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Cherubini Yachts 44

Staysail Ketch · Keel/centreboard · First built 1977

A long-lived design offered through 2008 with a choice of cutter, schooner, or staysail ketch rigs

Designed by John E. Cherubini.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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 narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

At 1.58 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.58
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 195
EasygoingPowered-up

18.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.6
TenderStiff

43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 43%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
42.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.6
Displacement / length
195.3
Comfort ratio
38.4
Capsize screening
1.58
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1715
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
FG/plywood deck
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1977
Units built
35
Designer
John E. Cherubini
Builder
Cherubini Yachts

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