Tai Shan - does anybody know the original builder / owner?

  • 15 Aug 2025 07:14
    Reply # 13532057 on 13531706

    Thank you for the information! That's very useful. 

  • 14 Aug 2025 22:16
    Reply # 13531952 on 13531706

    That was Tony Richardson. See JRA newsletter issue 8, page 25.

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  • 14 Aug 2025 17:01
    Reply # 13531819 on 13531706
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Here’s a funny thing - I used our junk rig knowledgebase to look up Tai Shan and it turns out that there is an article about it in our magazine issue 44

    And the then owners were asking for information on the original owners!!  So this seems like a long lived mystery?


  • 14 Aug 2025 13:20
    Message # 13531706

    I'm trying to track down Tai Shan's original builder/owner. 

    A few years ago his daughter attempted to contact me via Paul at Brighton Boat Sales. I I tried the number he passed on to me several times, but I think it was wrong as nobody ever answered, and I left multiple messages. 

    After three months of sanding and painting, replacing anodes and various seacocks, testing the rudder and bow thruster, Tai Shan is back in the water and I'm now working on the decks. 

    Everybody who has seen Tai Shan in the boat yard has been very enthusiastic and complimentary about the construction: the hull is very sound. After so many years on the water with minimal maintenance, we were impressed by how good the hull is. 

    As part of the renovation, I removed the name board  on the transome and i won't be bolting it back on: I would love to rerturn the board to the builder / his family so any tips on getting in touch would be appreciated.




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