Tanzer, your first boat! Episode 144 - Lady K Sailing

[@davidlapointe4710]

Akvavit, the pic in the thumbnail, is my boat! So cool to see it in a video. I liked it a lot.

[@erinleblanc2694]

Have been waiting for this one! I cut my sailing teeth on my Tanzer 22. Built like a tank. I single handed all the time. Loved it. And we had enough of the them in our yacht club, we had class races every Thursday. Mine actually had a Bimini, dodger and full enclosure, so great for the weekend. I completely rebuilt the electrical and in later years had a frat generation solar panel and some LED lighting.. comfortable and easy to sail. But ya, a bit odd looking. Thanks for this episode Tim.

[@marccormier2310]

thanks for putting a plug for our beloved tanzers :) i started off my sailing career a bit late (45) with a 26 foot thunderbird plywood epoxy construction built back in the middle seventies wonderful boat fast a dream to sail and learn on for sure but lacked inside headroom and space. Funny thing i use to walk up the docks and loved the tanzer 26 look , that was back in the mid 2006 and ending up having and accident with my t-bird and guess what i bought :) yup had a tanzer 26 now for about 16 years I race competitively and cruise the the Maritimes in the summer months with my last trip to cape Breton off off nova scotia last year for 3 weeks advantages being a school bus driver on a small budget with lots of time lol I'm turning 63 next July and plan on doing this hopefully until the good lord lets me :) to some it up the tanzers are like you said very affordable race very well and the bigger models like my 26 does cruise very well since I sail mostly singlehanded. Unfortunately i see lots of boat in our area bigger and smaller that don't sail a fraction of what we do with our tanzer ,so size does not matter :) thanks for all your wonderful videos bud marc cormier shediac nb

[@camaxtedsparkluck]

These are well built ships. I have inherited my Dad's T22. Sailed with him for 30 years on it before he passed. Now I'm slowly restoring it. It doesn't need much as it is solid. I can take it out in all weather and she holds on . I go out when everyone stays in the harbour. Mine is a swing keel (T 859) which was sought after because our lake on the Trent-Severn Waterway System is very shallow in many places. I also have a launchable trailer for it that allows me to take it other places. The swing keel makes launching easier than the fin keel. I've made a mast raising system like a MacGregor 26 so I can single hand it where ever I go. On a broad reach with full sail I can make the boat rise up and surge like it wants to plane. Very forgiving for new sailors but still exciting enough for seasoned sailors.

[@dongroves9244]

My wife and I are the proud owners of Tanzer 26 #532. So much fun and so perfect for a couple.

[@anthonywest6927]

Thank you for what you are doing. I just bought my first sailboat. A 1979 cal 2-27.

[@oumenelabrise2155]

We do not see Tanzer review very often on KZbin, so it get my attention for a reason. The T22 was my first keel-boat, and my second is a T26. They are perfect boat for lakes and rivers. Thanks for posting.

[@JPeterHaliburton]

My wife and I really like the exterior look and interior layout of the Joubert-Nivelt designed Tanzer 29. It is a more traditional style.

[@davescott1491]

Our first boat was a Sonic 23. Apparently, a few Tanzer folks left Tanzer, to start Sonic and built the 23. It was a little bigger, arguably a little better made and quite fast, if not a bit tender. Great memories.

[@creymartin]

I sailed some 5000 miles on the T26 #60 for 10 years, my first boat. I miss her every day. A forgiving tank, great first boat

[@mikemorrison8356]

My wife and I are the proud owners of a 1987 Tanzer 25, hull#37. I unfortunately agree with you on the asthetics of the earlier tanzers, however In 1986 and 1987 Tanzer actually made some very attractive, capable boats, the 25 and the 29. These were designed by the french designer Joubert-Nivelt, and were quite a break cosmetically from the traditional Tanzers. I understand that these two boats almost were able to save Tanzer from bankruptcy, however the bank foreclosed on them anyway. I believe Tanzer only completed 16 of the 25's, and the rest were finished by Challenger Yachts.

[@tomgrier8453]

Tom G I enjoyed your talk very much. I owned a fin keel T 22 from 1988 to 1995 and sailed on my sister and brother-in-law's center board T-22 in the early 1980s. I sailed out of Port Sanilac on Lake Huron across from Bayfield, Ontario. There were a number of T 22s in Port Sanilac as the marina there was once a dealer. Most sailors that have had a T 22 will say it was their favorite boat. Same for me. The flush deck was different but provided great visibility across the deck. I also believe the T 22 is a good-looking boat. You just have to look at it from the right angle, and the T 22 is exceptionally seaworthy.

[@richardperreault4938]

Hey! My T22 is very beautiful. LoL🤣 🤩 Thanks for the story ⛵️

[@christinec1928]

I'm glad you're getting into the small boat reviews. Tanzer 26 was near the top of my list of potential first boats. Sadly, boat ownership has been put on indefinite hold for now. BTW, your first mate is adorable.

[@regis8384]

J'ai acheté un Tanzer 22 de 1979 , assez bien équipé. La cabine est un peu basse mais c'est un bateau facile et agréable à piloter. L'entretien est aisé et bon marché. Je l'adore et le recommande.

[@bfett68]

Great to see you up and about

[@scottcole4767]

Had a Tanzer 16 when I was a kid. Was a blast for tooling around

[@TheBiodan]

I have a 1977 Tanzer 7.5 (basically halfway between the 22 and the 26). Although I don't think she's ugly ugly, but Tanzers do have...character! One thing that was also introduced in the T7.5 is the shoal keel with heavier displacement, longer yet shallower keel with only about 3' draft. Soma is my first boat and as you pointed out, she's great to learn about sailing and boat ownership!

[@tomgrier8453]

This is a follow up on may last email about the T-22. After selling the T-22 in 1995, I acquired a C&C 27 Mark V that same year. I had the C&C for three years, but sold it 1998. A good- looking boat like all C&C s are, but it was not quite right. The owner of Lake Huron's Port Sanilac Marina, Chester Kolascz, who had sold to me the T-22 10 years earlier, knew I had sold the C&C, and approached me in the Spring of 1998 about another Tanzer - a 1979 28-foot T 8.5 which the marina was brokering. I wrote to a company still selling Tanzer boat parts, and Eric Spencer, a former officer with Tanzer, sent me a brochure of the T 8.5. Chester, who had a cut out of the T 8.5's hull in his office (from a through hull) encouraged me to buy it and said: "That boat will last longer than you will". In any event, I bought the T 8.5 named it the "Huron Cross" as I intended to sail it across the lake to Bayfield, Ontario, which I did several times. I shipped the T 8.5 to Lake Michigan in Traverse City, Michigan in 2002 after I moved up there and it remains with me today, nearly 24 years after I bought it. I believe the T 8.5 was one of Johann Tanzer's latest designs (may be his last design). Viewed directly from the side, the T 8.5 does have that somewhat "tankish" look, but if you look at it from an elevation above the deck, the design is handsome as the hull shape spoons upward aggressively toward the bow and then merges with the flush deck at the bow. It has a good bridge deck in the cockpit for seaworthiness and the short boom stays above and beyond the crew in the cockpit. With a Yanmar two-cylinder diesel and three-bladed prop, it has always had plenty of engine power, including in reverse. In short, the T 8.5 has proved to be a very sensible, seaworthy, tough and good-sailing boat. I have had elderly persons aboard with little sailing experience, who have been able to steer it with ease with the outboard dinghy-like tiller and rudder, and with its easy manner, no one has ever been frightened. Another benefit of owning a Tanzer over the years is that it has kept me in touch with the Tanzer community in general. In the 2007-2008 era, I wrote several articles for the T-22 class association newsletter "Tanzer Talk" about the T 22 and the T 8.5. I worked under the Editor, John Charters, who was a former Tanzer officlal. John, who passed away several years ago, was an old-school gentleman, who I believe had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during or after WWII. John was great advocate for the T-22 and the T-22 class. Eric Spencer was also always a pleasure to work with as I was looking for parts for the T 8.5. At the end of the day, these boats, while not glamorous, were designed and built with integrity, and helped to knit together a like-minded community of sailors particularly along the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence River. The T 22, in particular, remains an iconic boat for this region.

[@PyeGuySailing]

My first sailboat was a Niagara 26, I loved that boat. I personally don't think tanzers are ugly but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When I was looking for a larger boat to live on I seriously considered the tanzer 31, I really like it's layout.

[@CawffeeTyme]

Everything you need to know, Corbin's! And of course the Aloha's

[@scottmccullo]

What do you think of the Tanzer 7.5 ?

[@symphonyfarm2009]

PS the cockpit on the 22 his HUGE! you can have a barn dance! When we up graded to a Bristol 27......we lost in the cockpit department and gained in fixed keel, head room and inboard diesel!

[@daneulekowski929]

Taylor from Taylor's Travels still has a Tanzer up at her home in the great white north , she is currently on the sailing channel SV Delos and was a made a star on the Sailing Doodles channel. Great job on your review.

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

....i had the t26, polished her, re did all her teak, replaced her windows got caught in a few severe storms, came through without a scratch.....did i ever love that boat...still do....youre right though, they are a bit ugly, but i thought she was the prettiest boat in the world when i walked up the dock to take her out.

[@matthewcooke4830]

Our first sailboat was a fixed keel Tanzer 22 on the west coast of BC. We absolutely loved it. Solid. Easy to handle -- very forgiving. Looking for a swing keel Tanzer 22 right now. I love your comment about the 22's being ugly. I also ride a Suzuki Vstrom motorbike which has the same (in)famous characteristic.

[@lardal1502]

I always liked the Tanzer 10.5 ever since I saw it new at the Toronto boat show. I thought it was such a unique design with it's pilothouse, crossing V berth, galley up, lifting keel, and aft cabin. Then I learned that it was a direct knock-off of a Southerly 105. One very big draw back of the Tanzer 10.5 and also the Southerly 105 and 110 is lack of stowage space because ALL the space is used for living space. It isn't until you get to the Southerly 115 that you get any stowage space at all. I have considered buying a Tanzer 10.5 but they are still too expensive and I'm not sure of the build quality. I continue my search for a pilothouse, inside steering, dinette up, possibly galley up sailboat with shallow enough draft to do the Bahamas well. I have found the Southerly 35RS but, THE PRICE, even for a 30 year old one is steep.

[@carlmiddleton2833]

I just bought a 10.5 so I've been spending a ton of time studying everything I can about the boat. The fiberglass lay is quite thick and she seems solidly built. Storage I don't think will be such an issue because there's random cubby storage everywhere. Lots of voids in the boat behind panels that you can fit a few things. Cockpit locker is bigger than it looks as well, very deep. For us it's not a big deal anyways because we can use the vberth for storage.

[@symphonyfarm2009]

Rumor has it when Johan and his sons went to test the 22, they took it out into Lake Erie and tried to break it! ......it didn't !

[@tartansailor]

The first thing you have got to do is fall in love with your boat, then the rest is quickly forgiven.

[@marccormier2310]

sounds like falling in love with your better half eh lol

[@Mechone11]

Tim you have to do Aloha/ Odyssey yacht 30 great boats and amazing story ,Many Tanzer 26 have sailed to Bahamas and back a few from my club

[@marccormier2310]

can we ask were is your club??

[@iantubby3825]

Love these breakdowns man. Another T-brand and popular cruiser that would make a good video I think: Tayana.

[@LadyKSailing]

Great idea!!!!

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

I agree!

[@pierremitham2964]

The largest boat tanker made was 35ft. The Tanzer 10.5. And the Tanzer 31 was designed by C&C

[@carlmiddleton2833]

Just bought a 10.5! It's a funky boat.

[@marccormier2310]

@@carlmiddleton2833 funky??

[@carlmiddleton2833]

@@marccormier2310 by funky I mean unusual and with personality. It's a lot of boat with a lot of innovative and unique features for the time, especially for the size of the boat. You won't find another with a pilothouse, aft cabin, swing keel, and self tacking jib all under 34.5 foot.

[@moriver3857]

You're right. I'm one of most, never heard or seen one. You're also spot on, that 22 IS ugly. Flat deck? As I was driving to South Georgia this week (rode storm Elsa white working inside) I overnighted in Brunswick, and came across a Lady K' s Kitchen restaurant. Of course, I was heading to the boatyard where my boat is.

[@aarondesrochers3890]

Quebec is not a small French speaking country, it's a medium sized Quebecois speaking country. LOL I really love your vids about different sailboats, thanks for making them.

[@markrobirds7984]

The flush deck design of the T22 gives people the wrong impression about interior head room compared to say a Catalina 22. The hatch opening to cabin sole dimension is almost identical within an inch. I've had them side by side with a tape measure. So the Tanzer isn't missing the height of the humped center it just carries it out to both sides. Same head room on both, just more shoulder room on the Tanzer plus I can sit upright in the side berth with my back to the hull with the extra head room to the side. I like the flush deck for tending to things on the fly. It's like a dance floor not having to stay to a narrow path to get to the bow. Also have to mention the T22's cockpit size which is outstandingly roomy. Having dealt with both, I'd never take the Catalina over the Tanzer. My main boat is a Columbia 28. When I moved up from the T22 years ago I couldn't let it go completely. It has the two piece hatch option with the dodger. I passed it on to my son who loves it for his family and his three sons. I love that nimble little boat and have actually used it more since then than he has. I get to enjoy a variety of rides sailing having a Melges M16, a C-Scow, and a Mutineer in the fleet. Our tender is an O'Day 7/11 which I also have the full sailing rig for, but I'll leave the sailing of it to the small kids.

[@Bigtime_mcalpine]

Owner of a T22 for two seasons now, I’ve got a serious case of two-foot-itis. The cure will eventually cost me.

[@JeanBenoitFOURNIER]

Oh you got me there at "country" ;)

[@jampasritalon4180]

Tanzer is a German word that means "dancer" and it is normally pronounced so that it rhymes with "dancer".

[@ronaldwhayesjr]

Sorry to be that guy but Tanner did make a 10.5 M or 34 and a half foot. It was called the tanzer 10.5 manufacturing started in 1983. I happen to really like this boat and the design. But nonetheless you stated in your video that they made a 31-foot was their biggest boat. Anyway not trying to nitpick but just throwing that info in there for you.

[@Mechone11]

I believe it was a pilot house

[@carlmiddleton2833]

Yep the Tanzer 10.5 is a pilothouse aft cabin with an optional swing keel. The data on sailboatdata is accurate for the boat. Also has a track for a self tacking jib, which combines well with the pilothouse.

[@mrwrapper]

Make in my home town, Montreal

[@billturner1240]

I love your honesty and your not scared to put it out there. Oh... and in a funny way. Ugly boats..😂

[@LadyKSailing]

Thanks Bill :)

[@Spoon279]

Great info as always. Could you do an episode on Helms sailboats made in South Carolina in the 70's. I lived in the town where they were built at that time.

[@harryanderson5551]

Thanks for the review. The hull to deck joint of the Tanzer 26 looks problematic if you ever get hit on the beam. I've seen a Catalina 30 take on a Columbia 30 during a Noreaster in a marina bashing each other beam to beam and the Cat 30 got demolished. Never been a fan of Catalina's since. This joint looks even more fragile.

[@AnthonyEarlolo]

Hello. We are looking at Lady K in Hudson FL C and C Marina. We wanna buy the 25 Hunter but John says the slip owner never got the title. Let's talk.

[@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk]

I’m currently looking at a Tanzer 22 as my next boat. It is ugly, no question about it. But will it do the job? And I think the answer is yes.

[@danielrotroff5154]

Love your videos! Been watching since the beginning. I'm about to go from Toledo through the Erie Canal and down the east coast. Any advice on that trip? When to leave and what to look out for?

[@sheddski2942]

Why do they share some looks of the early Cals ?

[@tilleytristan]

I also had my first day in Canadian Navy on my birthday. Not the most fun bday I've had***

[@waynefederico9396]

Hey bud do you know anything about Chrysler Buccaneers I had a 18 footer loved it, fast low great learning sailboat..

[@DonaldGregg-xu1bp]

Ugly? The full width cabin means you can lean back without hitting your head on the cabin sides. That’s beautiful.

[@brandynlavemaa3541]

Grew up on a tanzer 26 hope to buy one back one day

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

Are you guys still in lock down there? I am enjoying your videos on the various hulls. 😁🛫

[@LadyKSailing]

Just about done. Still masks but everything is open

[@johnlanghammusic]

I agree, the Tanzer looks weird. A boat can have everything you want, but if it doesn't aesthetically appeal to you, it doesn't matter. Spindrift did that same flat-top roof design. Have one sitting beside my boat in the marina and it's just ugly.

[@ericfleming5522]

The rounded coachroof on a Tanzer 26 always makes me think of a bleach bottle floating on its side.

[@camaxtedsparkluck]

His name is pronounced Yohan since he was from the Netherlands.

[@blackmax222]

The only thing I can think of is he was trying to cut wind.

[@Shadseaweed]

Where are you at the Great Lakes?

[@LadyKSailing]

Lighthouse cove Ontario

[@erichyney6287]

Wait a minute. No one speaks french in Canuckville....????🙃

[@johnnygeorge8385]

Love the videos and info I wish I could sign up on patreon to support with more than just a like but y boat budget won’t support it I’m currently on my Northstar 500. I do so enjoy the videos when I get into port and or have enough signal thanks for your time. All the best

[@peterengel7885]

I love the Tanzer 26 It's sexy. They others are so boring Normal.

[@marccormier2310]

totally agree with u bud and i can beat a lot of boats in my class that i enjoy immensely lol

[@jshebib]

great video here about Tanzer 26 #403 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPOkIhrZrSVosU .... she is now my Tanzer and know as "SONIC" here in Ottawa at BYC.