Gulfstar 44 - 155.000 usd
For sale: SV Jubel
More than just a boat: our beautiful home and proven bluewater vessel.
1980 Gulfstar 44cc Ketch
$115,000 usd
This is a tough post to write. Jubel has been our full time home for nearly a decade. She has taught us so much about the world and about ourselves, keeping us safe, and taking us across the world’s biggest ocean. Together we have experienced so many highs and lows, challenges and triumphs and years filled with adventure.
She has brought us safely to some of the world’s most remote anchorages, and has been our steady companion through star filled night watches, squalls, beautiful sunrises, and moments we will never forget.
Over the years we have poured our hearts, blood, sweat, tears, time, and resources into caring for her. Major refits in 2022, 2024, and more to come in 2026, continual upgrades throughout the years, thoughtful modifications, and countless small details added with love and intention. She is comfortable, reliable, sturdy, and fully ready for her next adventures with new owners.
Jubel is set up to be easily sailed as a couple, family, or solo, with a spacious liveaboard layout, modern comforts, remote monitoring, lithium and solar, generator, electric galley, (no fussing about with propane refills!), watermaker, new standing rigging, Coppercoat bottom, fresh topside paint and comfortable interior, with comprehensive maintenance records dating back to her original purchase.
Currently in Cebu, Philippines. Delivery within reason is available, and we will cover the buyer’s flights upon closing.
If Jubel feels like the right boat for your dreams, please reach out for the full details. We would love to see her continue her journey with someone who will cherish her as much as we have!!
Builder / Model
• Gulfstar 44 Center Cockpit (Bluewater racer/cruiser design)
Year
• 1980
LOA (Length Overall)
• 44’2″ (Gulfstar 44 CC)
Beam
• 13’6″
Draft
• 5’6″
Displacement
• 18 tonnes
Hull material
• Fibreglass (hull peeled, reglassed and Coppercoat applied in 2023)
Keel type
• modified fin keel
Rig type
• Ketch
Engine (make / model / hp / hours)
• Perkins 4-154 diesel, 62 hp
approx. 6,300 hrs
• Borg Warner Velvet Drive transmission
• New injection pump (2024), new raw water pump (2025)
Fuel type & capacity
• Diesel: 300 L single tank
Water tank capacity
• 460 L total (300 L main + 160 L auxiliary)
Number of cabins
• 2 cabins (aft queen + forward V-berth)
Number of berths
• 4 berths (queen aft + V-berth)
Heads
• 2 heads (aft electric, forward manual convertible to electric)
Electrical system
• 12 V DC house + 110 V AC
• 800 Ah LiFePO4 battery bank (2019) with remote monitoring
• 2 × Victron 3 kW inverter/chargers (6,000 W total, 2024)
• 3.5 kW WhisperPower diesel generator, wet exhaust (2024, ~400 hrs)
• 1,340 W solar + 3 × Victron 100/50 MPPT controllers
• Victron Cerbo GX with tank monitoring + VRM remote access
• 3,600 W Victron auto isolation transformer (230/110 in, 110 out, 2025)
Sail inventory
• Mainsail, mizzen, and genoa (2021)
• 110% genoa on furler
• 150% genoa
• Staysail (hank-on)
• Spinnaker with sock
• Standing rigging replaced 2024 / running rigging 2022
Navigation equipment
• B&G Zeus 3 chartplotter
• 2 × B&G Triton displays
• B&G Halo 24+ radar
• B&G autopilot computer (2024) + Raymarine rotary drive (motor 2025)
• Vesper Cortex AIS/VHF/anchor alarm (2022)
• West Marine VHF580
• Significant NMEA network
• Digital tachometer + temp/voltage gauges
• Starlink (12 V wired, transfers with vessel).
Location & flag
• Located: Cebu, Philippines
• Flag: Canadian
Any known issues / upcoming maintenance
• All historical Gulfstar hull blister issues professionally corrected (2023)
• Major refits and system upgrades completed 2022–2025
• No outstanding known structural or systems deficiencies, routine cruising maintenance only.