BoatsHallberg-Rassy 44

Hallberg-Rassy 44

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/dual Rudders · First built 2016

A German Frers-designed performance cruiser featuring a modern fractional rig and dual rudders for balanced handling

Designed by German Frers.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/dual Rudders

See her sail

The Hallberg-Rassy 44, on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

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 narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.79
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 173
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.9
TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

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

  • Heavier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2054 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hallberg-Rassy 44, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hallberg-Rassy 44 is a fractional sloop designed by German Frers, built by Hallberg-Rassy from 2016 to the present. It features a fin keel with dual rudders, an LOA of 14.4 meters, a beam of 4.2 meters, a draft of 2.1 meters, and a displacement of 13,299 kg.7:12 The model incorporates modern features like an integrated bowsprit, dual rudders, and a fold-down transom, departing from older Hallberg-Rassy designs.1:25 A new Hallberg-Rassy 44 has a base price of $620,000, with factory options such as a $42,000 lithium battery package or a $40,000 teak deck pushing the cost over $1,000,000.3:16 Used models from 2017 to 2019 list between $800,000 and $1,000,000, indicating strong resale value.12:19 The Hallberg-Rassy 44 is a frequent participant in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC), demonstrating its capability for ocean passages.6:53

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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On the water

The Hallberg-Rassy 44 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Hallberg-Rassy 44 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

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

US$1,000,000Median asking

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
39.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.9
Displacement / length
173.4
Comfort ratio
31.4
Capsize screening
1.79
Hull speed
8.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2081
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2016
Designer
German Frers
Builder
Hallberg-Rassy

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The family

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