406 EPIRB
• Liferaft 

• (2) manual bilge
• Manual portable bilge
• DC / automatic fresh water demand system
• Manual fresh water in galley
• DC watermaker primary

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.