Worldcruiser 44
Long keel w/rudder on skeg · First built 1980
A Bud Taplin-designed long-keeler with a high comfort ratio and a stiff, steady motion for serious blue-water passage making
Designed by Bud Taplin.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
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