Euphoria 54: Cruising Sailboat from Turkey
The Euphoria offers fast sailing and easy handling, in a cruising yacht.
October 15, 2015
A new Turkish-built fast cruising sailboat, the Euphoria 54, is the initial offering in a new range of bluewater cruising yachts from Sirena Marine. The design is by German Frers, who designed all of Nautor’s performance cruising Swan yachts dating back to the 1980s.
The Euphoria 54, built by Sirena Marine in Turkey, combines quality workmanship and excellent design.
Take a look at this all-new sailboat for yourself, in our First Look Video of the Euphoria 54:
Now that you've had a glimpse of the Euphoria, let's dig into some of the finer details.
In the Cabin
The company responsible for the interior is Design Unlimited, and they have produced an ergonomic design with features that include warm floor-level lighting, a discrete pop up flat-screen TV, and seating that converts into a day bed at the touch of a button. The standard layout features three large ensuite cabins, including a spacious owner’s stateroom forward of the main bulkhead. The comfortable saloon is very spacious, occupying the full width of the yacht. Considerable attention to details here means the backrests are at an optimum angle for comfort, while the table can easily be converted from dining to coffee table mode and back again.
The interior of the Euphoria 54.
The galley has good work space, with commendably deep fiddles to contain pots, pans, crockery and food. It’s well-equipped, including twin sinks, a four-burner cook-top, separate refrigerator and freezers, and even a dishwasher.
The owner’s cabin has well-organized stowage, as well as a dressing table with its own seat that could easily double as a small desk. The head and shower are in completely separate compartments on opposite sides of the boat. Both are very well equipped.
Guests will appreciate the two aft quarter cabins, which can be converted from double to twin configurations and vice versa. There’s also an option to set the forepeak up as a separate crew's cabin, with access from the foredeck.
Sailing on Deck
The cockpit is divided into two clear areas – a forward one in which you can relax and socialize around a large folding table, and an aft cockpit with twin wheels—from which all sail controls, other than the primary winches, can be operated. Even then, if necessary the primaries can be operated from the wide side-decks, leaving guests in the cockpit undisturbed.
Electric headsail furling gear can also be controlled from here, as can the thruster and windlass, making for easy operation even with a skeleton crew on board. There are also neat rope bins under each of the steering consoles. The remainder of the deck layout has been kept as clean as possible, including a mainsheet arrangement that runs forward of the companionway hatch, and lines are run under the deck wherever possible. The overall effect is to maximize the available space on deck. A choice of carbon or aluminium rigs is offered, and buyers have the choice of in-mast furling or slab reefing mainsails, depending on their performance requirements.
Instead of a bank of clutches, all halyards, reefing lines, and other controls are led to powered winches next to twin wheels in the aft end of the cockpit
Compromises
No attempt has been made to cram in as many cabins as possible, so there are boats of this size that offer privacy for more people, but none of them can match the personal space this design offers. There are also boats that offer more refined sail controls, such as a cockpit-mounted mainsheet traveller, but these invariably come at the expense of space in which guests can chill out in safety well away from the action.
Other Choices: The Discovery 55 Mk II will be a competitor, as will the Dufour Grand Large 560.
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| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Length | 54'1" |
| Beam | 16'1" |
| Draft (hull) | 7'10" |
| Mainsail Area | 311 sq. ft. |
| Displacement | 39,462 lbs |
| Fuel capacity | 119 gal. |
| Water capacity | 145 gal. |
