BoatsBrewer 44

Brewer 44

Cutter · Keel/CB & Spade Rudder · First built 1984

A stretched evolution of the 12.8 featuring a reverse transom and a versatile keel-centerboard configuration

Designed by Ted Brewer & Edward S. Brewer, built by Ft. Myers Yacht.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/CB & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Brewer 44, on the water

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

Footage from Plan-Sea

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.76
LightHeavy

302 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 302
EasygoingPowered-up

16.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.3
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Brewer 44, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Brewer 44, designed by Ted Brewer and built by Ft. Myers Yacht and Shipbuilding from 1984, is a cutter-rigged sailboat with a keel/centerboard and spade rudder, measuring 13.4 meters LOA with a 4.1-meter beam and 2.7-meter draft. It displaces 13,154 kg and is a stretched derivative of the Brewer 12.8, featuring a reverse transom and modified keel/centerboard and sailplan. Lady K Sailing describes it as a 30,000-pound center-cockpit ketch designed for offshore cruising, noting its superior blue-water capability and build quality compared to modern production cruisers.7:57 Aboard Plan-Sea, the crew inspected a Brewer 44 with a clean interior, a functional washer-dryer, and a solid deck, contrasting it with a previously viewed Brewer 44 that had water damage.7:44 Lady K Sailing advises potential buyers to inspect for soft spots on the deck due to aged hardware bedding and to verify engine installation and chain plate replacements.4:44 The Brewer 44 has a comfort ratio of 37.1, indicating it is a moderate blue-water cruiser.5:17

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 4 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Brewer 44 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.

1seen for sale
2channels looked into buying
$90,000Median asking

For sale

  • A specific late-1980s model listed for under $90,000, with significant upgrades, being reviewed for purchase

    from Lady K Sailingseen July 20241:06

Weighed buying

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
Ballast / displacement
41.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.3
Displacement / length
302.0
Comfort ratio
37.1
Capsize screening
1.76
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1688
Hull
Hull type
Keel/CB & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1984
Designer
Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer
Builder
Ft. Myers Yacht, Shipbuilding

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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.

Brewer 12.8Commissioned by the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, this cutter features a keel/centerboard hull for versatile shoal-water accessBrewer 46A heavy-displacement cutter marketed under various names including Pan Oceanic, Seastar, and Mao TaWhitby Boatworks 42An Edward S. Brewer-designed long-keeled ketch built for offshore comfort and stability over a long production runMariner 47 (Brewer)A Ted Brewer-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, later produced as the Islander 48C.Oceanic 46 (Brewer)A Ted Brewer-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, built for blue-water stability and comfortable offshore passage-makingIslander Yachts 48CA Ted Brewer-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, also marketed as the Mariner 47

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