Holland, MI based Tiara has a reputation for lovely boats that are both well designed and well built--they're in the same league as Hatteras, Ocean Alexander and Viking--and the 4000 Express was their first mid-cabin; it proved tremendously versatile and rock solid, and eventually became one of Tiara's best selling designs.
And it's easy to see why. The boat is fast and comfortable (with a total of 840 hp from twin Cummins 6CTA 8.3 diesel engines, Sparrow cruises comfortably at 10 knots, easily at 21 and tops out near 30), the solid teak joinery down below is absolutely stunning and the hydraulic hideaway cockpit tables really are amazing (I'm surprised ALL boat don't have 'em!).
This particular example is owned by a knowledgeable, conscientious yachtsman who has given Sparrow her just desserts, ensuring many years of trouble free service to come. She benefits from weekly use during the yachting season in Northern California waters as well as an active off-season maintenance schedule, and shows absolutely bristol--the entire vessel, and especially the engine room, is maintained to a yacht standard you rarely find any more, and the boat really must be seen to be appreciated.
A partial list includes extensive work on the twin diesels, as befits a performance yacht of this caliber: the cylinder heads have been removed, checked and serviced, new turbo chargers, exhaust elbows, heat exchangers and aftercoolers plus all new engine hoses and new 170A high output alternators. Post-service engineering involved engine alignment checks, propeller balancing and pitch tuning to ensure correct operating conditions under all engine loading demands. A fresh water flush system is installed and used routinely after saltwater is run through the engines and generator.
Furthermore, Sparrow is equipped with a 8.5kW Paguro VTE genset (2019, made by Kohler so parts are readily available) with barely 200 hours clocked, fully updated electronics including new Simrad 34 mile radar and Standard VHF radio with AIS in 2025, Simrad chartplotter, autopilot and depth sounder in 2020, new Sunbrella bimini and aft deck enclosure with polycarbonate helm station windows in 2021, eleven new AGM batteries and Pronautic charger also in 2021, last hauled in January 2025 at which time new PSS shaft seals were installed, all the interior soft goods and beautiful teak joinery shows as new (and the exterior helm and cockpit upholstery IS new--it was just installed earlier this year!), much more--as noted above, ya REALLY have to see it to believe it!
Also, note she's lying in a potentially transferable Marina Village Yacht Harbor slip--the microclimate there is one of the best in the Bay area, and Marina Village is one of the nicest marinas you'll find anywhere.
Vessel shown by appointment, please. She's one of only a handful of the big Tiaras for sale anywhere on the west coast at present and is by far the most competitively priced...
