Review of Offshore 44
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 6 berths, a galley and toilet facility.
The Offshore 44 is equipped with a ketch rig. A ketch rig is generally considered easier to handle, because the sails are smaller, and because it can sail on most points to the wind with one sail completely taken down for repair or while reefing. The sail configuration of a ketch allows for better comfort and stability when sailing downwind or on a broad reach.
Full keel
The Offshore 44 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.69 - 1.79 meter (5.54 - 5.84 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The Offshore 44 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
Offshore 44 may be equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.236 diesel engine
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Perkins diesel engine at 115 hp (85 kW).
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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Offshore 44 is 1.56, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Offshore 44 is about 328 kg/cm, alternatively 1841 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 328 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1841 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Offshore 44 is 3.60.
SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)
Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind:
- Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15
- Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20
- Racers have ratios above 20
- High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24
Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 13.47
Maintenance
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.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 13.3 m | (43.6 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 13.3 m | (43.6 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 33.2 m | (109.1 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 29.3 m | (96.0 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
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