BoatsCSY 44 (Mid-Cockpit)

CSY 44 (Mid-Cockpit)

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1977–1980

The most popular version of the CSY 44, this mid-cockpit cutter was built for the charter trade from 1977 to 1980

Designed by Frank Hamlin & Peter Schmitt.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

See her sail

The CSY 44 (Mid-Cockpit), on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

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 48 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 48
CoastalBluewater

At 1.59 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.59
LightHeavy

354 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 354
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 12.9
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2461 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The CSY 44 (Mid-Cockpit), as the fleet has seen it

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

The Csy 44 (MID-COCKPIT) is a 13.4-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Frank Hamlin and Peter Schmitt, built by CSY Yacht Corp. from 1977 to 1980. Primarily intended for the charter trade, it features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a 4.1-meter beam, a 2.0-meter draft, and displaces 17,236 kg. The Mid Cockpit version was the most popular of three variants, which also included a Pilot House and a Walk Through model. The Csy 44 was also marketed as the CYGNET 44 and later the ANTIQUA 44. Most Csy 44s were delivered as cutters, though some were rigged as ketches.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.9
Displacement / length
353.8
Comfort ratio
48.3
Capsize screening
1.59
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1730
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1977–1980
Designer
Frank Hamlin, Peter Schmitt
Builder
CSY Yacht Corp

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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.

CSY 44 (Pilot House)A masthead ketch featuring a pilot house and dual steering stations, built for offshore comfort with a shoal 1.5m draftCSY 44 (Walk-Through)A walk-through interior layout distinguishes this heavy-displacement cutter, built for offshore comfort since 1978CSY 33A cutter-rigged cruiser featuring a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder, produced between 1978 and 1981CSY 37Designed by Peter Schmitt, this cutter offers shoal draft and flexible one or two stateroom layouts for charter serviceAntigua Yachts 44A heavy-displacement masthead ketch built from 1981 using the tooling of the earlier CSY 44CS 44A performance-oriented masthead sloop by Tony Castro featuring a deep 2.49m draft and a high sail area-to-displacement ratio

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