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Sunbeam 44

£150,089 Listed price: €172,000

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Grabau International

82 Gosport Street , Hampshire
Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BD
United Kingdom
+44(0)1590 673715

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Make Sunbeam
Model 44
Year 2000
Condition Used
Price €172,000
Type Sail
Class Sloop
Length 44 ft / 13.4 m
Fuel Type Diesel
Hull Material Fibreglass
Location Waterford, Ireland
Tax Status Tax Paid
LOA 43 ft 12 in / 13.4 m
Length at Water Line 37 ft 9 in / 11.5 m
Beam 13 ft 1 in / 3.98 m
Max Draft 5 ft 7 in / 1.7 m
Min. Draft 5 ft 7 in / 1.7 m
Keel Type Fin
Displacement 11300 kg
Ballast 4000 kg
Engine Type Inboard
Engine Make Yanmar
Engine Model 4JH2-HTE
Fuel Type Diesel
Engine Year 2000
Power 75 hp
Drive Type Shaft Drive
Propeller Type 3 Blade
Propeller Material Bronze
Engine usage (hours) 2500
Covers
  • Bimini Top
  • Spray hood
Electrical Equipment
  • Shore power inlet
  • Inverter
Electronics
  • Depthsounder
  • Radar
  • Log-speedometer
  • Wind speed and direction
  • Repeater(s)
  • TV set
  • Navigation center
  • Plotter
  • Autopilot
  • Radio
  • Compass
  • CD player
  • GPS
  • VHF
  • Flat screen TV
  • Wi-Fi
  • AIS
Inside Equipment
  • Bow thruster
  • Electric bilge pump
  • Oven
  • Manual bilge pump
  • Electric head
  • Heating
  • Hot water
  • Refrigerator
  • Battery charger
Outside Equipment/Extras
  • Teak cockpit
  • Cockpit shower
  • Teak sidedecks
  • Tender
  • Solar panel
  • Liferaft
  • Cockpit table
  • Swimming ladder
Rigging
  • Steering wheel
  • Spinnaker pole
Sails
  • Furling mainsail
  • Gennaker/Cruising spinnaker
  • Genoa
  • Asymmetric Spinnaker
Designer J&J Designs
Builder Schochl Yachtbau
Guest Cabins 2
Guest Heads 2
Fuel Tanks 245 litres
Fresh Water Tanks 550 litres
Holding Tanks 80 litres
Hull Shape Monohull
Windlass Electric Windlass
Liferaft Capacity 6

Description

Extremely well-presented late-build example of the J&J Designs Sunbeam 44 from Austrian Schochl Yachtbau. Centre-cockpit, twin stateroom layout with twin heads and a great cruising layout. Much-loved and continually maintained and updated in her current and previous ownerships.


FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:


PIVOT is Hull No.33 of the Sunbeam 44 model from Austrian Schochl Yachtbau to designs by J&J Designs. Featuring some of the finest interior joinery in the business to showcase her fantastic twin stateroom interior layout, this elegant centre-cockpit bluewater cruising yacht is perfect for cruising long distances with family or friends. Upgraded for an ARC crossing in her previous ownership, PIVOT was acquired by her present owners in 2022 who have enjoyed cruising from the Med’ back to Ireland via Portugal, Galicia, West Coast of France, Scilly Isle and UK West Coast. PIVOT is now offered for sale as her owners plan to go larger.


PIVOT’s specification highlights include:-

    EU VAT paid

    Austrian-built to German Lloyds and CE Categorised A-Ocean

    Hand-laminated GRP construction

    Twin stateroom layout with two-heads compartments with mahogany interior joinery

    Shoal draft 1.70m lead ballast keel

    Semi-skeg supported rudder

    Yanmar 75hp engine with shaft drive with Gori 3-bladed folding propeller

    Vetus tunnel bowthruster

    Teak laid side decks – recently refurbished

    Sprayhood and bimini

    Stainless steel solar and antenna gantry aft

    Inmast furling rig 

    Standing rigging replaced in 2023

    UK Sailmakers furling mainsail, genoa and jib

    Sanders Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker with Karver furler

    Spinnaker poles

    Tender and outboard

    Aluminium Passerelle for Mediterranean harbours

    Mastervolt battery chargers and inverter

    Solar panel array with Mastervolt MPPT controller

    Raymarine instrument package with Quantum radar, Axiom chart plotter and autopilot

    Iridium Go satellite communications system with external antenna

    LTE MIMO antenna with WLAN router for WiFi and phone reception

    Blackwater holding tank

    Electric heads

    Webasto diesel hot-air heating system

    Refrigerator compressor with seawater cooling for fridge and freezer

    LED interior lighting

    JVC Bluetooth sound system. 

    LCD TV with moveable bracket.

    Recently replaced interior upholstery


OWNER’S COMMENTS:


PIVOT has been continually improved and upgraded by all her owners since new with many significant upgrades since 2020 including servicing of the teak decks in 2021, servicing of the rudder bearings, seal and bushings in 2020 and all seacocks were changed in 2019 with corrosion resistant equivalents. The yacht has been antifouled (2025) and was prepared for this season’s sailing where everything is working correctly and there are no outstanding jobs to complete before sailing to any port. The quality mahogany joinery and clean comfortable interior is a relaxing environment after an exhilarating days sailing. I am selling the yacht as my sailing plans have recently changed.


DESIGNER’S COMMENTS:


The first project J&J worked on with Sunbeam, founded by the Schöchl family (the Austrian largest boatbuilder), was a first in many ways. Their office supplied the concept, design, naval architecture, tooling and first boat build. 


Sunbeam originally wanted a new 30-plus footer, but J&J’s preliminary studies showed that there was market available for a much larger yacht using the company’s excellent brand reputation. And there were clientele at hand ready to move up in an important way. There was some initial resistance to the idea, however, especially since it meant that the yard would have to enlarge the exit door by an significant margin...


 The mandate for the new boat was that she should be beautiful, functional, innovative and fast. But, most importantly, the classic Northern-European-style central cockpit needed to be adapted for comfortable warm weather cruising. The result was Sunbeam 44. The first boat was built in a small Fortuna yard in the Alps (appropriately named Fortuna Princess) and launched in Portorož on the Slovenian coast in June 1992. 

The development of the Sunbeam 44 was somewhat disrupted by the war in Slovenia after the country’s secession from Yugoslavia in June 1991—but not so much that the Schöchl brothers ever skipped their regular weekly visits to Slovenia.


The Sunbeam 44 sailed and sold well. She pushed the yard through the post-Gulf War crisis of 1991-95 without a scratch. And she won races, to the joy of the avid sail racer Manfred, the Schöchl junior. Well over one hundred  were sold and represented the backbone of the yard business for many years. Owners appreciated the Sunbeam 44’s elegant looks, the convenient and handy use during longer cruises, the rich and beautiful woodwork, and the overall attention to detail and build quality.


When the yacht was shown at the Hamburg boat show in October 1992, she caused an unusual series of events, but that is already another story...


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CONSTRUCTION


RCD Status:

    Our understanding is that the yacht complies with the EU Recreational Craft Directive (CE) and is categorised as A-Ocean.

    Construction in accordance to German Lloyds.


Hull Construction:

    Hull construction in hulls solid GRP laminate with hand lay-up method and moulded in one piece.

    Trapezoidal internal frames

    Reinforcements in keel and collision areas

    Antifouling - 2025


Deck & Superstructure Construction:

    The deck is sandwich construction with aluminium reinforcement laminated under deck fittings. 

    The hull to deck join is bolted. 

    A collision bulkhead is provided in the fore ship.

    Teak laid side decks – overhauled 2021


Keel & Rudder:

    Shoal draft lead ballast fin keel

    Semi-balanced GRP rudder with half skeg

    Rudder bearings, seals and bushings serviced 2020


MACHINERY


Engine & gearbox:

    Yanmar 4JH2-HTE 4-cylinder turbo-charged diesel engine producing 75hp

    Shaft drive gearbox

    Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger

    Single lever throttle and gearbox control.

    Engine temperature alarm at helm position


Maintenance & Performance:

    Engine hours: approx. 2,500 as of Summer 2025

    Date of last engine service – 2025

    Turbo overhauled, exhaust elbow exchanged and injectors checked - 2020

    Cruising speed – approx. 7 knots 

    Maximum speed – approx. 8.5 knots 

    Approx range at cruising speed – approx. 500Nm


Propulsion & Steering:

    Vetus 12vDC 80kgf tunnel bowthruster with control at helm  

    Gori 3-bladed folding propeller – 2020

    Cutlass bearing replaced - 2025

    Wheel steering system with hide covered stainless steel wheel 

    Emergency tiller


ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS


Voltage systems:

    12vDC domestic system with 12vDC start circuits and 220vAC via shore-power or inverter.


Battery Banks:

    2x 12vDC 210Ah AGM service batteries joined in parallel to supply 420Ah @ 12vDC - 2020

    1x 12vDC 110Ah engine start battery – 2025

    1x 12vDC dedicated bowthruster and windlass battery – 2015

    Mastervolt battery meter shunt 500 – 2019

    Mastervolt Easyview 5 battery monitor - 2019


Charging / Inverter:

    Mastervolt Chargemaster 12vDC automatic battery charger for service and engine batteries

    Mastervolt Chargemaster 12vDC automatic battery charger for windlass and bowthruster battery

    Mastervolt Mass Sine 1200W inverter


Alternator:

    12vDC engine-mounted alternator


Solar:

    3x solar panels with approx. 400w output – 2019

    Mastervolt MPPT solar controller SMC 25 - 2019


Other Electrical:

    220v 16A shore connection with Mastervolt plug and 15m cable – 2020

    220vAC sockets throughout

    12vDC panel (Calira panel 365) at chart table 

    220vAC panel (Calira panel 421) opposite galley 


PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS


Fresh Water:

    12vDC pressurized water pump for supplying fresh water 

    Hot water supply via engine calorifier and 220vAC immersion heater element in Isotherm 20 litres hot water tank heated by shorepower 


Bilge Pumps:

    Johnson SPX Flow bilge pump, 7800l/h. – 2019

    Manual bilge pump in cockpit


Black & Grey Water:

    Heads discharge to tank or to sea via diverter valve

    All sinks discharge to sea

    Showers discharge via 12vDC pumps 


Gas System:

    Self-draining gas locker.

    Gas solenoid controlled from galley – 2025


Seacocks & Through Hull Fittings:

    All seacocks changed with corrosion resistant equivalents - 2019


TANKAGE


Fuel:

    Total fuel capacity approx 245 litres in 2x stainless steel tanks 

    Tank level gauge at chart table

    Tanks inspected and cleaned – 2025


Fresh Water:

    Total water capacity approx 550 litres in 2x stainless steel tanks 

    Tank level gauge at chart table


Holding Tanks:

    Approx 80 litre blackwater holding tank


NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT


At Helm:

    Raymarine Axiom 9 chart plotter – 2019

    Raymarine Quantum radar on mast – 2019

    Raymarine ST60 log display and sensor 

    Raymarine ST60 wind speed and direction display and sensor 

    Raymarine ST60 depth display and sensor 

    Raymarine ST 6000+ autopilot with linear drive motor 

    Suunto compass at helm 

.

At Chart Table:

    Raymarine A65 MFD chart plotter with all networked data at chart table. 

    Clock and Barometer


Communications Equipment:

    Raymarine Ray 260 VHF radio with DSC and speaker

    Weatherdoc Easy TRX 2 S AIS 

    Iridium Go satellite device for voice calling, SMS text messaging, SOS alerts, GPS and weather forecasts – 2019

    Externally mounted satellite antenna 

    LTE MIMO antenna with Fritzbox 6890 WLAN router for WiFi and phone reception.

    2x Icom handheld VHF radios


DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT


Galley:

    ENO gimballed 2 burner gas stove with oven 

    Twin stainless steel sinks with hot and cold pressurised water

    Isotherm 12vDC refrigerator compressor with seawater cooling for fridge and freezer box - 2020


Heads:

    2x Jabsco 12vDC electric heads

    Hot & cold pressurised water supplies with shower heads


Heating:

    Webasto Air-Top Evo M diesel-fired hot-air cabin heating system with outlets throughout interior.


Interior Lighting:

    12vDC LED interior lighting throughout


Entertainment:

    JVC Bluetooth sound system. 

    External cockpit speakers. 

    24” Walker TV with moveable bracket.


ACCOMMODATION

 

Summary of Accommodation:

    Up to 7 berths in two accommodation cabins with further sea-berth in saloon plus two heads compartments


Accommodation Finish:

    Mahogany interior joinery throughout

    The joinery is a combination of veneer and solid timber.

    Corian countertops

    Saloon upholstery replaced - 2019

    Teak sole with contrasting light wood striped inlay

    White deckhead panels with teak trim

    Lee cloths for forward starboard single berth


Description of Accommodation from Forward:

    The guest cabin has a double berth to port and a single berth to starboard. Forward from this cabin there is a separate bathroom and shower.

    The saloon has a large seating area.

    The galley on the port side has plenty of storage space for provisions and a large countertop. 

    To starboard of the companionway is the navigation corner with forward-facing chart table.

    The owner's large aft cabin can be reached via passages on both sides of the engine room. This cabin has a full-size bed with comfortable mattresses lying on custom slatted frames with sitting areas on both sides. 

    The owner’s cabin leads into a large bathroom and shower on the starboard side.


DECK EQUIPMENT

 

Rig:

    Sparcraft aluminium anodised mast and boom

    Deck-stepped mast, masthead-rigged with 2-sets of swept-back spreaders

    Stainless steel wire standing rigging – replaced 2023

    Rod vang

    Backstay with manual adjustment

    Furlex 300S genoa furler

    Harken mainsheet system

    Harken inboard mounted genoa tracks

    Aluminium spinnaker pole 

    Karver KF3 furler with large drum for asymmetric and Code 0 sails with blocks, sheets and lines and torsional stays


Winches:

    2x Harken 53ST 2-speed manual self-tailing primary cockpit winches

    2x Harken 44ST 2-speed manual self-tailing secondary winches at companionway

    1x Harken 44ST 2-speed manual self-tailing halyard winch at mast


Sails:

    UK Sailmakers Dacron inmast furling 42sqm mainsail - 2019

    UK Sailmakers Dacron furling 60sqm genoa - 2019 

    UK Sailmakers Dacron furling 38.6sqm jib - 2019 

    Sanders Sails radial design CZ60 furling Code 0 light wind sail – 2023 and unused

    Sanders Sails radial design furling Asymmetric spinnaker - 2023 and unused


General:

    Stainless steel aft antenna and solar panel gantry

    Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit 

    Pushpit seats

    Port & starboard boarding gates

    Aluminium Passerelle for Mediterranean harbours - 2023

    Stern bathing shower.


Anchoring & Mooring:

    Lofrans Kobra 1000w 12vDC reversing electric anchor windlass with wired remote control

    25kgs Bruce anchor with 50m of 8mm chain

    50m of 10mm spare anchor chain (with 10mm windlass gypsy)

    Warps and fenders


Covers, Cushions & Canvas:

    Stainless steel framed cockpit sprayhood – 2020

    Stainless steel framed bimini cover – 2020

    Stainless steel frame and cockpit surround cover

    Full boat cover for winter storage - 2023


Tender & Outboard:

    Seatec 260 dinghy with inflatable keel 

    Mercury 3.3hp 2-stroke outboard engine


Spares:-

    Engine spares including starter motor, alternator, impellor, pump belt, filters etc. 

    Tools


SAFETY EQUIPMENT:


General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.


Navigation Lights:

    Navigation lights, masthead and deck level. 

    Deck light, steaming light and anchor light.


Life saving:

    6-person life raft - certified until 2026

    McMurdo 406Mhz EPIRB - 2023

    MOB recovery sling – 2025

    Automatic inflatable MOB Dan Buoy – 2023

    Telescopic MOB Dan Buoy

    Offshore flares – 2025

    Cockpit harness points 

    Port and starboard deck jackstays - 2024


Fire Control:

    3x fire extinguishers 

    Fire blanket 


Disclaimer

Grabau International offers the details of all vessels in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information or warranty the condition of any vessel and the details do not constitute a part of any contract. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. All vessels are offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Grabau International provides professional yacht conveyancing and legal transfer of title for all yachts as per the ABYA Code of Practice with all deposit payments and final balance payments processed through secure dedicated client accounts solely for that purpose. Our dedicated client accounts are written in trust at Natwest Bank and we are fully insured.

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Presented For Sale By:

Grabau International

82 Gosport Street , Hampshire
Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BD
United Kingdom
+44(0)1590 673715

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