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Outbound Yachts 44/46

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 2001

A Carl Schumacher-designed masthead sloop built for offshore performance with a stiff, comfortable motion

Designed by Carl Schumacher.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Outbound Yachts 44/46, on the water

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

Footage from BoatHowTo

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 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.78
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 192
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.9
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

  • Heavier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2367 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Outbound Yachts 44/46, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Outbound Yachts 44/46, designed by Carl Schumacher and built by Outbound Yachts since 2001, is a semi-custom, masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed for offshore cruising. With an LOA of 13.6 meters and a displacement of 12,700 kg, it features a hand-laid solid fiberglass hull and a vacuum-bagged foam core deck.4:04 Practical Sailor notes the 46-foot model has a long fin keel with a bulb, 30-inch stanchions, and watertight bulkheads.2:23 Aboard *Horizon*, Anette and Anders, who have sailed 47 countries since 2018, use a lithium electrical system with two 120-amp alternators.19:07 Practical Sailor highlights a dedicated workroom in the lazarette, 190 gallons of fuel capacity, and a hard dodger with electric winches.5:45 The boat's davit system uses the mast's topping lift to pivot the dinghy onto the swim platform. BoatHowTo analyzes the complexity of 48-volt electrical systems, noting that 24-volt alternatives offer comparable efficiency for high-output alternators.2:11 The Outbound 44/46 can be configured with a Solent double-furler setup.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across 3 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Outbound Yachts 44/46 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 Outbound Yachts 44/46 may be fitted out entirely differently.

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

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
35.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.9
Displacement / length
191.7
Comfort ratio
32.5
Capsize screening
1.78
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1942
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2001
Units built
50
Designer
Carl Schumacher
Builder
Outbound Yachts

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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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