Luffe Yachts 44

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The Luffe Yachts 44, on the water

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

Footage from Erik Aanderaa

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 20 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 20

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.89

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 106

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.9

TenderStiff

52% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 52%

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

Lighter than ~79% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2593 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Luffe Yachts 44, as the fleet has seen it

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The Luffe Yachts 44 is a fractional sloop designed by Olef Jorgensen and Bent Juul Andersen, built by Luffe Yachts since 1983. It measures 13.01 meters LOA, with a 3.25-meter beam, a 1.98-meter draft, and a displacement of 5216 kg. The hull features a fin with a spade rudder. A Luffe 44 named *Amelia* was sailed to Lerwick, Shetland, in late January, where it was left in the harbor for two months due to unfavorable winds.2:01

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

52.2%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

21.9

Displacement / length

106.3

Comfort ratio

19.8

Capsize screening

1.89

Hull speed

8.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1389

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1983

Designer

Olef Jorgensen, Bent Juul Andersen

Builder

Luffe Yachts

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The family

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