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Sunshyner, Cherubini 44

 

This yacht, built in 1981, is in our yard, has a new owner, and is being fully restored.

The phtos here are the "before" pictures, and serve to give a sense of the geometry of the interior layout.

Compared with other Cherubini 44s, Sunshyner is distinctive in the layout of her aft cabin -- two single quarter berths -- ideal berths for crew while passage making.

Her main cabin is more open, with fewer cabinets coming down from the ceiling.

An older boat, she does not have a bow thruster. Her re-fit will include a bow thruster.

 

 

She shows her distinctive Scheel keel, that improves the efficiency of the keel. She is a a shoal draft boat with good windward performance.

 

She has a three bladed feathering propeller.

The notch in the leading edge of the rudder enables servicing of the propeller shaft without removing the rudder.

Her deck configuration is characteristic of the Cherubini 44s. The cockpit is coated with Cetol. Other brightwork needs TLC.

 

 

 

 

The aft cabin has a comfortable quarter berth to port, with lots of stowage lockers.

The navigation area is on the adjacent area of the engine cover. Above the work surface, a radar monitor is mounted. Barely visible in this photo is the corner of a folding seat for the navigator.

In front of the port quarter berth is a chest of drawers and the electrical panel.

On the starboard side of the aft cabin, there is also a quarter berth, with a bench in front, that is handy for putting on shoes/boots or generally relaxing.

 

As on the port side, the starboard side also has many stowage lockers. Between the berth and the companionway is a hanging locker for foul weather gear.

Coming forward, the head is to starboard.

The head has two doors, so it can be entered either from the aft cabin or from the main cabin.

A third door can separate the aft from the main cabin.

 

The complete, U-shaped galley is to port.

The main salon (port side) is just forward of the galley.

The settee can slide out to table and the back rest drops horizontal, creating a double berth when desired.

The starboard side is similar to the port side (but does not expand), with ample shelves and lockers.

The main cabin includes a classic folding table (non-gimballed), with stowage compartments in its middle.

The openness of the cabin and its integration with the galley are obvious.

The forward cabin features two vee berths can can be joined into a double bed. There are drawers and hanging lockers on both sides. The starboard side cabinets are visible here.

The chest of drawers on the port side (as well as the hanging locker just aft of this photo) provide the occupants of the forward cabin very ample locker space.

 

Throughout the interior, she has a proper, teak and holly floor, made of real teak boards, not veneer.
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