2002 G44B Mk2 Hull#20 “Arion”

Description

Set your course for adventure aboard Arion, a stunning Gozzard 44B MKII built for serious bluewater cruising with luxury, strength, and style. Hull #20 in the refined MKII series, Arion features upgraded hull, keel, and rig design—offering enhanced pointing ability, better handling, and a lighter, stronger construction. Built by the renowned Gozzard Yachts and designed by H. Ted Gozzard, this vessel is a testament to timeless design and superior craftsmanship.

Featuring the sought-after “B” interior layout with a spacious forward island queen stateroom and private head, she is ideal for couples seeking a true liveaboard cruiser. Lovingly maintained and loaded with gear, Arion is turn-key ready for long-range cruising or comfortable coastal living.

Boat Details

Make	Gozzard	Class	Cutter
Model	G44B MKII	Year	2002
Name	Arion	Hull Number	20
Price	US$399,000	Boat Location	Thomaston, Maine, United States

Information and Features

Engine – 2002 Westerbeke 82B

Dimensions

Weights

Sail Areas

Concept

First introduced in the 1990s as the G44 MK1, the design was revamped in 2001 (starting with Hull #19) to incorporate advancements from the Gozzard 37 and 41 models. The modifications included a slightly increased draft and a significantly reduced wetted surface, thanks to a new keel and rudder design. These changes improved pointing ability, enhanced righting moments, and boosted directional stability. Additionally, the boat’s structure underwent a complete reengineering process, resulting in a lighter, stronger vessel—essentially a yacht that combined strength with efficiency.

Tankage

• Fuel: 100 gal. in two s/s tanks. One 70 gal. forward and one 30 gal. tank on centerline
• Fresh Water: 200 gal. in two fiberglass tanks. One 120 gal. under the forward berth and 80 gal. under aft quarter berth
• Water Heater: 11 gal. w/engine heat exchanger and 110 v AC (recently replaced)
• Waste: 40 gal. in fiberglass tank under the main cabin with Y-valve for overboard or deck pump-out with Electro-Scan
• Waste Management System.
• Propane: 20 lb. aluminum tank in a dedicated vented locker with a gasketed lid and remote solenoid shutoff

Accommodations

From forward to aft:
Forward stateroom with centerline berth, hanging locker forward, and one more each on port and starboard. Forward berth with queen-size innerspring mattress and cover. The ensuite head is to port with a shower.
Continuing aft is the main saloon with an L-shaped settee to port with a table. To starboard are two chairs with a table/nav. station between.
Aft to starboard is the galley. To port is the aft cabin with ensuite head and pull-out shower wand at the sink.

Engine under and aft of companionway steps. Teak-hinged companionway doors with louvers. Built-in stormboard tracks for drop panels. There is an overhead sliding screen and screened companionway doors.

Other features:

• Interior joinery in American cherry
• Saloon butterfly hatch
• Green upholstery

Ventilation:

• two s/s 24″ x 24″ deck hatches with hinged interior screens
• forward cabin with hexagonal hatch
• saloon butterfly hatch
• two s/s 8″ x 14″ vent hatches with hinged interior screens
• nine s/s opening ports 5″ x 12″ with screens
• eight s/s opening ports 7″ x 14″ with screens
• four teak dorade boxes

Galley

• Refrigeration and freezer have heavily insulated boxes with closed cell foam (8″ for freezer and 6″ for refrigeration, tops 4″)
• Seagull fresh water filter
• Force 10 stainless steel three-burner gimballed propane stove with oven
• Xantec propane detector and shutoff
• Microwave oven

Deck

• Bow sprit with two anchor rollers
• Maxwell VWC 200 electric vertical windlass (recently serviced) with foot switches and helm controls
• 80 lb. Mantus Supreme anchor on bow roller with 260′ HT chain (2021)
• Fortress F-37 anchor stowed onboard
• Deck wash down
• Large deck locker forward with front part for anchor chain and rode and aft portion for sail. This locker drains through hull sides and is completely separate from the interior.
• Hardtop dodger and bimini with full canvas enclosure
• Sheet storage bags in the cockpit
• 36″ wood rim traditional wheel
• Cockpit shower
• Cowl vent and dorade on deck
• Wide low-cambered side decks with a substantial bulwark
• Emergency tiller stored in the specially designed holder under the cockpit locker lid
• Full-length fiberglass rub rails with s/s strikers 18″ below the caprail
• Exterior eyebrows, bow platform, cap rail, dorade boxes, cockpit sole, and other trim in genuine Asian teak
• Stylized signature bronze dolphins on the toe rail
• Stanchion bases mounted on the side of the bulwark into a threaded s/s backing plate
• Double stainless steel lifelines 31″ above the deck with port and starboard midship gates
• Stainless steel handrails on near side decks and coachroof
• Dinghy davits are designed to hold up to 400 lbs
• 8 Gozzard bronze chock/cleat able to handle two 3/4″ dock lines each
• Fold down walk-thru transom with fold down s/s swim/boarding ladder
• Built-in hot and cold pressure water show
• Storm drain built into the transom with 8″ x 18″ spring-loaded door

Electronics and Navigation

• Icom M802 VHF radio with foghorn at the bow
• VHF mic at the helmAIS
• Ritchie Powerdamp compass at helm
• Raymarine C90 MFD, ST60 instruments (wind, depth, speed)
• SiriusXM weather system
• Raymarine Digital Radar with an enclosed antenna on the mast
• Raymarine ST7001 autopilot
• Raymarine ST60 wind speed and direction
• TV and stereo

Mechanical and Electrical

• 2002 Westerbeke 82B with approx. 1950 hrs. It delivers 82 horsepower at 3,600 RPM. It is a naturally aspirated, fourcylinder engine that features a self-bleeding fuel system, front-mounted seawater pump, electric oil drain hose, and oneside servicing.
• ZF transmission model ZF25 M
• Vetus Bull-Flex to reduce engine noise and vibration
• Kobelt single lever throttle/shifter
• Instrument panel at the helm with gauges for tach, hr meter, oil pressure, volt meter, and water temperature with audible
• alarms for low oil pressure and high cooling water temperature
• Twin Racor filters
• Engine compartment exhaust blower
• 3-blade MaxProp
• 12v 8 hp bow thruster
• 1.5″ 316 S/S shaft
• PSS No-drip shaft seal system with a vent
• Two electric bilge pumps (auto and manual switches) (one pump 3700 gph)
• Whale Gusher 11 manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Two Marineair rev. cycle AC units (16K and 12K BTU)
• Pressure water
• Spectra watermaker (new diaphragm not installed)
• The engine room is heavily sound-insulated
• Engine compartment access is via panels under the aft berth and under the hinged companionway stairs
• Two 125v 30 amp shore power receptacles
• Bass AC electrical panel with labeled switches and breakers with analog volt and amp meters, and polarity indicator
• Bass DC electrical panel with labeled switches and breakers with analog volt and amp meters
• Multi-strand copper wiring
• Fischer Panda 8kw generator with approximate 463 hours.
• Magnum inverter/charger (recently installed)
• 12v house battery (new 2021) 1200 amp hr with twelve 2v lead/acid batteries located under the saloon cushion over the keel. It is equipped with a semi-automatic re-hydration system
• Engine battery Grp 27 AGM with 1000 cranking amps
• 225 amp engine alternator

Sails and Rigging

• Selden aluminum unpainted spars with deck-stepped mast
• In-mast furling main
• Schaefer roller furling on headsails
• S/S standing rigging
• Lewmar electric winch
• Main sail approx. 5 years old
• Genoa and staysail approx.7 years old

Safety

• Smoke alarm
• CO alarm
• Lifesling
• Electric flare
• Epirb (battery due for replacement)

Construction and Exterior

The hull is molded from female production tooling. The laminate as with all Gozzard Yachts is a “sandwich” cored construction. The “SP Systems” Corecell foam core increases panel stiffness, strength, impact resistance, and sound/thermal insulation while maintaining an excellent weight-to-strength ratio. Most of the weight saved by designing the cored laminate is then re-applied in extra skin thickness on either side of the core, making the laminate schedule, in the words of the SP engineers, “robust in the Gozzard tradition”. Only marine-grade Vinylester laminating resins are used in the hull laminate.

Extended fin keel with external lead ballast.

The hull deck joint is bedded in 3M 5200 and bolted on 6″ centers with 5/16″ s/s machine screws with ny-lock (aircraft) nuts. This is covered in a solid teak cap rail.

Fiberglass rudder with two 1/4″ sides. A stainless steel web is welded to the shaft. The cosmetic joint between the two halves is glassed over and faired creating essentially a solid structure.

All main or structural are constructed using cored fiberglass laminates and glassed to the hull and deck prior to the interior trim is installed.

The gelcoat is an NPG/ISO Cook “Buffback”. It is backed with Hydrex-100 vinylester skinning resin. Only white gelcoat is used below the waterline for better quality control. The hull is constructed using both “hand lay-up” and “vacuumassisted resin infusion” techniques using Hydrex-100 vinylester laminating resin to eliminate osmotic blistering. Bottom redone 2025.

The hull laminate is constructed of knitted double-bias E-glass RM (0-90) and XM (45-45) cloth and is built up to a thickness shown on the following chart. Additional reinforcing is utilized in the bow, trail-board, chain plate, mast step, and transom areas.

The core material measures ¾” in thickness, and has a density of 6 pounds per cubic foot. The core is installed using both vacuum bagging and hand-laid techniques. The core runs from the cove stripe to approximately 10” from the centerline. The coring material is eliminated and replaced with a solid glass laminate in the areas of the sheer line, centerline, keel, rudderpost, and thru-hulls.

The finish above the waterline is Off White gelcoat with the standard broad stripe “Traditional” configuration in any normal color. The stripes are painted in Awlgrip not gelcoat to extend the service life of the colored finish. Below the waterline is finished with 2.5 mils (dry) of Interprotect 2000 barrier coat to create a “primed” surface for the (optional) bottom anti-fouling paint of your choice.

All thru-hulls below the waterline have Forespar ball type Marelon seacocks.

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.

Exclusions

• personal items
• Three oil paintings
• Oriental runner rug in the saloon

For more information and details contact Mike Gozzard at 519-524-2120 or mike@gozzard.com

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