  In this picture Rainbow Chaser sits in Trinidad, Caribbean after a 31 day passage from Ascension island in the South Atlantic Ocean. She is now tied up in Kemah, Texas.
About the Boat:
Rainbow Chaser is a cutter rigged 1980 Tayana 37 Hull # 227 with the preferred option of fiberglass decks, aluminum mast and boom. Many Tayana 37s had leaky teak decks and high maintenance wooden masts & booms. I have owned her for over 20 years now and have incorporated many neat and unique systems into a boat I expected to own my whole life. This boat was one of 18 Tayana 37s that I looked at when I bought her. She has the best seagoing layout with her permanent full size nav station, bulkhead mounted swing-up salon table (which folds up of the way when underway on passage) and a full step-in dedicated shower stall. I am 6’ 1” and have plenty of headroom throughout the boat and enjoy the full size V-berth and quarterberth.
Bundaberg Port Marina Hardstand in Australia A Bit of Philosophy:
Rainbow Chaser is a simple cruising boat for ocean voyaging. We have gone way out of our way to keep her systems as simple and basic as possible for self-sufficiency and so we could stay in remote places for long periods of time. Exceptions to this are on a case by case basis. It was our goal to have an easy to maintain boat that could operate on a small cruising budget. The windvane does the majority of self-steering while on passage. We hand pump our water into the sinks using beautiful traditional Fynnspray brass pumps. Plumbing systems are robust and simple with only three below-the-waterline thru-hulls which are thru-bolted with flanges on backing plates to the hull. We have avoided an over-reliance on electricity with manual back-ups or primaries for every system. Simple and strong is what works on the far side of the world in remote places. Enough of that for now…
Watching weather in Trinidad and getting ready for the non-stop voyage back to Texas.
Deck: Cutter rigged with special 316 Dyform wire and Norseman reusable fittings. I have spare Norsemans, tons of fittings, can replace any two shrouds, spare turnbuckles etc. The aluminum mast has a separate track for the storm trysail which we kept bagged on deck while on passage. Her mainsail is a roachless, battonless heavy duty cruising main easy to reef off the wind. Her staysail was special built in New Zealand and her new Yankee was built in Australia in April 2008 to match her new Profurl rollerfurling I installed there before tackling the Indian Ocean. We also have a tiny storm staysail as well. On deck she self-steers by a custom Ratcliff manual windvane in addition to 3 working Navico autopilots and a forth for spares. Her custom stainless arch on the stern was the product of three months tied up behind the welding shop here in Kemah, Texas where a master craftsman, Jackie Hart, produced a work of art. The arch holds the radar, wind generator, antennas, solar panel mount, two outboard motor brackets and outboard hoist and integrates the arch to the gallows via 1 ¼ stainless for the bimini top. My wife Pam built a new fantastic dodger in Australia which is loaded with detail and built to stand up to extreme offshore conditions. RC carries 4 anchors on deck. Two danforths on the stern and two genuine CQRs on the bow (60 lb & 45 lb). The big 60 has an all chain 3/8 BBB rode controlled by a Sea Tiger manual windlass. The 45 is always ready to drop with a lighter chain & nylon rode. Big spinnaker pole mounted on the port bow…
Bundaberg Port Marina Hardstand in Australia
Below:
Starting in the bow… V-Berth forward, custom innovative cargo hold underneath. Head aft to port with full step in shower, across to starboard chest-o-drawers and hanging locker converted to storage/watermaker installation/fuel manifold/filter assembly. Main salon has settee to starboard with a bulkhead mounted kerosene heater. A L-shaped dinette to port with folding bulkhead mounted table containing bookshelves & storage behind. Underneath the fold up table is the custom BRONZE fireplace. Moving aft we have the U-shaped galley to port and nav station to starboard. Nav station has full size chart table, full complement of electronics and full size quarterberth. The dedicated nav station is the envy of anyone who sits there!
Rainbow Chaser at rest in the Zululand Yacht Club, Richards Bay, South Africa after crossing the Indian Ocean
Electrical:
Rainbow Chaser has one 8D & one 4D AGM batteries. Fourwinds wind generator. 12 volt lighting. Two 12 volt watermakers, two depth sounders for redundancy, both installed without a hole in the hull. Uniden VHF, ICOM 710 Marine Single Sideband/Ham radio with antenna tuner & insulated backstay. 24 mile Raytheon RADAR, AIS receiver/plotter (automatic identification system receiver gives you the name and location of ships in the area – very neat tool!) two hardmounted GPSs Adler Barbor 12 volt cold machine refrigeration with small freezer. Small inverter, electric fans, stereo, prewired circuts to run your tv etc. Shore power cables, selection of adapters and new ProSport battery charger
Tankage/Plumbing:
140 gallons of Fresh water divided between two tanks, 90 + 50. The 90 was replaced in Australia with a fantastic installation of a new 2 mil SS 316 tank with internal baffle & inspection plate. Two fuel tanks totaling about 53 gal with a fuel polishing/transfer station. Two RACOR FG 500 filters. You can run the engine off one filter while polishing the fuel through the other! A real RC special feature. Two PowerSurvivor 35 watermakers installed in tandem with a third pumpbody ready to install with lots of spares. One watermaker even becomes spares for the other if necessary. The water is delivered to the sinks in the galley & head via manual Fynnspray brass pumps. A separate saltwater Fynnspray pump is in the galley to wash dishes and conserve water while underway or on the hook. Our famous head is a bucket located inside a custom New Zealand Kauri wood box that Pam built & varnished! No need to ever rebuild a head!
Rainbow Chaser's last major refit was completed in 2008 on the hardstand at Bundaberg Port Marina in Australia
Engine:
Yanmar 3QM 30 diesel, very good reliable engine with spare prop. Always took good care of it and have a log of all my work, but it does have some issues not corrected on our arrival back in the States as follows: leaky water pump, leaky wet exhaust elbow, leaky muffler, slight external weep in the head gasket. Engine is currently drained and decommissioned. Several ideas about the engine situation depending on your immediate plans for the boat. You could buy a lot of time working on this great reliable engine because she has a lot of life left in her but in the interest of selling the boat we are willing to factor in the cost of a new one!
Hull:
The Tayana 37 is a Bob Perry designed full keel cruising boat with a cut-away forefoot. One of the main attributes and selling points of this boat over other Tayana 37s is the work we have done on her hull. The Tayanas, like virtually all fiberglass boats of this era were laid up with polyester resin. Over time water permeates the fiberglass and can cause blisters. When we were in New Zealand we hooked up with a master craftsman (a real perfectionist) Alan Dodds who peeled the hull from gunwale to the bottom of the keel. He and his crew laid up the hull with two layers of fiberglass mat using vinylester resin which is virtually impervious to water. It is arguably a better fix than using epoxy resin or simply epoxy barrier coats as it makes a better chemical bond, as well as mechanical bond to the underlying exposed rich polyester base. This was a first class professional job that extends the life of the hull way out there to what I affectionally call “the 45 year fix” (my remaining lifespan!) Be sure and check out Alan Dodds website Gel-Pac Enterprises for lots more info about this great craftsman and his work. You might have noticed that Rainbow Chaser has no “plank lines” like other Tayana 37s. Alan Dodds peeled and relaid vinylester fiberglass all the way up the hull on purpose to create a “fair” hull for easy maintaining and future repainting over the life of the boat. Other Tayanas, when repainted, have to have each “plank line” groove sanded out which exponentially increases the manual labor and cost of repainting. This was a great project. The two layers of vinylester fiberglass mat that we added was thicker than what we peeled off so Rainbow Chaser’s hull is thicker and stronger than other Tayana 37s with a modern vinylester outer hull virtually impervious to water, delamination and blisters! As you compare to other Tayana 37s you will find this issue has either never been addressed or shortcut compared to our “permanent” fix. The “fair” hull above the waterline is an incredible bonus.
Attached to the hull on the starboard side, below the waterline, underneath the mast is one of our secret weapons. A solid bronze one foot x two foot grounding plate for the marine single sideband/ham radio. I put compound curves into that solid piece of bronze that fits it to the hull perfectly. With that plate as our ground we put out a super strong HF signal that has given us fantastic global performance out of our SSB/Ham radio…
Other Items:
There is lots of stuff that goes with the boat that has not been mentioned above like SCUBA gear including 2 tanks, paper charts for a full circumnavigation of the World stowed in 3 inch pvc tubes with caps. Three gimbled kerosene lamps mounted on bulkheads. Two new spare alternators, lots of spare parts, two boxes of rigging parts, an additional 35 lb CQR anchor stowed under the port settee. Lots of nylon lines in the “basement” , jerry cans, spares spares & more spares…Two ditch bag canisters including TWO 406 EPIRBS, survivor 6 handheld watermaker, handpicked survival gear. Two offshore lifejackets, abandon ship pole. Other special features to be revealed to new owner… We plan on keeping the dinghy and maybe the SSB/Ham radio & tuner depending on what kind of price is negotiated.
More to Follow:
Ok, that is enough for now. I will be trying to put on some more pictures of the interior and other things as time goes on subject to how fast she sells... Keep checking back and if you are interested in buying this special boat email us now at: info@adventurebydefault.com
Price: $$ Make Serious Cash Offer $$
will also consider trade of town home or condo in Kemah area, rural acreage or hunting land
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That’s Right! Our Tayana 37 Sailboat Rainbow Chaser is FOR SALE. With one circumnavigation of the globe under her keel she is just getting started. She is loaded with cruising gear and will make you a safe comfortable home where ever you sail. We are transitioning our lives to the wilderness of Alaska and are only willing to sell Rainbow Chaser because we have found an equally exciting lifestyle to cruising. If you are interested drop us an email at info@adventurebydefault.com and we will get back to you.
Price: $$ Make Serious Cash Offer $$
will also consider trade of town home or condo in Kemah area, rural acreage or hunting land
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Another great day at sea
Waited for good weather and went up the mast at sea (Pacific Ocean near the equator) to retrieve the staysail halyard when the snap shackle broke in a squall... Aluminum spar, 316 Dyform wire and Noresman fittings inspire great confidence when the ocean is dishing out its fury...
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