Ct-44 (Pilot House)

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The Ct-44 (Pilot House), on the water

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

Footage from Plan-Sea

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

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

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.93

LightHeavy

170 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 170

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.7

TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The Ct-44 (Pilot House), as the fleet has seen it

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

The Ct-44 (PILOT HOUSE) is a 13.2-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Yves-Marie Tanton and built by Ta Chiao Shipbuilding Co. in Taiwan since 1982. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg and shares its hull with the Offshore 43 and Tanton 43 models. Aboard *Plan-Sea*, a Ted Pro 44, a crew preparing for a Bahamas crossing from West Palm Beach, Florida, experienced delays due to waiting for replacement parts, unfavorable weather, and the failure of a 25-year-old B&G Hydra instrument processor.6:17 The crew addressed a recurring black water tank issue by clearing a macerator blockage and rerouting a 90-degree elbow.1:22

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

Inspected for purchase but passed due to soft spots and leaks in the balsa core deck
from Plan-Seaseen December 202512:11

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

45.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

18.7

Displacement / length

170.1

Comfort ratio

25.9

Capsize screening

1.93

Hull speed

8.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1759

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1982

Designer

Yves-Marie Tanton

Builder

Ta Chaio Shipbuilding Co

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The family

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

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