Boreal 44

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The Boreal 44, on the water

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Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 1.02 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

2.00 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.00

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 182

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.6

TenderStiff

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

Ballast 37%

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

Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 230 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Boreal 44, as the fleet has seen it

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The Boreal 44 is a 13.8-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a keel/centerboard hull and spade rudder, designed by Jean-Francois Delvoye and built by Boreal SARL since 2010. It displaces 10,289 kg, has a 4.3-meter beam, and a 2.5-meter draft. The Boreal 44 features a 45 m2 mainsail and a 55 m2 genoa, with an optional 75 hp engine. Twin daggerboards are located near the stern. A Boreal 44 transported a six-man expedition team to Kvitøya in the Svalbard archipelago, navigating north of Svalbard to avoid heavy ice.1:41 Aboard the Boreal 44, the crew encountered katabatic winds of 25–30 meters per second at Kræmerpynten, preventing anchoring due to drifting ice and dangerous seas.14:34 After landing the ski team at Andréeneset via RIB, the Boreal 44 sailed to Tromsø, Norway, experiencing 6–7 meter seas and high winds.16:36

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

36.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

21.6

Displacement / length

182.3

Comfort ratio

25.6

Capsize screening

2.00

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1924

Hull

Hull type

Keel/CB & spade rudder

Construction

Aluminum

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 2010

Designer

Jean-Francois Delvoye

Builder

Boreal

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Cherubini Yachts 4413.41 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA long-lived design offered through 2008 with a choice of cutter, schooner, or staysail ketch rigs

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Southerly 42RST12.86 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop featuring a swing keel and dual rudders for versatile shoal-water cruising

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Ovni 4312.90 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA Philippe Briand-designed aluminium centerboard sloop built for offshore versatility with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Boreal 52A 15.86-metre aluminium cutter with a 3.13-metre draft, engineered for high-latitude exploration and blue-water speed Boreal Yachts 47A 14.55-metre aluminium cutter with a 2.48-metre draft, optimised for high-latitude stability and blue-water performance Boreal 47.2An extended-stern evolution of the 44.2, featuring twin wheels and dual daggerboards for improved cockpit space and control Nordborg 34A modern fractional sloop from Holger B. Jensen, balancing a high sail area-to-displacement ratio with a stiff hull

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