1984 Hallberg-Rassy 49 "PEGASUS"

PEGASUS offers the classic Hallberg-Rassy interior arrangement: warm teak joinery, secure offshore proportions, excellent storage, and a practical three-cabin, two-head layout built around extended cruising. The protected center cockpit creates a strong division between the owner's aft cabin and the forward guest accommodations, while the saloon, galley, and navigation area remain central, secure, and usable at sea.

Below, the layout flows from the aft owner's cabin forward through the galley, saloon, navigation area, guest head, bunk cabin, and forward V-berth. This is the type of interior that made Hallberg-Rassy a benchmark among serious cruising sailors - substantial, hand-built, and designed for real use offshore rather than simply maximizing marina volume.

Interior Styling and Additional Features:

• Three-cabin, two-head layout suited for family cruising, guests, or extended liveaboard use
• Classic Hallberg-Rassy teak interior joinery with a warm, traditional offshore atmosphere
• Protected center-cockpit arrangement with private aft owner accommodations
• Excellent storage throughout for tools, spares, provisions, and long-distance cruising gear
• Two Dometic freshwater heads installed Jun 2024; forward head includes bidet function
• Separate showers in both heads
• 32-inch flatscreen TV and Fusion audio system

MAIN SALOON

The saloon is the heart of PEGASUS, with seating to both port and starboard and an expandable table for meals, passage planning, or relaxing at anchor. As expected on a Hallberg-Rassy of this era, the saloon is arranged with secure proportions, abundant handholds, useful storage behind and beneath the seating, and an atmosphere that feels both traditional and purposeful.

• Port and starboard seating areas with expandable dining table
• Storage behind saloon settees for books, navigation resources, glassware, and provisions
• Traditional teak joinery and offshore-oriented layout
• 32-inch flatscreen TV
• Fusion radio/audio system

AFT OWNER’S STATEROOM

The aft owner’s stateroom is one of the major strengths of the Hallberg-Rassy 49 layout. Set privately aft of the center cockpit, it provides comfortable accommodations for two adults along with shelf and hanging storage for extended cruising. Its separation from the forward guest cabins gives the owner excellent privacy aboard.

• Private aft owner’s cabin located aft of the protected center cockpit
• Accommodations for two adults
• Shelf and hanging storage
• Direct access to aft head with separate shower

Aft Head

The aft head serves the owner’s stateroom and includes one of the two newer Dometic freshwater heads installed in June 2024, along with a separate shower arrangement.

• Dometic freshwater head - Jun 2024
• Separate shower
• Convenient to aft owner’s stateroom

FORWARD VIP STATEROOM

The forward V-berth cabin provides comfortable guest accommodations for two, with shelf and hanging storage and convenient access to the forward head and separate shower.

• Forward V-berth guest cabin
• Accommodations for two guests
• Shelf and hanging storage
• Access to forward head and separate shower

Forward Head

The forward head is shared by the forward guest cabin and adjacent bunk cabin. It includes a new Dometic freshwater head with bidet function and a separate shower.

• Dometic freshwater head - Jun 2024
• Bidet function in forward head
• Separate shower

GUEST CABIN

Across from the forward head is an additional guest cabin with bunk berths for two more guests. This cabin expands PEGASUS into a practical three-cabin cruising yacht and can serve equally well for guests, crew, storage, or offshore watch rotation.

• Bunk cabin opposite the forward head
• Accommodations for two additional guests
• Shelf and hanging storage
• Useful as a guest cabin, crew cabin, or additional storage area

The starboard-side galley is practical and sea-kindly, with a gimbaled Force 10 stove/oven, built-in cold plate refrigeration, a deep freezer aft of the navigation station, an ice maker, and ample storage for cookware and provisions.

• 24V cold plate in built-in refrigerator box
• 3-burner Force 10 gimbaled stove/oven
• 120V deep freezer aft of navigation station
• U-Line ice maker
• Refrigerator compressor/evaporator - Oct 2024
• Ample storage above and below for cookware and provisions

NAVIGATION STATION

The navigation station is positioned for offshore use and includes the primary communications, electrical monitoring, and navigation systems expected aboard a properly equipped bluewater yacht.

• Raymarine Axiom Pro 12 and Axiom Pro 9 multifunction displays - 2020
• Standard Horizon Matrix VHF with cockpit remote - 2016
• Icom IC-M802 SSB radio - 2016
• Raymarine AIS 650 transmit/receive - 2016
• Magnum/Magna Sine MS4024 inverter/charger - 2016
• Starlink - Jun 2023
• PredictWind DataHub - Jun 2023

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

PEGASUS carries a substantial Raymarine-based electronics suite supported by modern communications equipment, including Starlink and PredictWind integration for offshore weather routing and connectivity.

• Raymarine 4 kW 24-inch Raydome radar
• Raymarine p70 autopilot with EC+V1 computer and Lewmar electric direct chain drive
• Raymarine Axiom Pro 12 and Axiom Pro 9 multifunction displays - 2020
• Five Raymarine i70 displays
• Raymarine wind via ITC-5 converter
• Sounder integrated through GPS/ITC-5 converter
• Knotmeter integrated through GPS
• Compass

HELM STATION

• Protected center cockpit with custom hardtop - Oct 2024
• Foldable wheel
• Compass
• Cockpit remote for Standard Horizon Matrix VHF
• Side-Power bow thruster control
• Four electric Lewmar cockpit winches for easier sail handling

HULL

The Hallberg-Rassy 49 is built as a serious offshore cruising yacht, with rugged Scandinavian construction, substantial displacement, and encapsulated lead ballast carried in a deep bilge pocket. The model is known for its strong hull structure, protected rudder, reliable sea manners, and long-range capability.

• Divinycell PVC foam cored fiberglass sandwich above the waterline, solid fiberglass hull below
• Fin keel with encapsulated lead ballast
• Approximately 39,700 lb displacement
• Approximately 17,900 lb ballast
• Side-Power SE 130/250T bow thruster - 2016

DECK

The flush deck and protected center cockpit are signature Hallberg-Rassy 49 features, combining excellent working space on deck with the security and protection needed for offshore passagemaking. PEGASUS is further enhanced by a custom hardtop and stern swim/cocktail platform.

• Flush foredeck design with strong offshore working surfaces
• Custom hardtop - Oct 2024
• Stowable babystay
• Muir 3500 electric anchor windlass with wireless remote
• 75 lb CQR anchor with 300' of 5/16-inch chain and 200' rode
• 60 lb Danforth anchor with 50' of 5/16-inch chain
• 55 lb spare CQR anchor
• Transom shower
• Stern-mounted BBQ grill
• Teak swim/cocktail platform with bench-style seating

COCKPIT

• Protected center cockpit with cushions for seating
• Custom hardtop - Oct 2024
• Foldable wheel
• Compass
• Four electric Lewmar cockpit winches: two primary and two secondary

MAST AND RIGGING

• Hood painted aluminum mast extrusion
• Deck-stepped mast
• 1x19 stainless steel standing rigging with Norseman fittings
• Stowable babystay
• Profurl electric in-mast roller furling headstay per listing
• Hood electric in-mast roller furling mainstay per listing

SAILS AND WINCHES

• Doyle mainsail - 2016
• Doyle genoa - 2016
• Four electric cockpit winches: two Lewmar 64 self-tailing primary winches and two Lewmar 54 self-tailing secondary winches
• Three Lewmar 40 self-tailing mast winches

ENGINE AND MECHANICAL

PEGASUS was repowered in 2016 with a Yanmar 4JH110 diesel engine and carries a Northern Lights 7 kW generator. Her drivetrain includes a 2023 3-blade bronze Vari Prop, dripless shaft seal, and stainless-steel propeller shaft.

• Yanmar 4JH110 110 hp diesel engine - 2016; approx. 1,470 hours
• Northern Lights 7 kW generator - approx. 1,400 hours
• 3-blade bronze Vari Prop feathering propeller - 2023
• Dripless shaft seal
• Stainless-steel propeller shaft
• Push/pull cable engine controls
• NEW generator water pump - Oct 2022
• Main fuel tank gasket and improved manifold - Mar 2025

PLUMBING AND TANKAGE

Tankage is appropriate for long-range cruising, with 160 gallons of fuel, 369 gallons of freshwater, and a two-tank holding system. PEGASUS is also equipped with an Isotherm 30L water heater.

• Fuel: two 80-gallon tanks, 160 gallons total
• Freshwater: one 369-gallon tank
• Holding: 25-gallon forward tank and 15-gallon aft/engine room tank, 40 gallons total
• Isotherm 30L water heater
• Two Dometic freshwater heads - Jun 2024

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• Magnum/Magna Sine MS4024 inverter/charger - 2016
• Lifeline batteries - Spring 2022
• Northern Lights 7 kW generator - approx. 1,400 hours
• Starlink - Jun 2023
• PredictWind DataHub - Jun 2023

AUDIO/VISUAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT

• Fusion radio
• 32-inch flatscreen TV

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Viking 6-person liferaft - recertification needed
• Raymarine AIS 650 transmit/receive - 2016
• Standard Horizon Matrix VHF with cockpit remote - 2016
• Icom IC-M802 SSB radio - 2016

TENDER

• Hypalon dinghy - 2022
• Suzuki 15 hp outboard - 2022
• Aft davit for dinghy and motor - Oct 2022

BROKER’S COMMENTS

PEGASUS is exactly the sort of yacht that keeps Hallberg-Rassy at the front of conversations about serious bluewater cruising. The 49 is substantial without being unmanageable, traditional without feeling impractical, and built with the kind of sea-going purpose that appeals to sailors who understand what matters offshore: stability, storage, systems access, comfort at sea, and a protected cockpit.

This particular PEGASUS benefits from meaningful updates to her engine, sails, electronics, communications, refrigeration, heads, batteries, propeller, hardtop, and tender package. She is not a minimalist coastal cruiser; she is a proper offshore yacht with the displacement, accommodations, and equipment profile to support extended passagemaking, liveaboard cruising, and serious coastal or island use.

For buyers considering traditional bluewater yachts from builders such as Hylas, Oyster, Tayana, Little Harbor, or other respected offshore marques, PEGASUS deserves careful attention. The Hallberg-Rassy 49 remains one of the iconic long-range cruisers of its era, and PEGASUS is offered at a compelling price point with a strong list of practical cruising upgrades.

• Classic Hallberg-Rassy 49 bluewater pedigree with proven offshore design and construction
• Recent and meaningful cruising upgrades across engine, sails, electronics, systems, and tender equipment
• Excellent platform for liveaboard cruising, extended coastal cruising, or offshore passages
• Compelling value in a respected Scandinavian-built bluewater cruiser under 50 feet

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