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Alden Yachts 44 MII

Masthead Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1981

An evolution of the Alden 44 featuring a modified rudder, repositioned propeller, and updated interior layout

Designed by Alden Associates & Niels Helleberg.

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

See her sail

The Alden Yachts 44 MII, on the water

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

Footage from 59° North Sailing

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 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.72
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 257
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.6
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 41%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Alden Yachts 44 MII, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Alden Yachts 44 MII is a masthead sloop designed by Alden Associates and Niels Helleberg, built by Alden Yachts from 1981 to the present. This 13.5-meter sailboat has a keel/centerboard hull, a 3.8-meter beam, a 2.7-meter draft, and displaces 11,113 kg.3:28 It is a later version of the Alden 44, featuring a significantly modified rudder/skeg, a propeller and shaft repositioned forward and out of the aperture, and an altered interior layout.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Alden Yachts 44 MII on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

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
40.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.6
Displacement / length
256.9
Comfort ratio
34.9
Capsize screening
1.72
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1555
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1981
Designer
Alden Associates, Niels Helleberg
Builder
Alden Yachts

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The family

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