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44′ Fantasi Pilot House

Heyman Yachts

Nothing ordinary

(First published in 2001, revised in 2015)

A true pilothouse yacht, the Fantasi 44 offers an unobstructed view from the upstairs seating. This is a lovely place to hide from the sun or enjoy a book while listening to the rain, or for the watch-keeper.

Fantasi 44 on Dyngö, off the West Coast of Sweden

But first of all, Fantasi 44 is a proper sailboat. The freeboard is lower than usual. The keel has a longish fin with the lead positioned very low, in a pronounced bulb. Therefore, in spite of the yacht being of moderate displacement, she has turned out just as stiff and powerful as you would expect from a ‘blue water cruiser’.

The result is a modern yacht with a slender, easily-driven hull shape. This has paid off: Fantasi 44 slices softly through waves, without pitching. Her long waterline gives good speed potential.

(This talk about performance is not just words. The Pilothouse version of Fantasi 44 is in itself 1000 kgs heavier than the Classic and Dawdle, F 44 Pilothouse #1, in particular does carry some extra weight. She has a 600 kg Selden rig with a roller-furling mainsail. She was crewed by three people in their sixties on her first September trip across the North Sea. Still, they averaged 7,4 knots in 24 hours – close-hauled! This is probably a knot more than you would normally expect for a 14-ton, 44’ Pilothouse cruising yacht in such conditions! We attribute her performance to the efficient hull shape and weight distribution.)

Fantasi 44 #1 ‘Dawdle’ test sail off the Fantasi Yard, Skaftö, Sweden

Fantasi 44 in ‘Yachting World’ Rally, photo courtesy of Magnus Rassy

The Fantasi 44 soon turned out to be an unusually fast yacht

Most Fantasi 44:s have twin-headstay rigs, the inner forestay carrying a near-masthead self-tacking jib. Together with the swept spreaders, this gives good fore-and-aft support of the rig, without need for runners.

The 44:s rig and decks are kept as clean and simple as possible. The sheet for the self-tacker, the mainsail and the control lines can be run concealed to the electric main winches on the cockpit coamings. The only lines on deck which we have not managed to get rid of are the genoa sheets!

The cockpit seating is unusually comfortable. The helmsman’s seat, aft deck and central part of transom fold out in one piece, opening the cockpit aft and forming a boarding platform.

Fantasi 44 ‘Tinto’ at home dock

Mid-Atlantic swell

Fantasi 44, boarding ladder

Maybe downstairs is a misleading term. With this boat, it is more a matter of going ‘in’ or going ‘out’. Being inside does definitely not give the impression of being downstairs.

When designing the Fantasi 44, I had no problems trying to imagine what she would be like inside the pilothouse, at anchor or in port. I could also imagine myself in the navigator’s seat during a watch, motoring along the coast on a cold November day.

Fantasi 44, main cabin with a view

What I failed to realise was the beauty of this layout at sea, under sail. With her toughened, double-glazed windows, and through her stiff GRP sandwich construction, she has turned out whisper silent down below also under sail. So what you have is an airy, secure, warm, dry & silent place to stay – in a cruising yacht with an unusually easy motion!

This also turns out to be a perfect layout for the watch-keeper, allowing not just the off-watch but in fact everybody to move about freely in the boat, making coffee, reading, working or listening to music. All you need to do is remind yourself to look out every five minutes or so.

The downstairs port-side galley is laid out with ample work surfaces surrounding the cook. This also means that everything is at hand and there is good support for offshore use. Being open towards the upstairs seating and the pilothouse front windows above, there is a tremendous sense of space.

Fantasy 44 galley

From galley, facing aft

Opposite the galley is a choice of two armchairs or a sofa with a table which folds out of the backrest. There is room for a TV/VCR, books and a hi-fi system. This is a more private place to relax but still light and airy.

The aft stateroom spans the beam of the yacht, has more than 1.96m standing headroom, a bureau, lockers and shelves. It has an asymmetric cabintop. The main entrance from the cockpit is thus offset to starboard and pushed a little forward.

Fantasi 44, double berth aft to starboard, single to port

Forward cabin, one of many versions

Dimensions:

LOA                                                14,12 m                                            46’ 4” LOD                                                13,72 m                                            45’ 0” LWL                                                11,82 m                                            38’ 9” BEAM                                             4,04 m                                             13’ 3” DRAFT                                           1,95 /2,17 m                                     6’5 / 7’ 1” DISPLACEMENT                          14000 kgs                                        30,000 lbs. BALLAST                                        4400 kgs                                          9,700 lbs SAIL AREA                                     108 sq.m.                                         1,160 sq.ft. BRIDGE CLEARANCE                 20 m                                                 65’ 7”

More pictures:

Fantasi 44 #19, Zoe, cruising from the Pacific Northwest down to Baja California. Images courtesy of the owners.

General Arrangement

All Fantasi 44s have different interior layouts; just showing one here

Interior layout as proposed for Fantasi 44 PH #1, ‘Dawdle’

The most recent Fantasi 44, finished in 2012 by Fribergs Båtbyggeri in collaboration with Fantasi Yachts

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80 Fantasy 2005 Yacht for Sale

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Last updated Jun 9, 2024

80' Fantasy 2005

Twin Mercury 4.3 engines

Port – 208 Hrs 

Stbd – 203 Hrs

Side Power Bow & Stern Thrusters

Westerbeak 15 kw generator 

New starboard ceilings front and back deck

New can lights front and back deck

New ceiling fans front and back deck 

New carpet front and back deck 

New gel coating on the roof 

Slide back deck 

Boots and Gimbals on the drives 

One master 

Two cuddies

One up bedroom

Two bathrooms 

Full kitchen 

Hard top on the roof 

Canvas Bimini over the helm upstairs 

Remove control spotlight 

Pro Nautic 12 – 30p battery charger 

New house batteries 

19 gallon Hot water heater 

500 gallon fresh water capacity 

Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Hartmann Marine Group.

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• Yacht Details: 80' Fantasy 2005
• Location: Monticello, KY
• Engines: Mercury
• Last Updated: Jun 9, 2024

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• Beam: 18' 0''
• Hull Material: Aluminum

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2006 Fantasy 100 Wide Body

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This 2006 Fantasy 100 Wide Body has everything you could possibly want in a houseboat and then some including over 70 upgrades from the factory.  (See below)  She has twin Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo II engines with a total of 520hp.  There is a 10" 15hp Bow Thruster and Stern Thruster so docking this 100' vessel is a breeze.  There are two 165 gallon fuel tanks for long range cruising as well as a 95 gallon PWC fuel tank with high pressure pump.  She has a 20kw CO Safe Generator and a 4000 watt inverter with 12 batteries.

There is a full galley or kitchen on both decks, and there is a Deluxe Octagon Bar on the top deck.  The salon has the Deluxe Entertainment Center and there is an upgraded sound system on both levels.  Accommodations include two staterooms, two guest cabins, and three heads each with their own shower.  The master stateroom has a jacuzzi tub as well.  The woodwork, the interior design and the fine furniture are all first class as you will see in the photographs. 

The following items are included in the asking price: (As seen in photographs.)

- Only 160 Hours on Engines!

- New Hardwood Floor / September 2018 - All Interior Fine Furniture - All Custom Paintings and Art Work - Custom Beddings and Linens - Glassware - Flatware - Custom designed stereo system - Flatscreen TV's - Outdoor Furniture - Only 305 Hours on Generator!

The owners have taken extra care to keep this houseboat in pristine condition and looking like new.  She is completely turn key ready and needs nothing but a new owner to enjoy with their family and friends!

PRICE REDUCED TO $375,000!!!    THIS IS AN AMAZING HOUSEBOAT!  GREAT TAX WRITE OFF AS 2ND HOME!

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Twin Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo II with 260hp each.

Total of 520hp.

Two 165 Gallon Fuel Tanks

95 Gallon PWC Fuel Tank w/Hi Pressure Pump

20kw CO Safe Generator

UPGRADES INCLUDE:

14' Forward Deck

9' Aft Deck

4' Swim Platform

2 Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo II. 260hp

• Electronic Engine Controls
• Deluxe Gauges Package

Electric Service Monitor

10" 15 hp Bow and Stern Thrusters

Upgrade to (2) 165 Gal Fuel Tanks

95 Gal PWC Fuel Tank w/Hi Pres Pump

20 KW CO Safe Generator

Inverter Batt. Storage Compartment

4000 Watt Inverter (12 Batteries)

HVAC ducts in crawl space ($55k Upgrade)

3/16" Aluminum Hull

All Welded Aluminum Thru Hulls

6" Taller Splash

Fore and Aft Exterior Steps

Gas Shocks on Engine Hatch Lids

9" Taller Sidewalls (96" Ceiling Ht)

Thermopane/Super Insulation Pkg

(2) Staterooms / (2) Guest Cabins

(1) Guest Bath (2) Full Baths

Jacuzzi Tub in Master

Aft Walk Door and Passageway

Master State Recessed Window/Dresser

Interior Steps to Top Deck

Full Bath w/80 Gal Holding Tank

Anodized Rails

Hardsides w/Handrail (Lower Only)

36" Tall Top Deck Rails w/Handrail

Marine Grade Carpet on Cabin Decks

Canvas Package

Retractable Gang Plank

Walkway Thru Splash

Windlass/Anchor Unit

Aft Deck Lockers

Aft Deck Extended Angled Sidewalls

Shower on aft

Removable PWC Ramps/Winch System

Swim Platform Ladder

Aft Deck Slide

Sun Lounger Bridge w/Bimini Top

Full Seat Covers for Bridge

Upgrade to Canvas Bridge Cushions

30" Fiberglass Canopy, Lights, 2 Fan

Triple Aluminum Arch System (Canopy)

Deluxe Octagon Bar Pkg. on Top Deck

Top Deck Carpet

Vinyl Ceiling

Deluxe Salon Entertainment Center

Hardwood Paneling

Upgrade Paneling to Wall Vinyl

Solid Wood Cabinets and Trim

Solid Wood Raised Panel Doors

Leaded Glass Cabinet Doors w/Light

Retractable Hidden Console

Upgrade Base/Case Trim/Crown Mldgs

Built-In Dinette Table w/Cabinets

Built Up Bed In Guest Cabin

Window Collars Surround Complete Pkg

Drapery/Shirred Valence/Mini Blind

Upgrade Blind to Wide Wooden Blind

Cedar Lined Closets

Bedspreads and Pillow Shams

15 Pc Deluxe Pillow Accessory Pkg

Twin Beds in Guest Cabin

Master State Bed Headboard

Drop Soffit Over Dinette

Drop Soffit in Salon

Drop Soffit in Hallway and Guest Hall Drop Soffit

This 2006 Fantasy 100 Wide Body has everything you could possibly want in a houseboat and then some including over 70 upgrades from the factory.  She has twin Mercruiser 5.0L MPI Bravo II engines with a total of 520hp.  There is a 10" 15hp Bow Thruster and Stern Thruster so docking this 100' vessel is a breeze.  There are two 165 gallon fuel tanks for long range cruising as well as a 95 gallon PWC fuel tank with high pressure pump.  She has a 20kw CO Safe Generator and a 4000 watt inverter with 12 batteries.

- New Hardwood Floor / September 2018 - All Interior Fine Furniture - All Custom Paintings and Art Work - Custom Beddings and Linens - Glassware - Flatware - Custom designed stereo system - Flatscreen TV's - Outdoor Furniture  

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Mike Lynch and daughter among missing after yacht sinks: What we know about disaster - and 'alarming' potential cause

The British-flagged luxury vessel named Bayesian was carrying 22 people when it got into difficulty off the coast of Sicily. Seven bodies have now been recovered from the wreckage.

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Friday 23 August 2024 12:24, UK

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Seven bodies have been found after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

Twenty-two people were on board the vessel named Bayesian when it got into difficulty in the early hours of Monday, with 15 people rescued.

Here's what we know about the sinking of the luxury vessel so far.

Follow latest updates on the superyacht sinking

What might have caused the sinking?

The British-flagged luxury vessel, named Bayesian, capsized at around 4.30am local time on Monday morning off Palermo, according to ship-tracking site Marine Traffic.

It sank in as little as 60 seconds with 22 people on board, 12 passengers and a crew of 10, according to the Italian coastguard.

Waterspouts, essentially tornados that form over water, were seen as powerful winds battered the area overnight, local media said.

The yacht may have sunk faster with all the doors open due to the hot weather, Sailing Today magazine editor Sam Jefferson has said.

"I imagine all the doors were open because it was hot, so there were enough hatches and doors open that it filled with water very quickly and sank like that," he said.

Official pictures show air conditioning units in several of the rooms, however, which could counter the suggestion open windows caused the vessel to sink faster.

The huge mast is also likely to have played a role, he added.

What are waterspouts?

Waterspouts typically occur during thunderstorms and can develop very rapidly, within minutes.

Their spin generally reaches wind speeds between 75-200mph, but can reach as high as 300mph.

They can travel at about 10-20mph typically but can reach greater speeds, making them difficult to avoid - especially in something as slow-moving as a yacht.

Matthew Schanck, chair of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, called the reports of a tornado or waterspout "rare" and "quite alarming".

"The vessel was at anchor in a recognised anchorage," Mr Schanck said.

"Depending on wind direction and the state of the sea, this informs the captain whether it is a safe area to anchor or not. There was nothing that was too concerning, for my eye. All in all, the captain used the information they had to make a safe call."

Who owns the yacht?

The yacht belonged to the family of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. He was confirmed to have died after rescuers found his body on Thursday. Mr Lynch was on holiday with his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, who is still missing, and his wife Angela Bacares, who was rescued.

Mr Lynch, 59, was known as the " British Bill Gates " and has been in the headlines in recent months over a high-profile fraud case.

In June, a US jury cleared him of all charges, which were related to the 2011 sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP). The yacht trip is believed to have been a celebration of the end of Mr Lynch's legal troubles.

HP accused him of deliberately overstating the value of the company before it was acquired by the American tech giant.

Mr Lynch was extradited to the US to face trial in May last year and spent 13 months under house arrest in San Francisco as he awaited trial on 17 charges of conspiracy and wire fraud brought by the US Department of Justice - which were later reduced to 15 charges. He always denied any wrongdoing and was acquitted.

Read more: Lynch's co-defendant dies days before yacht sinking

Who was on board when the boat sank?

The passengers were largely British and American, with crew members were from New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada.

Charlotte Golunski was among the Britons rescued. Her LinkedIn profile says she is a partner at Mr Lynch's firm Invoke Capital and has worked there since 2012.

Speaking after the ordeal, Ms Golunski told Italian media that she lost her daughter Sofia for "two seconds" amid the "fury" of the sea but was able to retrieve her. She said she held the infant above the waves until the lifeboat was ready.

"Many people screamed. Luckily the lifeboat inflated and 11 of us were able to get on board," she told ANSA.

The girl's father James Emsley also survived, according to Sicily's civil protection agency.

Also on board were Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of investment bank Morgan Stanley, his wife Judy Bloomer, a top US lawyer Chris Morvillo, who worked on Mr Lynch's criminal case, and his wife Neda Morvillo. Divers confirmed on Thursday that their bodies had been recovered.

The yacht's captain James Cutfield survived, along with South African crew members Leah Randall and Katja Chicken.

Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the boat, was the first to be found dead, the Italian Coastguard confirmed to Sky News.

During rescue efforts, divers saw "corpses through the portholes" of the wreck as they recovered the body of a man at a depth of 50m (164ft), according to Salvo Cocina, the head of the Civil Protection of Sicily.

What do we know about the vessel?

The Bayesian is owned by a company controlled by Mr Lynch's wife.

It was known for its unusual 72.3m (246ft) single mast - one of the world's tallest made of aluminium - and shared its name with the statistical method Mr Lynch's Autonomy software was based on.

It was built by Italian company Perini Navi in 2008 and last refitted in 2020.

It was listed for rent for up to €195,000 (£166,000) a week, according to online charter sites.

The luxury vessel , which was managed by yachting company Camper & Nicholsons, could accommodate up to 12 guests in six suites.

It won a string of awards for its design, according to online specialist yacht sites.

Mr Schanck, of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council, said the vessel would have been equipped with "high standard" life-saving appliances and radio communications.

He added the yacht would have met all international standards and UK Maritime Coastguard Agency regulations before its voyage.

It was previously named Salute, or "health" in Italian, when it flew under a Dutch flag. Its minimalist interior featured light wood with Japanese accents designed by the French designer Remi Tessier, according to descriptions on charter sites.

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What were its last movements?

The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on 14 August and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, with a navigation status of "at anchor", according to vessel tracking site VesselFinder.

The Bayesian previously travelled to other parts of Sicily before its last sighting off the coast of the port of Porticello.

On Sunday, the boat was seen off the coast of Cefalu before it travelled towards Porticello, MarineTraffic data shows.

In the days before, the yacht travelled around four of the Aeolian islands, just north of Sicily.

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Prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese have opened an investigation into the sinking.

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By Elisabetta Povoledo

Deep-sea divers with Italy’s firefighter corps resumed their search on Tuesday for six missing passengers — including a British software mogul and his daughter — of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily the previous day.

Twenty-two people were on board the 180-foot British-flagged sailing yacht, the Bayesian, which was anchored near the port of Porticello, when it was hit by what witnesses described as a waterspout, a small tornado on water, during a sudden and violent storm.

Fifteen people who managed to get to a raft were rescued by the captain of a nearby sailing cruise ship. The body of the yacht’s cook, identified by news outlets as Recaldo Thomas, a Canadian Antiguan, was recovered on Monday. But several people are still unaccounted for, according to Salvatore Cocina, an official with Sicily’s civil protection agency.

Those still missing are Mike Lynch, a British technology entrepreneur; his daughter Hannah; Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International; his wife, Judy Bloomer; Christopher J. Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance; and his wife, Neda Morvillo.

Mr. Lynch was acquitted of fraud in a U.S. trial in June, ending a high-profile, decadelong legal battle against accusations that he had defrauded Hewlett-Packard when he sold his company, Autonomy, to Hewlett for $11 billion.

Mr. Lynch and the others went missing days after Mr. Lynch’s co-defendant at the fraud trial, Stephen Chamberlain, a former vice president of finance at Autonomy, was fatally struck by a car on Saturday while out for a run, his lawyer, Gary S. Lincenberg, said in a statement.

Prosecutors in the Italian city of Termini Imerese, east of where the yacht sank, are opening a formal investigation into the yacht’s sinking. Reached by telephone, the chief prosecutor declined to comment.

The search for the missing passengers began on Monday but was suspended late that night as crews found themselves limited to the bridge deck and items like furnishings “obstructing passage,” the firefighters’ corps wrote on social media .

When divers resumed the search on Tuesday, ships trawled the waters near the site, the corps said in a statement. The Italian Coast Guard also said in a statement that search operations were “continuing unabated,” with the deployment of helicopters. There was no evidence that gasoline was leaking from the yacht, the Coast Guard said.

The yacht was lying on its right side in about 165 feet of water, meaning that divers, working in pairs, could stay underwater for only about 12 minutes at a time, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for the firefighters’ corps.

Divers were seeking a safe point of access to the vessel’s cabins. “Obviously, everything fell and the space is very tight,” Mr. Cari said, adding that the divers were having to remove obstacles, like furnishings and electrical wiring, that were “completely blocking passages.”

The firefighters’ corps said in a statement that it was impossible to verify whether people were inside the hull.

Mr. Cari said that several divers had been part of the search-and-rescue operations when the Costa Concordia, a cruise liner, capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in 2012, killing 32 people. It is considered one of the worst maritime disasters in modern Italian history.

“It’s like the Costa Concordia, but much smaller,” Mr. Cari said in a telephone interview, comparing the search operations. “In the Costa Concordia, we came across many obstacles but we somehow were able to overcome them. Here, the obstacles block the passages and have to be removed.” He added, “This makes it more difficult.”

Crews were also trying to raise the yacht, which experts will examine to try to determine why it sank. Until then, experts can only hypothesize what happened.

Karsten Borner, the captain of a ship, the Sir Robert Baden Powell, which picked up the Bayesian’s 15 survivors, said in an interview that when the wind picked up around 4 a.m. Monday, the Bayesian was about 490 feet behind his vessel. Once the wind wound down, he said, he could not see the yacht anymore.

“My theory was that she was capsized first and then went down over the stern,” Mr. Borner said.

Dario Boote, a ship structures and naval architecture professor at the University of Genoa, said: “Now I imagine that a whole series of lawsuits will be triggered, obviously to ascertain whether there is any responsibility, as always happens very unpleasantly in these situations.” He said, however, that in this case, responsibility might be hard to determine. “Clearly, only once the wreck is raised will we know more,” he added.

Several fishermen told Italian news outlets that they had witnessed a waterspout. Peter Inness, a meteorologist at the University of Reading, said they were relatively common in the Mediterranean, though their occurrence and intensity are unpredictable.

“Until one actually forms, you can’t start telling people where it is,” Mr. Inness said, or “how to get out of the way.”

The inclement weather — with lightning intermittently streaking through the sky — made it hard to know exactly why the yacht sank. Col. Attilio Di Diodato, director of the Italian Air Force’s Center for Aerospace Meteorology and Climatology, said the agency had registered intense lightning activity and strong gusts of wind in the area at the time the boat sank.

The Bayesian had one of the tallest aluminum masts in the world, according to its builder, Perini Navi. “Having a tall aluminum mast would not make it the safest port to be in case of a storm,” said Andrea Ratti, associate professor of nautical design and architecture technology the Politecnico di Milano. The type of intensity unleashed by a violent lightning storm “could have created a significant shock wave,” he added.

He, too, cautioned that “a lot of questions will remain until we have other elements at our disposal.”

Modern yachts are built to withstand meteorological events of reasonable intensity, and all international naval registers suggest that new ships be designed for higher waves and more frequent and extreme weather events.

But “this seems a case of an unreasonable extreme event,” said Emilio Fortunato Campana, an expert in Naval Hydrodynamics at Italy’s National Research Council. “In that case, no ship is 100 percent safe,” he added. “I think the Titanic showed that nothing is unsinkable.”

Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and the culture of the region. She has been a journalist for 35 years. More about Elisabetta Povoledo