I am looking into a Taipan 4.9. From what I can find on the Internet it looks like A nIce boat for single handing or light crew. Anyone have experience with these boats? They seem to be relatively rare in the US.
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Jon -- Dallas, TX
Taipan 4.9
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Taipan 4.9
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Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 08:24 PM
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Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 08:38 PM
Not many produced, not many if any for sale. There was one floating around FL for a while but I think it sold. Parts will be tough to get. I really do not know much about the boat other than they are scarce. HTH, Ricardo.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 09:43 PM
The Viper took its place, you may also look at a Blade or any of the F16's.
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 04:24 AM
I've been keeping an eye out for one as well, they are definetly hard to find. Have you found a boat for sale?
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:00 AM
Yes I found one for sale here in Texas. I have made arrangements to look at it this weekend. Boat has a spinnaker setup, but is not the wider F16 version. My experience has been with Hobie 16s and 18s. I would like to get some experience with a more modern design and learn how to sail with a spinnaker. I also, like the fact that the boat has a portsmouth rating for both single handing (main only) and 2up with the jib and spinnaker.
A newer F16 is out of my price range.
I am concerned about finding parts. I was wondering if it shared any parts with the more recent AHPC cats.
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Jon -- Dallas, TX
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 07:09 AM
Their web site lists dealers in Texas and Florida.
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 01:00 PM
Not sure about parts commonality, but AHPC still builds the Taipan 4.9 in Australia so you should be able to get replacement parts through their dealer network: http://www.ahpc.com.au/in….php/catamarans-3/taipan
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 02:32 PM
Their web site is currently out of service.
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 02:42 PM
Works for me.
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Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 02:56 PM
Interesting.
Possibly they have blocked com.au sites here at work.
I'll try from home. This Taipan sounds interesting.
Edited by klozhald on Dec 13, 2012 - 08:37 AM.
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Bob
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Prindle 18-2 #244 "Wakizashi"
Prindle 16 #3690 "Pegasus" Sold (sigh)
AZ Multihull Fleet 42 member
(Way) Past Commodore of Prindle Fleet 14
Arizona, USA
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