Celestial Yachts Celestial 48 - Blue Water Boat

Bright Star is a 48 foot, center cockpit, ketch rig sailboat built by Celestial Yachts.  She has a fully encapsulated elongated fin keel and skeg hung rudder.  Some of her features are; air conditioning, generator, full enclosure, windlass, 12 V refrigeration, new stove, great ground tackle, and much more.  If you are looking for a blue water boat at an affordable price, Bright Star should be on your short list.

     The Celestial layout is a modern fore and aft cabin design that features 6'4" headroom.  The spacious interior begins with a 6'6" vee-berth forward followed by a head and shower combination to port.  The saloon has a centerline drop-leaf table with a built-in eight bottle wine rack and settees along either side.  The gallery is to starboard and the main complaint here is limited counter and drawer space, but food storage space is good.  The sinks are near the centerline and close to the companionway steps so the cook doesn't have too go far to get food to the crew in the cockpit.                

      The forward facing nav. station sits at the beginning of the passageway that leads aft on the port side with door access to the crawl-in engine room.  Originally, some of the 48's had a separate freezer outboard of the passage, but many owners removed the freezer and replaced it with a voluminous storage compartment that houses all the tools and spares, a handy feature as it is directly across from the engine room.  A wet locker is near the companionway which has a built-in locker in each step.  The entire boat has a spectacular teak interior with 23 hand-caned lockers that provide incredible storage.  Ventilation is provided by 15 opening ports and 7 opening hatches.

      The luxurious owner's suite aft on the 48 came in a variety of layouts, but primarily there is a king-sized center lined bunk which allows sleeping fore and aft or athwart ships, which is handy in a seaway.  The aft head has a dedicated (not a walk-through) separate  shower.  Another nice feature is that emergency tiller attaches on deck, unlike many center cockpit boats that feature it under the aft bunk, so emergency steering allows for good visibility. 

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