Sabre 54 Salon Express

The Sabre 54 Salon Express is the latest model in a the Sabre Hard Top Express series` that began with the Sabre 42 and continued with 34 and 38 foot hulls, each to rave reviews from the boating press and from owners alike. 

The Sabre 54 proudly follows that tradition of style and technology, and the accolades have been exceptional. Features that experienced yacht owners expect to find in a fine motoryacht, power, smooth operation, comfort, quiet and efficiency, do not blend easily unless they are paramount concerns at every step from design mandate to build completion and sea trials. The Sabre 54 achieves these goals, and offers these features along with utmost safety and a strikingly handsome design.

In a world where luxury yachting has become synonymous with quiet whisper-like running, the Sabre 54 leads the way with sound levels that are amongst the quietest yachts in her class. Imagine cruising at 25 knots with noise levels so low (74 Decibels) that a normal conversation can easily be engaged. 

The Sabre Design Team developed strict sound level and performance criteria, and worked closely with materials suppliers and large yacht technologies to achieve these exceptional results. First, we wanted the hull to be quiet, and chose vacuum bagged PVC foam core for light weight, strength and noise dampening characteristics. Next, we utilized Nida Core honeycomb coring, also an ideal material for sound deadening, for all deck structures, bulkheads and cabin soles.

The Sabre 54 Salon Express is equipped with Volvo Penta IPS900 engines and pods. Exhaust gasses are expelled through the foot of the pod dramatically reducing exhaust noise levels. And at higher cruise speeds, this innovative drive train system considerably improves fuel economy over straight shaft installations. Around the docks her joy stick allows maneuvering with a great degree of confidence.

Her standard IPS900 common rail, fuel injected engines are powerful and bring her on plane quickly. Once on plane, she is strong and powerful, efficiently throwing aside short chop or large waves without any sensation for her crew. Reliable and easy to understand electrical systems were also part of the strict design mandate for the Sabre 54. A 13.5Kw eQD series gen set is installed to provide AC power requirements when away from the dock and both bow and stern power cords are available when in port. Both cords lead to an automatic AC selector so no matter which cord is plugged in or which gen set is running, the system selector chooses the source without the need to specify which switches are on or off. This same ease of operation is found at the DC panels where just one switch opens all house battery circuits. All individual circuit breakers are found on the more complex panel in the engine room. Systems requiring 24 hour supply such as bilge pumps and audio equipment are excluded from the master switches.