2003 Fantasi 44 Pilot House
Sandusky, OH
The 2003 Fantasi 44 Pilot House Castellina Sul Mare is a Swedish-built bluewater cruiser designed by Gabriel Heyman and constructed by Jacobssons Boatyard, featuring a fiberglass hull, carbon fiber mast, and a teak-finished, two-cabin, two-heads interior. She has spent the last 14 years as a freshwater Great Lakes boat, stored in heated storage each winter. Features 2,148 engine hours, 1,005 generator hours, a new 2024 dodger, air conditioning, a watermaker, and navigation equipment upgraded in 2019.
Specifications
Description
**About the Fantasi 44 Pilot House**
The Fantasi 44 Pilot House *Castellina Sul Mare* was designed by naval architect Gabriel Heyman and built by Jacobssons Boatyard on the west coast of Sweden. Upon her debut, she won Editor’s Choice at the Southampton Boat Show, and David Glenn, then deputy editor of *Yachting World*, described her as “100 percent pure seduction.”
The Fantasi 44 is a proper bluewater cruiser with a lower freeboard than usual and a longish fin keel with the lead positioned very low in a pronounced bulb. Despite moderate displacement, this design produces a stiff, powerful sailing platform with a slender, easily driven hull shape.
**This Vessel**
*Castellina Sul Mare* is a one-owner boat, purchased in Sweden and sailed back to the USA by her owners. She has been a freshwater Great Lakes boat for the last 14 years and has been stored in heated storage every winter.
– Engine hours: 2,148
– Generator hours: 1,005
**Notable Features**
– Carbon fiber mast
– New dodger (2024)
– Navigation upgraded (2019)
– Bottom redone (2022)
– Air conditioning
– Clothes washer
– Refrigerator and freezer — self-contained, water-cooled
– Watermaker (currently pickled, not in use)
– Work area with stainless steel work surface
– Smart Transformer — works anywhere in the world
– Factory wired for bow thruster and solar panel installation
**Interior Layout**
Below decks, the teak-finished interior offers a two-cabin, two-heads layout with a large upper saloon, lower dinette, and lower galley. The raised salon includes autopilot remote and engine controls, allowing the yacht to be operated safely from below decks in inclement weather. Lockers and storage spaces are found throughout.
**Pilothouse & Cockpit**
The aft cockpit pilothouse features a push-button rig and lower helm position. The pilothouse provides shelter from the elements while maintaining excellent visibility, and a full set of navigation instruments is at the lower helm.
**Hull & Keel**
The hull is fiberglass construction. The fin keel features a pronounced bulb with lead positioned very low, lowering the center of gravity and contributing to the boat’s stiffness and upwind capability. The rudder is mounted on a partial skeg.
**Specifications**
– LOA: 44.95 ft (13.70 m)
– LWL: 37.24 ft (11.35 m)
– Beam: 13.25 ft (4.04 m)
– Draft: 6.56 ft (2.00 m)
– Displacement: 30,864 lbs (14,000 kg)
– Ballast: 12,345 lbs (5,600 kg)
– Sail area: 1,011 sq ft (94 sq m)
– Mast height from DWL: 56.43 ft (17.20 m)
– Headroom: 6.56 ft (2.00 m)
– Rig: Masthead sloop
– Keel: Fin with partial skeg rudder
Upgrades & Maintenance
- 2024 — New dodger
- 2022 — Bottom redone
- 2019 — Navigation upgraded
Accommodations
The Fantasi 44 features a two-cabin, two-heads layout with a large upper saloon and lower dinette. Both staterooms are teak-finished with ample storage.
Key Features
- Freshwater Great Lakes boat for the last 14 years
- Heated winter storage throughout ownership
- Carbon fiber mast
- One owner — purchased in Sweden and sailed back to the USA by the owners
- New dodger installed 2024
- Navigation upgraded 2019
- Bottom redone 2022
- Air conditioning and clothes washer aboard
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