50' Cherubini Independence 1998

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:

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Dimensions

Length Overall: 50ft

Beam: 14.42ft

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Engines

Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Cummins
Year Built: 2020
Engine Model: 5.9 6BTA
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 900
Engine Power: 355 HP

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Engine 2:

Engine Brand: Cummins

Year Built: 2020

Engine Model: 5.9 6BTA

Engine Type: Inboard

Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel

Engine Hours: 900

Engine Power: 355 HP

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Tanks

Fresh Water Tank: 300 Gallons

Fuel Tank: 2 x 300 Gallons

Holding Tank: 80 Gallons

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Accommodations

Entering from cockpit through custom double teak sliding doors, the main salon features two swivel chairs, hanging locker, and a cocktail table with storage inside to starboard. Forward of chairs is a bar, liquor cabinet, and icemaker with storage for glasses. Forward of bar is cabinet containing washer/dryer combination, and generous pantry. Fixed television and stereo service the salon.  Huper Optik UV ceramic film installed on all salon windows

The port side of the main salon has an L-shaped settee with storage behind and under the settee. A custom teak table opens to comfortably seat six. The table base contains a storage cabinet. Teak and holly cabin sole has hatches for engine room access. Other features are attached mini blinds, and high-quality fabrics that customize the salon furnishings.

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Forward to port is the U-shaped galley. Features include Corian counter tops, standing full size refrigerator and freezer that runs on 12V DC or 110V AC. A Force 10 electric three burner stove with oven. Exhaust fan with filter vented above stove. Stainless sink is served by hot and cold pressure water. All sinks onboard are undermounted. All sink (and shower) drain via a port and starboard water drainage manifold system avoiding multiple thru hull penetrations.   Generous storage under all furnishings for living aboard.

 

To starboard forward are five steps (with storage underneath) up to the pilothouse and four steps down to the staterooms. The guest stateroom to port has twin berths and an additional single berth above. Multiple overhead storage cabinets along with hanging locker and fans complete the guest cabin.  The guest head is opposite to starboard, featuring a vanity sink, full stall shower with teak bench seat, vacuflush toilet and storage lockers outboard.

 

A privacy door opens to the forward master stateroom with queen size walk around bed on centerline, shelves and drawers outboard. A large cedar-lined hanging locker to starboard and ample storage lockers also contain a hidden safe. Stereo, reading lights, AC and fans and mirrors complete the comfortable accommodations.  Master head includes vanity sink, vacuflush toilet and storage lockers outboard.

 

The pilothouse features reverse slant front windows for no-glare visibility with Huper Optik UV ceramic film. Sliding side doors open to non-skid side decks, which access the foredeck and fly bridge area. The pilothouse settee pulls out to make a single berth and the folding table serves for dining and as a chart table underway. Side and aft windows are tinted with Huper Optik to reduce sun glare.

 

The fly bridge has a radar arch, bimini top and customized seating area with generous storage space. Aft is an electric davit and Highfield CL310 rigid inflatable tender and Mercury 9.9 HP outboard. The foredeck has a 6' bench seat with cushions and storage beneath.

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Electronics

Electronics & Navigation Equipment

• PILOTHOUSE

• Garmin HD+18 Radar

• Garmin 1242 GPS Chart Plotter

• Garmin GHC 50 Autopilot

• Garmin GNX depth, speed and wind

• Vesper AIS

• Standard Horizon 2200 VHF

• Xanbus battery monitor panel

• 5" Ritchie compass

• Fuel and Water Tank Tender

• Genset remote controls

• High water and bilge pump alarms

• 12 v sockets/USB port & starboard

• Bow thruster control

• ACR GPIRB

• FLYBRIDGE

• Standard Horizon 1850 VHF

• Garmin GHC 20 Autopilot

• Garmin GNX 20 MFD

• Garmin 924 GPS Chart Plotter

• 5" Ritchie compass

• Bow thruster control

• Radar arch with bimini top and mast

• Flag halyards port and starboard

• Full engine control panels

• 12v sockets

• Mast with radar reflector and TV antenna

 

Electrical system

• Onan 9 kw generator in sound box

• Ship's systems AC/DC distribution panel

• 50-amp shore power cord w/isolating transformer

• GFCI protected electrical outlets

• 2 – Group 31 Odyssey batteries for thruster (24v combiner box)

• 4 - Group 31 Odyssey Battery bank

• GoLight searchlight on pilothouse roof

• Electric fans in pilothouse and cabins

• Automatic cross connect for 24V DC bow thruster

• Engine/House bank battery combiner

• Heart Link 10 house battery monitor

• Freedom 3012 inverter/battery charger

• Xanbus Battery Monitor

• Floodlights fore and aft

 

Deck

• 66lb. Spade S140 anchor w/200' 3/8" HT chain & 100' nylon rode

• 66lb. Bruce anchor w/10’ chain and 200’ nylon rode

• Liberty Maxwell windlass w/pilothouse remote

• Windshield wipers in pilot house

• Screens/blinds on all ports & windows

• Floodlights fore and aft

• 800 lb. Electric davit for tender

• Highfield CL310 dinghy

• 9.9 hp Mercury outboard electric start

• Magna BBQ grill

• Rawwater and freshwater washdown system

• AFT COCKPIT:

• Large lazarette hatch with air lifts

• 80 gal holding tank w/Y valve & discharge pump

• Hot and cold cockpit shower

• Aluminum handrails for aft side boarding

• Boarding ladder on swim platform

 

Hull and Construction 

• Hand-laid hull and deck

• Hull deck joint fastened with square drives and bedded with 3M 5200 compound

• Foam structural stringer system in bottom FRP encapsulated and limbered

• Hull cored 3" above waterline

• Solid fiberglass below water line

• Deck cored with balsa

• Double cored with between layer of FRP at appropriate locations such as main salon roof

• Vinylester resin in outer laminates for blister protection

• Safety glass (1/4") throughout pilothouse and main salon

• Main salon and pilothouse glass tinted with Huper Optik UV ceramic protection

• Transom door lead foam soundproofing in engine room

• Diamond Seaglaze windows in pilothouse and main cabin

• Clear anodized heavy walled welded aluminum pulpit/bow rail

• Stainless steel striker in rub rail and forward cap rail

• Hull painted – Awlcraft 2000

• Clear anodized Lewmar aluminum hatches

• Sliding pilothouse doors port & starboard

• Custom teak sliding doors on main salon to aft cockpit with sliding screen doors

• Teak decking in cockpit

• Teak eyebrows on pilothouse and main cabin exterior finished with Awlwood

• Teak cap rail with Awlwood finish

• Molded non-skid decks

• Clear anodized heavy walled aluminum stanchions and railings on upper decks

 

Engine and Mechanical Equipment 

• Twin Cummins 6BTA diesels (355 bhp)

• ZF transmissions, 2.5 to 1 reduction

• Stainless steel propeller shaft; spare propeller shaft

• Aquadrive anti-vibration constant velocity joints and soft engine mounts

• Four blade 26" Nibral propellers (2)

• Bennett trim tabs with digital indicator in pilothouse

• Primary Racor 1000 dual fuel filters

• Dual fuel distribution manifold system

• Two fuel tanks w/separate fill and vent with Racor spill preventers

• Onan 9kw (1900 hours) generator

• Dripless prop shaft seals

• Main engines raw water intake plumbed to draw from bilge in emergency

• Kobelt single lever engine controls located in pilothouse & fly bridge

• SeaStar Hydraulic steering system

• 10 hp 24v Sidepower dual blade  thruster

• Racor P510 Fuel Polisher

• Gyro-Gayle Pneumatic Stabilizer with Bendix compressor

• Debug L1000

• SeaFire halon automatic engine room fire extinguisher

• Oil Change system for main engines, generator and transmissions

 

Galley

• Vitrofrigo Refrigerator/Freezer 12v/120V

• Force 10 Electric oven and stove

• Sharpe Microwave

• Splendid washer/driver combo

• Icer-ette Icemaker

 

Material Upgrades and Improvements

1999

• Install Force 10 Electric Stove and Oven

 

2009

• Replace Onan 9kw genset

 

2016

• Install Standard Horizon 1850 and 2200 VHFs

• New Deck Sunbrella canvas and cushions

• Strip and Refinish Exterior Teak (Awlwood)

• Replace deck washdown system

• Install Freedom 3012 inverter/charger

• Install Xanbus battery monitor

 

2017

• Install SCAD holding tank monitor

 

2018

• Replace Master cabin Dometic Marine Air System

• Rebuild Air Horn tank and system

• Install Garmin 924sx Chart Plotter

• Install Garmin HD+18 Radar

• Install Garmin GNX 20, GNX 21 and GNX wind instruments

• Remove and rebed hatches and ports

• Refinish Teak (Awlwood)

• Install Seadek on side decks, foredeck and swim platform

• Replace hot water heater

• Purchase Highfield 310 dinghy with 9.9 Mercury outboard

 

2019

• Install Garmin 1242 Chart Plotter

• Install Galley Dometic Marine Air System

• Install Huper Optik UV ceramic film on all windows

• Refinish Teak (Awlwood)

• Rebuild Thruster gear box

• Replace prop shaft seals

 

2020

• Install remanufactured Cummins 6BTA5.9 engines

• Install new ZF 220 transmissions

• Replace engine exhaust tubes

• Replace all fuel hoses

• Replace all raw water hoses

• Replace sanitary hoses

• Rebuild Racor 1000 dual fuel filter systems

• Refinish Teak (Awlwood)

• Install six Odyssey Group 31 batteries

• Rebuild Liberty Windlass winch and replace motor

• Install new Vitrofrigo Refrigerator/Freezer

• Replace Microwave

• Replace Pilothouse Dometic Marine Air System

• Replace all water fixtures, towel bars and hooksInstall new GoLight spotlight

 

2021

• Install Gyro-Gale Stabilizer

• Ceramic seal aluminum rails/life rails

• Install new thruster control box

• Install new thruster remote controls

• Replace all pumps, including, vacuflush, freshwater, and sump

• Replace oil exchange system

 

2022

• Refinish Teak (Awlwood)

• Remove and reseal all pilothouse and main cabin windows

• Install Racor fuel polishing system

• Replace dinghy battery

• Install Garmin AP 50 and AP 20 Autopilot

 

2023

• Replace rudder seals

• Replace bilge high water alarm

• Install new AC/DC engine panels, gauges and sending units

• Install new Bennett trim tab controls

 

2024

• New foredeck and side deck non-skid

• Refinish Teak (Awlwood)

• Rebuild dinghy crane bushings and shocks

 

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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