Antares Yachts 44

BoatsAntares Yachts 44

See her sail

The Antares Yachts 44, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sail Life

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LightHeavy

122 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 122

EasygoingPowered-up

14.1 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.1

What the fleet has seen

The Antares Yachts 44, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Antares Yachts 44 is a 13.4-meter fractional sloop catamaran, designed by Ted Clements and built by Antares Yachts since 2003 as an evolution of the PDQ Antares 42. It has a twin keel hull, a 6.6-meter beam, a 1.2-meter draft, and displaces 10,205 kg. Aboard *Sail Life*, a hurricane-damaged 44-foot Antares catamaran underwent a volunteer cleanup to establish a functional workspace, with debris cleared, the hardtop dismantled, and the mast cut for disposal.watch The crew also prepared the site for the refit by clearing trees and installing a gravel pad to support the vessel and two shipping containers.2:03 The *Sail Life* crew also produced clamshell covers for an Antares Yachts 44, experimenting with polyester resin and gelcoat after initial issues with vacuum-bagged epoxy parts.22:29

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.

Sail LifeMads and Ava document the extensive, technical refit of their Antares 44 catamaran, Spiffy, through advanced custom fabrication and workshop-based DIY projects.

Seen 110 times across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Antares Yachts 44 on video

The road back to boat work: Bunker Makeover! Ep. 696Mads retrofits a concrete hurricane shelter into a climate-controlled technical workspace for his boat refit project.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: The square eagle has landed! Ep. 695Mads uses a 5-ton chain hoist and 6x6 timbers to position a shipping container for his catamaran project.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: We're gravel rich & ready for shipping containers! Ep. 694Mads builds a 60-by-40-foot gravel pad using ABC crushed rock to support a 44-foot catamaran project boat.Sail Life

Can I build an aluminum fuel tank with the xTool MetalFab laser welder and CNC? Ep. 693The xTool MetalFab laser system enables custom fabrication of aluminum fuel tanks for a 44-foot catamaran.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: shipping delays, site prep and bending metal with a 3D print Ep. 692Mads uses 3D-printed Rigid 10K resin dies to bend steel for the 44-foot catamaran Spiffy.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: Cutting trees, picking up plywood, and 240V in the shop. Ep. 691Mads upgrades workshop electrical outlets to 240V to power a laser welder for a catamaran refit.Sail Life

Our Mammotion LUBA 3 AWD is going to save us so a lot of time!The Mammotion Luba 3 AWD uses lidar and RTK navigation to maintain an acre of uneven terrain.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: moving into the workshop & our conex moving choices. Ep. 690Mads prepares his property for shipping container delivery by grading the site and installing geotextile fabric.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: The bunker, hidden bookcase door & bad news. Ep. 689Mads builds a hidden bookcase door to conceal a water heater while awaiting electrical and crane contractors.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: Trash pit and new a $%*& gorgeous DIY dining room table Ep. 688Mads uses a borrowed excavator to clear land and remove a buried trash pit for shipping containers.Sail Life

The road back to boat work: Floors, paint, and tool trailer Ep. 687Mads and Ava prepare their property for the arrival of their 44-foot catamaran, Spiffy.Sail Life

The Tale of Three Tables - workshop torsion box tables and farmhouse dining table Ep. 686Mads builds torsion box work tables and a dining table to practice joinery for a boat refit.Sail Life

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

ReplacedGarminin place of Maretron DSM-410
A Garmin GMI 20 display was replaced because it lacked alarm functionality for exhaust temperature.
aboard Sail Lifeseen July 202512:49
ReplacedGoProin place of underwater camera
The speaker wished they had their new underwater camera instead of the GoPro for better shots.
aboard Sail Lifeseen February 202412:42
ReplacedinReachin place of 86i
The old InReach device was replaced with the new 86i.
aboard Sail Lifeseen September 20215:12
ReplacedVolvo Pentain place of new spiffy one
The stock 12V, 115A alternator was removed from the engine.
aboard Sail Lifeseen May 202111:19
ComparedVictronweighed against AmpAce Andes 1500
The Andes 1500 inverter is more efficient than the Victron inverter.
aboard Sail Lifeseen September 202419:26
ComparedWakespeedweighed against external regulator
The external regulator for the alternator was compared to a Wakespeed controller.
aboard Sail Lifeseen May 20219:31
InstalledDyneema
The speaker made loops from Dyneema to support the CNC table when hoisted.
aboard Sail Lifeseen February 202612:01
InstalledCoppercoat
The speaker plans to apply Coppercoat to the hull once repairs are complete, but it will wait until they reach North Carolina.
aboard Sail Lifeseen May 2025watch
InstalledRenogy
The speaker is installing a Renogy One Core for remote monitoring of the system.
aboard Sail Lifeseen April 202521:53
InstalledVolvo
The speaker planned to install a new MDI controller on the engine.
aboard Sail Lifeseen September 202116:54

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Antares Yachts 44 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

1seen sold

1channel looked into buying

For sale

The creators are in the final stages of purchasing this boat, awaiting paperwork completion
from Sail Lifeseen July 20249:17

Sold

Purchased by the creators after being damaged in Hurricane Dorian
from Sail Lifeseen September 2024watch

Weighed buying

Creators are in the process of acquiring this hurricane-damaged catamaran from a salvage yard, awaiting Coast Guard registration approval
from Sail Lifeseen August 2024watch
The creators are in the process of buying this boat, awaiting final Coast Guard approval
from Sail Lifeseen August 2024watch
Purchase agreement signed for hurricane-damaged project boat
from Sail Lifeseen September 2024watch
Inspected and purchased a hurricane-damaged Antares 44 as a project boat
from Sail Lifeseen January 2025watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.1

Displacement / length

122.0

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2003

Designer

Ted Clements

Builder

PDQ, Antares Yachts

Boats like this, on the water

More boats like her, on the water

Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

Helia 4413.30 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Berret-Racoupeau designed catamaran featuring a rotating spar and shallow draft, offered in Maestro or Quatuor layouts

Sail Life - The most satisfying coat of antifouling ever0:03 from Sail Life

Nautitech 46 Open13.79 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA 13.79-metre catamaran featuring Roseo Design interiors and available in a flybridge configuration

Nautitech Open 46 - Genoa 2016 Preview0:17 from SVN solovelanet

Neel 4313.11 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 13.11-meter trimaran with a fixed unballasted keel and a high 24.02 sail area-to-displacement ratio

Sailing with all girl crew in the floirda keys19:25 from Sailing Doodles

Aventura 4513.50 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 2025-launched catamaran with a 24.34 sail area-to-displacement ratio, balancing modern performance with a 1.4-metre draft

Sailing Malta Gozo Pantelleria Tunisia to Spain.26:36 from sailing vessel reality

Voyage Yachts 44013.30 mSame hull familyNear-identical length

Becoming a Captain is hard work [Ep. 100]11:40 from Sailing Supernova

Lagoon 4313.85 mSame hull family0.4 m longerDebuting in 2025, this 13.85-meter catamaran features a shallow 1.31-meter draft and a fractional sloop rig

Lagoon 43, the sailing catamaran that multiplies space0:05 from SVN solovelanet

The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Antigua Yachts 44A heavy-displacement masthead ketch built from 1981 using the tooling of the earlier CSY 44 Aerodyne Marine 43A Rodger Martin-designed fractional sloop built for speed, featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio.Astrea 42A Berret-Racoupeau designed catamaran with a shallow 1.25m draft, built for stable cruising between 2018 and 2025 Fp 44A 2025 Berret-Racoupeau catamaran designed as the successor to the Elba 45, featuring a 1.58m draft

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