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Beneteau 44 CC

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1994–2001

A Bruce Farr-designed center cockpit cruiser built for offshore comfort with a stable, moderate displacement hull

Designed by Bruce Farr.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Beneteau 44 CC, on the water

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Footage from SailingBritican

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 27
CoastalBluewater

1.96 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.96
LightHeavy

210 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 210
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.8
TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Draws less than ~78% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2384 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau 44 CC, as the fleet has seen it

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The Beneteau 44 CC is a masthead sloop designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau between 1994 and 2001, featuring a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder. This model, also known as the OCEANIS 44 CC, measures 13.59 m LOA, has a 4.27 m beam, a 1.75 m draft, and displaces 10600 kg. Its design balances performance with cruising comfort, a hallmark of Farr's collaboration with Beneteau, which also produced models like the Beneteau 461, 50, 57, and 62. The Beneteau 44 CC *Z* was seen anchored in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.6:19

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Beneteau 44 CC on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

$550,000Median asking

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.8
Displacement / length
210.2
Comfort ratio
27.5
Capsize screening
1.96
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1838
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1994–2001
Designer
Bruce Farr
Builder
Beneteau

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The family

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