Pauger Carbon Composites Rc44

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The Pauger Carbon Composites Rc44, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

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Character

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

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.82

EasygoingPowered-up

43.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 43.3

TenderStiff

62% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 62%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Lighter than ~98% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~99% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2452 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Pauger Carbon Composites Rc44, as the fleet has seen it

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The Pauger Carbon Composites Rc44 is a 13.3-meter fractional sloop designed by Andrej Justin and built by Pauger Carbon Composites since 2007. It features a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, a 2.8-meter beam, a 2.9-meter draft, and displaces 3559 kg. The main sail is 70m², the G-1 genoa is 60m², and gennakers range from 150m² to 170m². The RC44 class has seen recent growth in new boat builds and team participation.8:34 Aboard SEILmagasinet, Sivert With competes in the RC44 class, applying technical expertise gained from working on F50 and Artemis AC40 projects.1:22

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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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

61.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

43.3

Capsize screening

1.82

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 2007

Units built

25

Designer

Andrej Justin

Builder

Pauger Carbon Composites

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