- Founded
- 1961
- Headquarters
- 605 South State Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077, United States
- Shipyard location
- Painesville, Ohio, United States
- Official website
- https://tartanyachts.com/
Brand Overview
American builder of performance cruising sailboats from Painesville, Ohio — six vacuum-infused models from the all-new Tartan 27 to the 16.3-metre Tartan 53, all with self-tacking jibs, carbon rigs and a choice of deep-fin, Beavertail or keel-centreboard underbodies, built in low volume by Ohio craftsmen.
Overview written fromtartanyachts.comread 9/18/2026
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Tartan Yachts builds every boat in Ohio, at 605 South State Street in Painesville, in what it calls a low-volume production environment where experienced artisans, technicians and sailors give each yacht focused attention from start to finish; the company's principles are American craftsmanship, yachts designed for extended time aboard rather than passage alone, low-maintenance construction with proven systems, and value that endures across decades of owner loyalty. The current range is the Tartan 27 — an American icon returning as an all-new design, shown in renderings — the 34, 37, 40, 45 and the 53 flagship built for ocean crossings by a capable couple with a carbon rig and raised saloon. The boats are vacuum-infused composites with structural cores, offered on the smaller models with deep-fin, Beavertail shoal or keel-centreboard configurations, powered by diesel saildrives from 18 to 106 hp, and rigged with self-tacking jibs and reachers. Every model page prints Dimensions, Accommodations, Tankage and Sail Area in feet, pounds and US gallons, with displacement and ballast per keel option, bridge clearance, cabins, berths and heads.
Who sails them
Tartan owners are American cruising sailors — Great Lakes and East Coast couples and families, many on their second or third Tartan — who want a well-built, easy-to-sail boat with a self-tacking jib and a shoal-draft option for their home waters, who value Ohio-built quality and owner community, and who plan to keep the boat for a long time.
Signature models
The Tartan 37 and 40 are the heart of the range, the 45 and 53 raised-saloon cruisers take the brand offshore, the 34 is the trailerable-scale performance cruiser, and the all-new Tartan 27 revives the model the company was built on.
Strengths
Tartan is known for vacuum-infused epoxy construction with structural cores, self-tacking jib rigs with carbon spars, a choice of deep-fin, Beavertail and keel-centreboard underbodies, diesel saildrive auxiliaries, yacht-quality interiors built to be lived in, low-volume Ohio craftsmanship and a loyal owners' community.
Considerations
The site prints no metric figures — every metre, kilogram, litre and square metre here is converted from feet-inches, pounds, US gallons and square feet and noted as such; the stored draft, displacement and ballast are the first keel option printed (Deep Fin, or Beavertail on the 45 and 53) with the others as notes; the 45 prints no auxiliary engine; no speeds, CE categories or waterline-based ratios appear; the Tartan 27 is shown as renderings; and the photographs carry the older hull-length names (365, 395, 455, 535) of the boats they depict.
Analysis generated 9/18/2026
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Where they build
The building sites this yard publishes, in its own order.
Painesville
Painesville, Ohio, United States
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 6
- Length range
- 8.48–16.31 m
- Hull forms
- Sailing Monohull 6
- Cabins
- 1–4
Models by this brand
6 models
