We bought Tulum V in February 2018 and moved onto her as a whole family in July 2018. I also retired in July of 18; so I’ve been working on her consistently since then. She’s in need of LOTS of TLC, overhaul of several systems and just simple regular maintenance. But…I’m in love with her. She’s got strong bones, has proven to sail well, has well-thought out blue water features and is built like a tank (in Taiwan).
From information collected on this website before, during and after the sale of the boat, we think only 11 of these sailboats were built, but they are still considered production boats. Some were built in Taiwan and several were built in Canada. I’ve been in contact with at least five different current or former owners, who all rave about the boats. There’s a great deal of work to be done on her, keep following for those updates as we go along.
Throughout this year, we’ve been adding supplemental equipment that didn’t come with the boat, the list is below in the stats section, but most of the gear would be needed or wanted by most sailors anyways, especially as we looked forward to extended cruising.
In August of 2019 on a trip to Catalina Island, Ca the engine seized. We had the engine removed and completely rebuilt, just two months before we had planned to leave the US with Baja Ha-Ha 2019. The rebuilt engine went back in the boat the week before the Baja Ha-Ha started…and we motored out of San Diego into a new life on schedule.