Blue Water Capable Beauty with ICW-friendly mast and shoal draft.
The Taswell name is synonymous with the finest blue water yachts available today. This particular 2000 Ta Shing Taswell 44 All Season, Callahan, is a highly sought-after center cockpit cutter featuring a two-cabin, two-head layout with a shoal draft (5'6") and an ICW-friendly mast (64ft). Designed by Bill Dixon and expertly built at the prestigious Ta Shing yard, this yacht is renowned for comfortable, safe blue water sailing.
Callahan offers a rare blend of features perfect for both true offshore capability and coastal cruising/Bahamas readiness. Actively cruised for the past two years, Callahan is turnkey and well-equipped with desirable amenities such as a sugar scoop stern, genset, watermaker, solar, a wind generator and so much more…
Highlights:
- 5’ 6” Shoal draft keel
- ICW-friendly mast 64ft
- Center cockpit/center berth queen, raised salon, sugar scoop
- Solar (2023), Wind generator
- Northern Lights generator (only 1,999 h)
- Watermaker
- Bow Thruster
- Starlink (2023)
- Liferaft (new in 2023)
- Reverse cycle air conditioning
- Electric halyard winch
Electronics
Nav station
- Raymarine E120 chartplotter
- Raymarine ST60 multifunction display
- ICOM IC-M802 SSB radio
- Standard Horizon VFH
- Raymarine AIS
Helm
- Raymarine E80 chartplotter
- Raymarine 48 mile radar interfaced with GPS and Autohelm
- Raymarine ST60 tridata
- Raymarine ST60+ wind instrumentation
- Raymarine ST6000 hydraulic Autohelm
- Ram mic for VHF radio
- Auto/Manual bilge pump controls
- 12VDC outlet
Entertainment and Internet
- Starlink internet (2023)
- Fusion MS-RA 70 Stereo with remote and speakers throughout
Deck
- Custom teak deck on sugar scoop (2024)
- Rail-mounted Magma-style kayak/SUP rack
- Custom deck storage box forward of mast
- Custom lower dorade guard to carry dinghy on foredeck with staysail pennant to clear dinghy
- Double lifelines with 3 gates
- Double rail bow and stern pulpits
- Two varnished teak seats for stern pulpit, one seat for bow pulpit
- Guard rail for bow running lights
- Radar pole mounted aft with outboard engine lift. Radar platform is adjustable to keep unit horizontal
- Gas BBQ stern rail with two propane tanks
- Stern shower with hot and cold water
- Stern swim platform with large storage locker, deep steps, and stainless steel hand rails
- Swim platform boarding ladder with flush fit storage locker
- One side deck and two stern storage lockers. Scuba tanks and gear fit in starboard locker.
- Goiot aluminum toe rail
- Teak rub rail with stainless steel ½” oval
Ground tackle
- Rocna Vulcan 73 lb anchor with 300 ft chain (2023)
- Secondary 55lb CQR anchor with 50 ft chain + 180 ft rode
- Electric Lewmar windlass
- Helm and bow controls for the windlass
- Segmented chain locker for primary and secondary anchor chains
Rigging
- Stainless steel standing rigging with staylock fittings (New in 2015)
- Running rigging partially replaced in the last two years
- Selden aluminum mast with double, swept back spreaders for added stiffness, and cutter rig
- Leisure Furl in-boom furling mainsail
- Forespar boom vang with controls to the cockpit
- Selden Furlex genoa furling
- Removable inner stay for staysail
- Split hydraulic backstay to accommodate easy access of the swim platform
- Running backstays
- All lines led to cockpit except for staysail and gennaker halyard
- Self-tending track for staysail with staysail sheet led aft
- Mast mounted whisker pole
Sails and Canvas
- Doyle mainsail from Super Sailmakers
- New mainsail cover and sacrificial UV trim (2024)
- North Sails Staysail
- Sails are in good condition
- Lewmar 58 CST primary sheet winch
- Lewmar 44 CST electric winch under dodger to raise and lower Leisure main
- Lewmar 40 CST starboard mast winch
- Lewmar 44 CST port mast winch
- Bimini new in 2023
- Dodger with new strataglass (2024), removable center panel and Integrated grab rail
- Cockpit cushions
Mechanical/Electrical
- Yanmar 4JH2-HTBE 75hp turbo diesel (5,858 hours)
- Yanmar serviced in Fall 2025 (impellers, fluids, filters etc. - rebuilt in 2015 by previous owner)
- Dual Racor
- Northern Lights 6.5kW generator (1,999 hours)
- Engine room fans on auto thermostat
- Manual oil change pump
- 3-Blade Maxi prop folding propeller (Serviced Nov 2025)
- Cutlass bearing replaced (Nov 2025)
- Two Dometic Marine Air reverse cycle A/C units; 12,000 BTU aft (New 2024) 16,000 BTU salon & forward (2017)
- House Bank: 4x AGM 200Ah (2023)
- Solar: 350W Renogy panels and controller (2023)
- Start Batteries: Renogy (2023)
- D400 Wind generator (2017, serviced in 2024 with new bearings and blades)
- Magnum Energy power management panel
- Magnum Inverter/Charger
- Balmar 100A High Output alternator
- Two 30A shore power cords and 50A splitter
- Radio grounding system and lightning protection system
- LED Mast tri-color
- LED navigation lights
- LED spreader lights
- LED reading and courtesy lights
- Halogen overhead lights
Plumbing
- Sea Water Pro Watermaker (2023)
- 11 Gallon hot water heater – electric
- Two backup pressure water pumps
- Tank level monitors
- Manual head Raritan ElectroScan (fwd)
- Raritan ElectroScan waste treatment system (aft)
- Pressurized foredeck freshwater washdown
Safety Equipment
- Liferaft (2023)
- ACR 406 MHz GPS EPRIB
- Rule high water alarm
- New forward bilge pump and hose (2023)
- Fire extinguishers
- Jacklines
- Safety padeyes in cockpit
- Emergency tiller
Bottom sandblasted and painted (2024)
Scuba tank with 50 ft hose
Many spare parts, filters, and maintenance supplies included in the sale
Tender/Outboard (NOT included in the sale but negotiable)
- 2024 Highfield 310 Hypalon dinghy
- 2.5hp Suzuki outboard (as-is)
Construction
The Taswell 44 hull is constructed of hand laid GRP with vinylester resin for superior moisture resistance and both mat and roving fabrics. She's a solid and stiff boat with numerous longitudinal stringers. The superior hull to deck joint is both mechanically and chemically bonded with 5200 and 3/8" stainless steel bolts on 8" centers. The deck has a sandwich construction with 1/2" end grain balsa core. In areas of high stress and heavy loads solid construction and backing plates have been utilized.
