Review of Ærø 44

Basic specs.

The Ærø 44 is a large sailboat designed in the late nineties. The Ærø 44 is built by the Danish yard Æ B C Ærøskøbing Bådeværft & Chartercenter ApS.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 10 berths, a galley and 180.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Rig

The Ærø 44 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.75 - 1.85 meter (5.74 - 6.04 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Ærø 44 may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar 4JH3GE diesel engine at 55 hp (40 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 200.0 liters (52 US gallons, 43 imperial gallons).

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Ærø 44 is 1.78, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Ærø 44 is about 379 kg/cm, alternatively 2127 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 379 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2127 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Ærø 44 is 3.46.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Ærø 44 is 33%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 38% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just below average.

Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	14.0 m	(45.9 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	14.0 m	(45.9 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	35.0 m	(114.8 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	30.8 m	(101.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.