2022 Sabre 43 Salon Express teased

The new 43 Salon Express is a replacement for the now-retired Sabre 42 Salon Express, but rather than just update the superseded model, the Sabre 43 Salon Express is a keel-up redesign.

It will also become Sabre’s first boat under 50 feet feature a fully networked system allowing skippers to do everything from setting the mood with the boat’s lighting to navigating via the autopilot using an iPad.

Sabre Yachts has a long history of success with models between 40 and 45 feet, beginning in 1987 with the Sabre 42 sailboat. Since that date, Sabre has built more than 660 boats in this size range across fifteen different models. Today, they add another:

“Having an opportunity to explore a design which lands in Sabre’s ‘Goldilocks Zone’ is always exciting for the team here in Maine, Sabre Yachts product development and design vice-president Kevin Burns said.

“Boats at this scale are at the confluence of where our lovely lines and proportions really get in step with the human scale and the ergonomic balance between ease of operation and comfort.  

The Sabre 43 enjoys a just-right blend of displacement, driveline options, and arrangement of spaces,” Burns said.

“We expect this model will resonate with our owners in the same way that our previous heritage models in this size have done, but with a contemporary Sabre silhouette and the added owner’s authority afforded by our networked command and control system.”

Sabre said the Sabre 43 Salon Express features expansive fixed-glazed windows, sloping deck rails, and a sleek new mast design, “all of which contribute to her striking nouveau-vintage silhouette”. 

The boat steps up its entertainment game with circular seating configurations in the cockpit, salon, and hybrid lounge. 

The “hybrid” refers to the lounge’s ability to cater for everything from an onboard office to guest accommodation and even extra storage space via separate “berth” and “lounge” configurations.

“While she remains true to the much-loved fundamentals of the Sabre 42, this new model leans into Sabre’s drive toward modernisation and innovation, with oft-requested solutions like added storage and versatile guest accommodations baked-in from the start,” Sabre said.

“Owners will appreciate her contemporary approach to Downeast proportions, with sweeping lines and fresh angles contained in a boat that, nevertheless, remains recognizably a Sabre.”

The Sabre 43 Salon Express features a master cabin with a queen pedestal berth and a U-shaped banquette with a table in the centre. 

Meanwhile, the galley features plenty of under-counter and counter-level compartments, with options including storage lockers, a wine cooler, or even separate side-by-side washer and dryer units.

Even though the first hull will be built early next year, the order books have already started filling as US buyers line up to snare a build number. Sabre Yachts are distributed in Australia via E Marine Motor Yachts.

Sabre Yachts makes a number of sedan models ranging from 11.6 metres to almost 18 metres, and a single flybridge model – the 48 Fly Bridge.