The Cherubini 44 Mark II is a magnificent, distinctive sailing yacht, as fast and comfortable as she is beautiful. She has the same classic design, comfort, and speed as the original Cherubini 44, but she is built using the latest technology and materials, and has several subtle improvements. (details)

She was designed by the legendary John Cherubini. Her lines reflect classic themes in American sailboats -- the clipper ships, the Chesapeake Bay bugeyes, and some designs of L. Francis Herreshoff. These classic lines are time-tested and sea-tested, and make a fast, seaworthy, comfortable yacht.

Cherubini 44 Silhouette, overall winner (corrected time) in the 2007 Marion Bermuda race.

With modest overhangs, a long waterline, narrow beam, and a fine clipper bow, the Cherubini 44 is surprisingly fast. She can easily reach hull speed (around 8.5 knots) in a modest breeze.

When the wind pipes up on a reach, she keeps going faster, well beyond hull speed. She can sustain speeds over 12 knots, almost 50 percent above theoretical hull speed! How? Her hull is so narrow and her bow so sharp that she creates a very small bow wave and is able to pierce through that wave and reach and sustain speeds well above expected hull speed (as high-speed catamarans do). We are not aware of any other cruising mono hull with this ability! (Check these reports by owners.)

Her hull form has several other distinctive advantages. She has a shallow, long Scheel keel (developed and patented by the distinguished naval architect Henry Scheel), which enables good windward performance while keeping the ability to cruise in shallow areas such as Chesapeake Bay and the Bahamas. This keel shape is also excellent for heaving to. The flared clipper bow keeps the deck dry.

Perhaps least obvious but most important for the passagemaker, the Cherubini hull form (narrow, slack bilges, long keel) means a more comfortable boat at sea. Carl Adler's Sail Calculator website computes that the Cherubini 44 has a "Motion Comfort" index of 42. A well known contemporary boat of similar size has an index of 27. These numbers mean that the Cherubini 44 has slower rolling and pitching motions; the hull slices the water instead of pounding it. Moreover, the cabin sole is well under the water line and bunks are near the water line, where boat motion is the least. Sailors who have ventured to sea in a modern, wide, shallow hulled boat will sense the difference immediately. Voyagers on the Cherubini 44 will arrive at their destination not only quickly but comfortably.

Inside this special hull is a special, elegant interior, described on another web page.

The Cherubini 44 offers a unique combination of tradition and modernity, of comfort and speed, of luxury, beauty and functionality. These boats are built to order at the highest standards of strength and finish, with the finest materials and with all the modern systems that make sailing more comfortable and safe. Check the specifications page for details.

Cruising World (October 2008) has a wonderful review of the Cherubini 44. See it here. Sailing Magazine (April 2009) similarly has a great review. The article is explicit that the Cherubini 44 is very different from any contemporary XYZ 44. Read the Sailing Magazine review.

Don't believe she is this nice? Charter a Cherubini 44 in Scotland for a few days and test her out.

Order your dream boat now, have it configured to meet your personal needs. Contact Dave Cherubini now.

Elysium, 2008 (photo: John Bildhal)

White Hawk, 1979

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