1981 Gulfstar 44 Center Cockpit

Exterior

The classic lines of this vessel are simply beautiful. With a raked stem and counter stern, she looks poised to race at any moment. The fully enclosable centre cockpit means you’ll have an easy, dry ride. Two masts with a roller-furling foresail ensure that you’ll be able to find just the right sail combination for every wind condition. Aft, there is a large lazarette, 2 dorade boxes for ventilation, a hatch, and deck-stepped mizzen mast. Up the mizzen you have steps, a radar reflector, and the radar dome. Both mains are covered in handsome tan canvas, as is the cockpit enclosure.

Forward, the keel-stepped main mast also has steps to the top. There are 2 hatches in the deck, 2 dorade boxes, wide side decks, and a very solid windlass. The foresail is roller-furled.

The cockpit is an excellent living space. With the full enclosure, you can be sailing the Pacific all year ‘round. The wheel has an elk-hide covering, is mounted on a binnacle that also holds a compass and instruments. Engine instruments are located below and to the side. The chartplotter is overhead. A teak cockpit table folds out for leisurely lunches. Alongside are two very long bench seats, designed for a tall person to lay out on, or to seat several good friends. There are two very functional and comfortable, movable seat backs that will be coveted by anyone enjoying the views from the cockpit. The headroom here is excellent as well. There are taupe cockpit cushions on both benches and the helm bench that runs athwartship.

Interior

Six steps down, the galley is immediately to port, and a fwd-facing nav station and walkthrough is to starboard.

The galley is U-shaped, a small step down giving excellent headroom. There is a double SS sink next to the steps midships, the top-loading fridge aft, and the 3-burner stove/oven along the hull. There are cupboards above, a large window over the stove, and plenty of food preparation counter space.

The nav station boasts a full forward-facing desk with a comfortable dedicated chair. Moving aft, there is a walk-through with amazing storage along the hull side, and access to a generous, sound-proofed engine room midships. The electrical panel is found next to the engine room door.

The aft cabin is everything you’d want. The king-sized bed takes up the space from one side to the other. There is a large hanging locker and an ensuite head. The aft head has a separate shower stall with a built-in seat and opening porthole. The sink is a funky triangular shape, there’s ample cupboard space, and there’s yet another opening porthole.

The saloon area is forward of the galley and nav station. There are two long settees with taupe fabric that run alongside each hull with a gullwing table centreline. A beautiful diesel heater sits at the fwd end. A brass lamp hangs over the table. There are cupboards and shelves along the hull. Two overhead hatches as well as windows that run along both sides afford plenty of light and air. The sole is teak and holly, and the trim is teak. There is so much wood that the space has a beautiful warmth to it, steeped in the tradition of boats since the beginning of sea travel.

Forward of the saloon, on the port side, is another head. There are 2 doors so that it can be privately accessed from the saloon or the fwd stateroom. Across from the head is a low cupboard/shelf. The fwd stateroom has a door leading into a comfortable V-berth cabin with remarkable storage via a hanging locker and set of drawers. There is access to the chain locker forward.

Heat: Lofoten Heater/Stove by Dickenson diesel

Water: Pressurized h/c

Sink: Double stainless on centreline

Fridge: Alder Barbour, top-loading

Stove: Shipmate 3-burner propane with oven

BBQ

Toilets: Jabsco manual (both)

Shower in fwd head

Modern LED light fixtures throughout

Solid, hand-laid, FRP laminate

Raked stem and transom

Long fin keel

Deck and superstructure FRP laminate w balsa core

Teak cap rail

Hull and deck are in above average condition

Non-skid deck surfacing

1” SS pushpit and pulpit

2 Alum hatches fwd, 1 companionway, 1 aft lazarette, 1 aft

8 cast-aluminum portlights

4 Aluminum framed glass windows in salon

2 Alum framed glass windows in aft cabin

4 Dorade boxes

Outboard motor mount

Canvas/vinyl dodger w cover and integral enclosure for centre cockpit, new in 2019

Cockpit cushions

Cockpit movable seat backs

Aluminum main mast w steps; keel stepped; double spreaders

Aluminum mizzen mast w steps; deck stepped; single spreaders

Aluminum booms

Roller furler on forestay

Stainless wire stays

Winches

Deck: 2 x Barient 32 ST, 1 Barient 23 ST

Main mast: 1 Barient 21, 1 Barient 22

Mizzen mast: 2 x Barient 18

Sails

Evolution Sails, new in 2016

Main: Dacron, 3 reefs

Foresail: 130% Dacron

Mizzen: Dacron, 2 reefs

Engine: 1981 Perkins

Model: 4.154

HP: 62

Hours: 3998

Hull speed: 8 Knots

Cooling: Fresh water

Propeller: 3-blade, bronze

Engine alarm shutdown

Full 400hr/12 month service performed in August of 2024

Tender

Make/model: 9’ Davidson with sailing equipment

Outboard: 2HP Mercury

Ground Tackle

Windlass: Ideal with gypsy and capstan

Anchor: CQR 45 lb

Rode: 250’ of 3/8” chain + 175’ rope

Secondary anchor: Fortress FX 37

Rode: 6’ chain + 175’ rope

2 Anchor rollers

Fresh water: 1 x 120 gal; 1 x 80 gal; both SS in keel

Hot water tank

Fuel: 80 gal, SS in keel

Fuel: 5 gal SS for heater

Holding: 35 gal, plastic

Propane: 10 gal, alum, w regulator and 12VDC solenoid shut off

Fresh water pump

1 Electric bilge pumps

1 Manual bilge pump

Manual bilge pump

Shower sump

Macerator

DC: 12V

8 x 6VDC deep cycle

1 x 12VDC for windlass

Alternator 65-amp, dual output

2 x 100-watt solar panels

Solar controller

120VAC 20-amp charger

AC: 120V, 30-amp

1800-watt inverter

50’ 30-amp power cord w Smart Plug

Destroyer wheel, on pedestal, cable to quadrant

Forward-facing nav table and seat

Radar: Raymarine 24-mile Raydome

Chartplotter/GPS: Raymarine C90

Depth: Raytheon ST60

Wind: Tacktick Mn 100-Z

VHF: ICOM IC-M504

Compass: 6” Danforth

Engine alarm shutdown

LPG detector w solenoid shut off

Smoke alarm

CO alarm - to be installed

Fire extinguishers

Flares

Life ring

Life sling

Buoyant heaving line

Reboarding ladder

Thru-hull plugs

Spreader lights

Radar reflector

First aid kit