C&C 44 Custom

BoatsC&C 44 Custom

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The C&C 44 Custom, 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 moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.96

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 204

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.1

TenderStiff

49% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 49%

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

Draws more than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2425 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The C&C 44 Custom, as the fleet has seen it

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

The C&C 44 CUSTOM is a 13.5-meter masthead sloop designed by Rob Ball and built by C&C Yachts from 1985 onward, with fewer than four units produced. This race-oriented variant of the C&C 44 features exotic materials, a modified deck and coachroof, an abbreviated interior, and a deeper keel, drawing 2.6 meters.17:47 The first hull was named 'Silver Shadow'.1:35 A 1985 C&C 44, with an all-red hull and mast, was reviewed by 59° North Sailing, noting its balsa-cored hull and deck construction, bolted-on lead keel, and 63-foot mast.11:06 The boat's sail-area-to-displacement ratio is 19.5, with a ballast-to-displacement of 47% and a Brewer comfort ratio of 27.20:32 The balsa core construction, common in C&C models, is a known vulnerability for water intrusion, as noted by 59° North Sailing.9:25

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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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen for sale

1channel weighed buying one

US$99,000Median asking

A 1985 C&C 44 listed for sale at $99,000, submitted by a member for review as a potential purchase
from 59° North Sailingseen April 20264:20

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

49.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.1

Displacement / length

203.7

Comfort ratio

26.1

Capsize screening

1.96

Hull speed

8.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1669

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1985

Designer

Rob Ball, Robert Ball

Builder

C&C Yachts

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The family

Boats like this

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

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