52 Tayana 1986 Boat for Sale

The Tayana 52 is a truly stunning sailing yacht. Few yachts will exhibit her symmetry or her headturning beauty. The venerable designer, Robert Perry said, “Perhaps once in a lifetime a yacht design will come together perfectly; her lines, her sheer, and her performance…For me, it was the Tayana 52.”

NOTE: She comes with Aug 2026 bottom paint, Zincs and several new thru hulls. New in 2025: salon curtains, all new UltraLeather cushions; new Sunbrella grey dodger and 2-part bimini (2025)

Awlgrip complete deckhouse and stern; rebuilt hydraulic backstays and boom vang; refinished

surfaces below. Over $26 ,000 in owner upgrades in 2025.

Home Port: San Diego

This Tayana 52 comes with a highly sought after Sheraton Hotel and Marina Resort slip for a qualified owner. One mile from downtown, this beautiful resort comes with spas, three pools, large gym, free parking slip and airport shuttle, two restaurants with 20% discounts and special rates for guest room at the hotel. A rare opportunity property!

POLAR BEAR is perhaps the finest center cockpit Tayana 52 ever built, constructed for famed land speed record holder, Craig Breedlove, who hired Mr. Perry to personally supervise her construction. She was given the first and one of the only lead keels, which allowed for an oversized, light air mast giving her unusually spritely light air reach and stunning stability in heavy winds and seas.

Mr. Breedlove fitted her with the finest English-made stainless steel (rare) and it needs little maintenance to present. With her lead keel, fine sheer and resulting reserve buoyancy, POLAR BEAR takes head seas remarkably well and is masterfully sea kindly downwind.

POLAR BEAR (then named WANNAGO) was again refit and circumnavigated by, Lowell North, famed sail designer and arguably the best American sailor of his day. POLAR BEAR took the BaJPur 1500 record with Lowell while passing New Delhi, India. She is a fast, proven world cruising yacht. She has been maintained and refitted annually by her present owner who cruised her another 45,000 miles since 1997. She is nicely rigged for easy single handing but is comfortable for a racing crew.

The Tayana 52 POLAR BEAR is arguably one of the finest large yachts to be found in her delivery range. She sails in light and heavy air better than most cruising yachts, and yet remains notably comfortable and elegant despite her prowess. And with a rare two stateroom layout, she really doesn’t need to be shared.

Accommodations:

POLAR BEAR has a beautiful satin-varnished teak interior with a solid teak and holly sole. Storage space is abundant as is natural light and ventilation provided by eight deck prisms, six hatches, eleven ports, four dorades and six fans.

Starting forward is a single large guest stateroom with a queen centerline V-berth, a step to the berth, eight storage lockers, a large hanging locker, four large drawers and six deep under-bed storage bins. Behind the mirrored forward bulkhead, stand the deck sail and anchor lockers. Given the rare two stateroom custom layout, this is a huge and comfortable guest suite with an en-suite sit-down makeup/office desk to port, a spacious and well-ventilated bathroom to starboard, and storage lockers in the large 2-person shower with a teak bench.

The main salon, located aft of the guest quarters, features a settee to port with an enclosed TV/ VCR and three cabinets. Opposite is a U-Shaped settee with a large custom dining salon table seating six to eight. The settees are covered in white, leather-like high-quality vinyl with button accents, and are replete with large contrasting pillows. Storage cabinets line the walls and are set beneath and behind the settees. Floor panels open throughout the boat for additional storage and easy access to tankage. New custom designer curtains run throughout the yacht, and crystal deck prism lights keep the spacious Hershoff white wall salon and galley uniquely well-lit, bright and cheerful among Tayanas. 

The elegant galley is located to port off of the salon, and is well thought out for entertaining at anchor or cooking safely underway. It has abundant locker and drawer space, a deep double bowl sink, as well as a pantry/cook's locker. The countertops are white and brand new. Very roomy. Refrigerator and freezer are both top loading and convertible to front loading. The range/oven and microwave are new and well-fit to this yacht.

Next aft on the starboard side is a well-designed, chart size navigation station and table located next to the centerline companionway. The nav desk lid opens to find a hidden computer station wired to GPS for navigation software and Pactor IIe email, chart storage and a nav tool box. A nav library rests behind two large double doors that also provide excellent access for work on electronics.

Aft of the nav station is a large storage locker plumbed and wired for instant reinstallation of a washer/dryer. It also holds a 20-gph watermaker. Farther aft is a laundry cabinet with an equipment repair station above with built in vise and tool cabinet.

The centerline engine room is located under the cockpit and aft of the companionway stairs, opposite the galley. It has notably easy access with floor to ceiling double door starboard side access, a large removable panel with two opening access doors to the forefront behind the entry stairs, a further port side door opening from the aft head, and yet another door reaching aft from the main stateroom. In short, this is excellent and well-integrated engine room access.

The plush master stateroom is aft and has a walk-around king centerline berth with a new, extra firm custom mattress as in the guest cabin, both covered in removable custom Sunbrella covers (2019). A lovely aft mirror-covered bulkhead sets to the lazarette. White ultra-leather covered settee sets to starboard and was designed to coordinate with the other fabrics throughout the boat. Copious storage is provided with a grand hanging locker, four standard storage lockers, eight lockers below berth, three lockers below settee, and nine drawers accompanied by a mirrored dressing table with enclosed TV and storage lockers above. The en-suite master head features a second enclosed stall shower and a large storage locker. This expansive master stateroom is truly inviting and comfortable for the ship’s master and 1st mate/Admiral.

110V top and front-loading refrigerator and freezer by Adler Barbor

Force 10 Deluxe, gimbaled propane stove/oven w/20lbs propane in

aft deck locker (2 safety switches/overboard discharge) – 2016.

Galley remodeled 2015

New microwave oven in cabinet

Double stainless-steel sink

Hot and cold pressurized water

Rigged for installation of combination washer/dryer (existing unit removed)

Cooling fans, light prisms, safety belts, custom cutting boards

Functional electronics – ready for modernizing

ICOM M-70 MK HAM/ SSB/VHF PactorII E email and fax ready

Standard VHF with cockpit microphone send/receive

SGC SSB second as backup system

(2) Selectable VHF radios - (1) Standard with mike in cockpit and second mike in navigation station (2003), (1) ICOM VHF handheld backup

Mounted 406 EPIRB emergency locator

(2) Handheld VHF units for mobile communication with ship

Bullet proof Roberson autopilot (1998) with hydraulic linear quadrant drive unit

Furuno Marine Radar with gimbled aft aluminum tower mount

Link 5000 depth, wind speed, speed instruments with cockpit and nav station controls

Garmin handheld GPS

Garmin GPS installed in navigation station (2002) – with wiring set up for laptop computer to drive Nobeltech or Captain navigation software with charts

Kelvin-Hughes ships clock and Seth Thomas barometer station

Richie compass in cockpit and handheld pelorus shot compass in navigation station

2-million candle watt power spot lamp

AM/FM cassette deck with six speakers – (2) cockpit (2004), (2) salon, (2) stateroom

(2) TVs and (1) DVD/VCR (2001)

Immaculate, well-laid electrical panel

12V DC system with outlets

110V AC system with many outlets

Onan 12kw generator with 2900 hrs

Heart 2500-watt inverter/100-amp charger

(8) deep cycle house batteries (2022)

Isolated 12v engine/generator start battery (2022)

50' shore power cord

30-amp shore power hook-up with multiple cruising adaptors

15hp Yamaha commercial tender outboard

Teak decks (Nice looking, super safe at sea, leak free, but thinning - 30k replacement)

Huge sail/anchor foredeck locker w/false floor (very rare on center cockpit 52)

Huge aft lazarette with cabinet built over quadrant

66 lb Bruce anchor (2012) with 300' chain (2012)

New Fortress FX 85 2nd anchor with 300' rode and chain

2 large Danforth back up anchors w/ storm rodes

Sea anchor

Maxtor/Neilson large electric windlass (factory rebuilt/remounted in 2008) + 1 exact same spare windless also completely rebuilt by Factory Maxwell winches

English stainless steel bow pulpit, stanchions and lifelines (best SS for lowest maintenance)

English stainless steel stemhead with double anchor rollers with one integrated and removable gennaker sprit (easy jibes)

Powerful saltwater anchor wash down

Freshwater deck wash down (aft)

Aft deck shower at swim/dive platform (fish cleaning station)

Custom Swim/dive platform with stainless boarding ladder

Custom stainless outboard lift system

6-person offshore Plastismo liferaft (refurb in 2008)

Foam cockpit cushions with white leather/like covers (2012)

New (2025) 3-part grey Sunbrella bimini and dodger (flexible deployment) with new windows including sail sight window and placeable sunchaser 

Full deck sunshade/awning with instant down for quick hit storms at anchor (1 minute down new in 2011)

Grey Sunbrella hatch covers (2025), new wheel station cover 2025,

and new winch series covers 2025

Edson pedestal with 38" stainless steel wheel with teak trim (cable replaced 2013)

Dining table in cockpit attached to pedestal

Last bottom paint – August 2026

New zincs

Several new thru hulls

Custom aftermarket aluminum keel-stepped raked, bendable SPAR upgrade by Lowell North (1995)

This is an oversize light air mast and is the first designer approved because

of increased stability off an 18600lb lead keel instead of the standard cement/iron ballast – a huge anti-heel stability performance asset

New custom white epoxy paint on boom (2013)

Cutter rigged with removable inner forestay

New standing stainless steel rigging lightly used (2017)

Running rigging, oversized good condition

Winches:

 (2) Lewmar 55 self-tailing winches Genoa

 (2) Lewmar 46 self-tailing winches staysail

 (2) Lewmar 46 self-tailing winches reefing, halyard

 (1) Lewmar 46 self-tailing winches mainsheet control

All lines lead aft for easy single-handing including reefing (no deck work under sail)

Sails:

 Mainsail: North, fully battened, heavy cruising with Sunbrella cover and lazy jacks

 Genoa: good 100 Tayana original

 Staysail: good, deck mounted or stowable

Gennaker fair condition (many miles used)

Spinnaker bow sprit: Removable; used for easy jibbing

Forespar telescoping spinnaker/genoa pole with deck mount and vertical spar mount

Harkin Genoa furling system

Navtec hydraulic boom vang with cockpit controls

Navtec double backstays hydraulic adjusters (rare) with one insulated for radios

Perkins 4-236 in very good condition and Onan 12k Genset in good running condition with mechanical and electric fuel pumps

Clean engine room and bilge w/excellent access

(2) mechanical heads w/one Lectra San class one onboard sewage treatment system

(6) water pumps with spares

Vantage Marine watermaker, 20gph w/power for 60gph w/2 more filters, separate boost pump, quality monitor (Needs new membrane)

Automatic and manual bilge pumps

(2) Racor fuel filter systems

Fuel transfer system tank to tank and barrel to tanks (use all of your fuel)

Maxprop 3-blade feathering propeller complete service/retune 2025

Bilge blower

Automatic Halon fire control system

Lead/foam paneled engine room sound insulation

(6) life jackets

(3) fire extinguishers

6-person offshore Plastismo liferaft (refurb in 2008)

Emergency tiller

406 EPIRB emergency locator

LifeSling

Weems & Plath C-1001 SOS distress light

Sea anchor

(4) rugs, many decorative bed pillows, vacuum cleaner

Tools: all that is needed to fix anything aboard

New 2020 mattress and Sunbrella covers both staterooms

Spares and tools as expected on a seasoned world cruiser

Windlass

(6) spare water pumps

Spare engine parts, everything for Onan and Perkins, plus Yamaha spares

Hardware for plumbing, rigging, electrical in ample supply

Medical kit

Extensive standing and running rigging and sail gear spares

Extra GPS

Very deep spares lockers for world cruising

All seller’s personal effects on board are excluded from the sale of this vessel.