2025 Eastbay 44

In evolutionary terms, the EB44 is a spectacularly successful example of gene splicing. As the original ‘Downeaster’, Eastbay set the standard against which all coastal cruisers are judged. While carefully preserving its traditions of style, luxury and speed, we’ve enhanced its DNA with the latest marine technology, manufacturing materials and construction techniques.

The wide beam of the EB44 creates ample space for a three-stateroom layout with two large heads – luxurious, overnight accommodation for six adults. The expansive salon and cockpit, bright and airy thanks to the huge electric windows, ensure you will have plenty of room for entertaining the family and friends who may also join you onboard. This classic design style provides everything you need, and nothing you don’t.

Accessed via a teak hatch in the cockpit, the EB44’s engine room is a study in orderliness, simplicity and practicality.

There’s no spiderweb of wires, hoses and cables and no complicated fuel manifold. All components have been thoughtfully installed and colour-coded where necessary to make them easy to identify and access.

The IPS drive units have plenty of headroom which makes maintenance work easy and convenient.

Eastbay is the perfect example of an idea finding its right time and place in history. From the day the EB38 was launched in 1993, it became a ‘classic’. The brand was immediately synonymous with speed and luxury – the very qualities that define it to this day. Its heritage protected, its technology refined, it remains the ultimate ‘getaway’ craft.