2005 Hylas 54

FREESTYLE’s interior reflects the qualities that made the Hylas 54 such a benchmark cruising yacht: superb Queen Long joinery, a practical offshore layout, excellent ventilation, deep storage, and a warm teak interior that feels substantial without being overly dark. The refinished bamboo cabin sole and updated upholstery give the yacht a fresh, cared-for presentation.

The arrangement is the preferred three-cabin, two-head layout. The main saloon is spacious and bright, with a large dining table to port and a long starboard settee that functions well as a passage berth. The dedicated forward-facing navigation station is aft of the saloon, positioned as a true offshore command center and liveaboard office. The pass-through from the nav station to the aft owner’s stateroom is a valuable Hylas feature because it allows access aft without interrupting the galley.

Forward, the VIP stateroom provides a generous island berth, cedar-lined hanging locker, storage cabinetry, and ensuite access to the forward head with separate shower. The port guest cabin has over-under berths that can accommodate additional family, guests, or crew, while also providing practical storage for tools and spares. Aft, the owner’s stateroom is private and comfortable, with an oversized centerline queen berth, cedar-lined lockers, ensuite head, walk-in shower, air conditioning, fans, hatches, and opening ports.

Interior Styling and Additional Features:

• Refinished bamboo and teak cabin sole - 2024
• Updated interior upholstery - 2022
• Queen Long teak joinery throughout
• Three-cabin, two-head layout with aft owner’s stateroom
• Dedicated forward-facing navigation station
• Pass-through access from navigation station to aft cabin
• Excellent natural ventilation from numerous opening hatches and ports
• Three-zone reverse-cycle air conditioning and heating
• Factory central vacuum system
• Large engine-room and systems access for serviceability

MAIN SALOON

FREESTYLE’s main saloon is bright, practical, and comfortable underway or at anchor. The large dining area to port seats six to eight, while the long starboard settee works equally well as an evening lounge or offshore sea berth. The saloon benefits from generous headroom, overhead hatches, teak handrails, deep storage, and the quality joinery expected from Hylas.

• Refinished bamboo and teak flooring - 2024
• Updated upholstery - 2022
• Upgraded Caframo fans
• Dedicated navigation station with swing-out chair
• Approximately 6 ft 5 in to 6 ft 11 in headroom
• Hideaway remote television
• Two large overhead hatches
• Three reading lights
• Teak overhead grab rails
• High-gloss teak dinette table
• Two teak folding stools that double as cocktail tables when cushions are removed
• Seven-foot starboard settee with pull-out passage berth, lee cloths, and padeyes
• Four large outboard storage lockers plus additional storage below seating

MASTER STATEROOM

The aft owner’s stateroom is a true center-cockpit owner’s cabin, private from the guest accommodations and arranged for extended cruising comfort. The centerline oversized queen berth, cedar-lined lockers, seating area, air conditioning, opening hatches, portlights, and ensuite head with walk-in shower create a proper liveaboard owner’s suite.

• Centerline oversized queen berth
• Ensuite head with walk-in shower
• Port and starboard cedar-lined hanging lockers
• Storage below berth and additional outboard storage
• Two upgraded Caframo fans
• Built-in bookshelves
• Port and starboard night tables
• Updated upholstery in seating area
• Large center overhead hatch
• Four opening portlights
• Approximately 6 ft 5 in headroom

Master Head

The master head is ensuite to the aft owner’s stateroom and has been upgraded for comfort, including a newer freshwater electric toilet and a separate walk-in shower.

• New Raritan electric freshwater head - 2024
• Walk-in shower with fold-down teak seat
• Adjustable shower head
• Automatic/manual shower sump pump
• Three large vanity mirrors with storage behind
• Refinished teak floor grating
• Overhead hatch and opening portlights
• Vanity sink with hot and cold water

VIP STATEROOM

The forward VIP stateroom is generous and comfortable, with an island berth, good natural light, ventilation, and storage. It is large enough to make guests feel genuinely accommodated rather than placed forward as an afterthought.

• Island berth arrangement
• Ensuite access to forward head
• Two upgraded Caframo fans
• Two reading lights
• Hanging locker
• Large overhead hatch with screen
• Additional cabinets and drawers
• Port and starboard night tables with storage

VIP Head

The forward head serves the VIP and guest accommodations and includes a separate shower, dual access, and a Raritan electric freshwater toilet.

• Three vanity mirrors with storage behind
• Raritan electric freshwater head - 2024
• Opening portlight
• Overhead hatch
• Dorade vent
• Automatic/manual shower sump
• Separate shower with fold-down teak seat
• Sink with hot and cold water
• Dual entrance arrangement

GUEST CABIN (PORT)

The port guest cabin is arranged with over-under berths and is ideal for additional guests, children, crew, or passage use. It also provides valuable storage for tools, spares, and cruising gear when fewer guests are aboard.

• Over-under berths that can accommodate up to three adults
• Personal reading lights
• Overhead hatch with screen
• Two opening portlights
• Cedar-lined locker
• Storage below lower berth

The Hylas 54’s long linear galley is one of the model’s strongest offshore features. It provides safe bracing, generous counter space, deep refrigeration, and a logical cooking layout for use underway or at anchor.

• Large linear galley
• Double top- and front-loading refrigerator arrangement
• Top- and front-loading freezer
• Force 10 three-burner stove and oven
• LPG control and fume detector
• Freshwater foot pump
• Centerline double stainless-steel sink with new pull-out faucet
• Four opening portlights
• Built-in overhead GE microwave oven
• Slide-out work surface over stove
• Two 20 lb propane tanks

NAVIGATION STATION

The forward-facing navigation station is set up for real offshore use, with electrical panels, communications equipment, charting displays, systems controls, and the space to function as a passagemaking station or liveaboard office.

• Forward-facing port-side navigation station
• Complete electrical panels for 12 V and AC systems
• Large navigation desk with internal storage
• Custom 17 in Xerox display in cockpit
• Chartplotter/radar display
• Raymarine three-gauge display at companionway
• New 12 in Garmin 8612-GN chartplotter and NavPod at helm - 2026
• ICOM M502 VHF radio
• ICOM M710 SSB radio with HAM radio frenquencies
• Vesper Marine AIS transponder and receiver
• Furuno radar control
• Clarion stereo
• Aten video control
• Remote Apple keyboard
• Fireboy engine-room fire suppression system
• Xantrex sine-wave 1800 W inverter/charger control
• Simrad AP25 autopilot

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

FREESTYLE’s navigation electronics have been updated with key 2026 Raymarine and helm equipment, while retaining an extensive legacy electronics package for redundancy and systems monitoring.

• New 12 in Garmn 8612 chartplotter and NavPod at helm - 2026
• New Raymarine apparent wind, depth, knotmeter, wind speed, and AIS instrumentation - 2026
• Raymarine displays at cockpit and navigation station
• Three Raymarine displays above companionway
• ICOM VHF and remote ICOM VHF
• Two handheld VHF radios
• Vesper Marine AIS transponder and receiver
• Furuno radar control
• Victron display
• Xantrex voltage display
• SSB radio, with HAM radio frequencies

HELM STATION

• Center-cockpit helm station
• New 12 in Garmin 8612-GN chartplotter and NavPod at helm - 2026
• Side-Power bow thruster control
• Raymarine autopilot control
• Throttle control
• Manual bilge pump access
• Ritchie pedestal compass
• Stainless handhold
• Leather-bound destroyer-style wheel

The Hylas 54 was designed by German Frers and built by Queen Long with the offshore construction details that made the model a respected world cruiser. The hull uses fiberglass/Twaron aramid reinforcement, a strong monohull form, and a balanced hull shape that provides a rewarding combination of seakindliness, speed, and comfort.

• German Frers-designed Hylas 54 hull
• Queen Long construction for Hylas Yachts
• Fiberglass/Twaron aramid-reinforced hull construction
• Classic white gelcoat finish
• Blue cove and boot stripes
• Teak and stainless boarding ladder usable on port or starboard side
• Four integrated hull port windows
• Alloy maintenance-free toe rail
• Stainless bow protection
• Stainless stern protection
• Elevated stainless and teak rub rail

DECK

FREESTYLE’s deck layout reflects the Hylas 54’s offshore purpose: secure movement, strong hardware, excellent ventilation, a walk-down transom, protected cockpit, and practical deck access for anchoring, sail handling, and boarding.

• Multiple Manship opening hatches with built-in screens
• Multiple opening portlights
• Non-skid decking
• Extended pushpit rail to centerline gates
• Fold-down stainless and teak pushpit seats
• Multiple dorades
• Walk-down transom with teak decking

COCKPIT

• New cockpit cushions - 2026
• New dodger - 2026
• New bimini - 2026
• New dodger side extensions - 2026
• Teak cockpit flooring
• New 12 in Garmin 8612 chartplotter and NavPod at helm - 2026
• Custom 17 in chartplotter and radar display at companionway
• Stainless destroyer-style wheel
• Fold-away cockpit table with Sunbrella cover

MAST AND RIGGING

• New standing rigging - 2026
• In-boom furling system
• Boom vang
• Recent running rigging
• Mast boot cover
• Triple-spreader Selden rig
• Hydraulic headsail furling system
• Manual Selden staysail furling system
• Running backstays

SAILS AND WINCHES

• 130% spectra genoa - 2023 
• Radial cut 110% working jib - 2023
• Doyle laminate radial cut asymmetrical spinnaker with sock - 2023 (never used)
• Inner forestay for Neil Pryde storm jib
• AB storm jib that wraps around the furled headstay
• Storm trysail
• Mainsail – 2017
• Spare set of sails : Mainsail, 110% older working jib.
• Antal powered primary winches
• Antal powered mainsheet winch
• Antal manual secondary winches
• Dual Antal winches at mast

ENGINE AND MECHANICAL

The mechanical package centers on a 125 HP Yanmar diesel with direct shaft drive and a newer Fischer Panda 8 kW generator. Recent underwater and drivetrain service in 2026 addresses several of the most important ownership items on a bluewater cruising yacht.

• Yanmar 4JH3-DTE 125 HP diesel engine - 3,825 hours
• ZF gearbox
• Direct shaft drive
• Mamba rod steering
• Fischer Panda 8 kW generator - new 2024, 445 hours
• Flexofold bronze folding propeller
• Rebuilt and serviced Flexofold propeller - 2026
• New shaft seal - 2026
• New cutlass bearing - 2026
• New bottom paint - 2026

PLUMBING AND TANKAGE

FREESTYLE carries proper cruising tankage, stainless fuel and water tanks, a watermaker, upgraded heads, and a recent hot water heater, supporting extended time away from the dock.

• Fuel capacity: 220 gal in stainless-steel tanks
• Fresh water capacity: 210 gal in stainless-steel tanks
• Holding tank (2) 35gal fiberglass construction tanks
• Watermaker RO model 20-22 GPH operates on 110V
• New Raritan electric freshwater heads - 2024
• New hot water tank - 2024
• Two 20 lb propane tanks
• Freshwater foot pump in galley

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• New AGM battery bank - 2024
• Xantrex sine-wave 1800 W inverter/charger
• 12 V and AC electrical panels at navigation station
• Shore-power system 50 amp cord (110/220V)
• Fischer Panda 8 kW generator - new 2024, 445 hours
• Updated interior fans throughout - 2024

AUDIO/VISUAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT

• Hideaway remote television in saloon on port side
• Clarion stereo system
• Aten video control
• Remote Apple keyboard

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Standard USCG-required safety equipment
• Fireboy engine-room fire suppression system
• Givens (6) person life raft – very good condition (service needed)
• Lee cloths and padeyes for starboard passage berth
• Manual bilge pump access from cockpit and galley

BROKER’S COMMENTS

FREESTYLE is a strong example of why the Hylas 54 remains one of the most respected owner-operated bluewater cruisers in the 50-55 ft range. She combines German Frers design, Queen Long build quality, a real offshore cockpit, excellent tankage, a practical three-cabin layout, and recent investment in the systems that matter most.

The standout story is the 2023-2026 upgrade profile. New standing rigging, 2023 sails, 2026 helm electronics and Raymarine instrumentation, new canvas, new cockpit cushions, recent bottom and drivetrain service, a newer generator, upgraded freshwater electric heads, AGM battery bank, hot water heater, refinished cabin sole, and updated upholstery make FREESTYLE a compelling choice for a buyer who wants to cruise rather than begin with a major refit list.

• One-owner Hylas 54 with major recent upgrades
• Excellent candidate for New England, Caribbean, Bahamas, offshore, and liveaboard cruising
• Recent rigging, electronics, sails, canvas, generator, heads, batteries, bottom, and interior updates
• Proven German Frers / Hylas / Queen Long bluewater platform

REVIEWS

• Hylas Yachts and Hylas model literature describe the German Frers-designed Hylas 54 as a serious bluewater cruiser combining performance, comfort, and offshore strength in a semi-custom Queen Long-built package.

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.

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