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  1. Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd.

    Sailboats Built By Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd. (Dates indicate when boat was first built by any builder) Sort by: 13 Sailboats / Per Page: 50 / Page: 1. 0 CLICK to COMPARE . MODEL LOA FIRST BUILT FAVORITE COMPARE; FORMOSA 30: 29.58 ft / 9.02 m: 1972: FORMOSA 34: 34.00 ft / 10.36 m: 1975: FORMOSA 41: 40.92 ft / 12.47 m ...

  2. SS Formosa

    SS Formosa was a British mail steamer belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P & O). ... but did not sail for more than six years. The ship disappeared from the records after 1929. Timeline. Major events in the history of the Formosa. 1851: Purchased while under construction by P&O Lines. 1852: Delivered to P&O Lines.

  3. Formosa 51

    Formosa 51 is a 50′ 11″ / 15.5 m monohull sailboat designed by William Garden and built by Ta Chiao and Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd. between 1972 and 1984.

  4. Caribbean Sailing Yachts

    Caribbean Sailing Yachts (CSY) is a company which built heavy-displacement recreational sailboats built during the 1970s and 1980s in Tampa, Florida.CSY was one of the first companies to recognize the impending growth of the Caribbean charter industry and although the company went out of business in the early 1980s, the well-founded boats have continued to sail the world's oceans for the past ...

  5. Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd.

    Formosa 30. 1972 • 9 m. Company, located in Taiwan, responsible for building a number of yachts under the Formosa name, at a number of different yards.

  6. Formosa boats for sale

    Formosa. Formosa is a yacht brand that currently has 26 yachts for sale on YachtWorld, including 2 new vessels and 24 used yachts, listed by experienced yacht brokers mainly in the following countries: United States, Spain, Malaysia, Denmark and Greece. Models currently listed on YachtWorld range in size and length from 31 feet to 71 feet.

  7. The Formosa 42 Sailboat

    The Formosa 42 Sailboat. (aka the Slocum 43) The Formosa 42 is a classic cruising sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford and built in Taiwan by Formosa Boat Building Co Ltd from 1981 to 1990. It is also known as the Slocum 43, after the famous circumnavigator Joshua Slocum. The Formosa 42 is an aft cockpit cutter with a fin keel and a ...

  8. Formosa 41

    Formosa 41 is a 40′ 10″ / 12.5 m monohull sailboat designed by William Garden and built by Ta Chiao and Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd. starting in 1972.

  9. Dutch Formosa

    The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with the Ming Empire in neighbouring China and Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and also to interdict Portuguese and Spanish trade and ...

  10. '79 Formosa Ketch: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

    The garden design was used by 4 different boat yards in taiwan. Formosa was one, Overseas 51 was another boat from the same mode. There where some that did do shoddy work and others that didn't. The older pre 1980's were much thicker and stronger built using some of the better materials if you find a Overseas 51.

  11. formosa 41' ketch need advice

    4 posts · Joined 2009. #1 · Jan 8, 2009. Hello. I'm seeking for a good offshore vessel, capable of crossing the Atlantic, I really like Formosa 41' ketch she seams to be a beautiful boat, but I know little about her seaworthiness, I could really use an advice. Thank you. 156680. Save Share. Like. Sort by Oldest first.

  12. History

    In my opinion the Formosa 51 is a piece of nautical history. This boat incorporated the best of William Garden's wooden sailboat designs and preserved it forever in a fiberglass build. These boats have survived the test of time. Many of these boats have circumnavigated the globe. Almost every boat that ended up in America was sailed here via ...

  13. Formosa New Horizon 68

    Have you always wanted to sail in a special warm authentic ship with all the space and comfort that you can imagine? This very well maintained Formosa New Ho...

  14. Formosa 46

    Formosa 46. 1978. Formosa 46 is a 13.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Doug Peterson (unauthorized) and built by Ta Chiao and Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd. starting in 1978. Designer.

  15. Formosa 41

    The Formosa 41 is a 40.91ft masthead ketch designed by William Garden and built in fiberglass by Formosa Boat Building Co. Ltd. since 1972. It accomodates 6 people in 2 cabins plus salon. The Formosa 41 is a heavy sailboat which is under powered. It is reasonably stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized.

  16. Formosa sailboats for sale by owner.

    Formosa preowned sailboats for sale by owner. Formosa used sailboats for sale by owner.

  17. MS Formosa Queen

    MS Song of Norway (later Sundream, Dream Princess, Dream, Clipper Pearl, Clipper Pacific, Festival, Ocean Pearl, Formosa Queen) was one of the first ships purpose-built as a cruise ship.She was the first ship of Royal Caribbean International when she entered operation in 1970. She was sold for scrap in 2013 and broken up in 2014, after serving her last years as a gambling ship.

  18. Formosa boats for sale

    View a wide selection of Formosa boats for sale in your area, explore detailed information & find your next boat on boats.com. #everythingboats. Explore. Back. Explore View All. Overnight Cruising ... Aft-deck shower. Large Bimini 2017 Bimini extension as far as main boom. Passerelle s/s Genoa sail 2017, furling Genoa furler 2017 Mainsail, slab ...

  19. H-063-4: Formosa Expedition

    July 2021. On 12 March 1867, the U.S.-flag merchant bark Rover wrecked in a remote area at the southern tip of Formosa (now Taiwan). Aboriginal Paiwan warriors killed all the survivors (some accounts say 14, others 24), including Rover 's captain, Joseph Hunt, and his wife, Mercy G. Beerman Hunt. One Chinese sailor was spared.

  20. Formosa 68 boats for sale

    New Formosa 68 1 listing. Find Formosa 68 boats for sale in your area & across the world on YachtWorld. Offering the best selection of Formosa boats to choose from.

  21. FORMOSA 51

    It takes into consideration "reported" sail area, displacement and length at waterline. The higher the number the faster speed prediction for the boat. A cat with a number 0.6 is likely to sail 6kts in 10kts wind, a cat with a number of 0.7 is likely to sail at 7kts in 10kts wind. KSP = (Lwl*SA÷D)^0.5*0.5

  22. Formosa Expedition

    The Formosa Expedition (Chinese: 美國福爾摩沙遠征; pinyin: Měiguó Fú'ěrmóshā Yuǎnzhēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí-kok Hok-nī-mô͘-sa Oán-cheng), or the Taiwan Expedition of 1867, was a punitive expedition launched by the United States against the Paiwan, an indigenous Taiwanese tribe.The expedition was undertaken in retaliation for the Rover incident, in which the Rover, an ...