The Orion 50 is a sailboat designed by American Gary Mull and first built in 1983.
[1][2][3][4][5] The boat was built by Ta Shing Yacht Building in Taiwan, which completed seven examples between 1983 and 1987.
[1][5][6] The Orion 50 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
It has a masthead ketch rig, a skeg-mounted rudder and a fixed fin keel.
[1][2][5] The boat has a draft of 6.50 ft (1.98 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a Perkins 4-236 diesel engine of 85 hp (63 kW).