Hallberg-Rassy 44 Mk II

Design

Designer

Germán Frers

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 14.45 m · fresh water 745 L

• Short-Handed

  From the published figures: LOA 14.45 m · upwind 106.5 m²

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 14.45 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 745 L

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

47.4 ft (14.45 m)

Hull length

44.9 ft (13.68 m)

LWL

42.3 ft (12.88 m)

Beam

13.8 ft (4.2 m)

Draft (min)

5.7 ft (1.75 m)

Draft (max)

6.9 ft (2.1 m)

Air draft

70.9 ft (21.6 m)

Displacement

29,321 lb (13,300 kg)

Ballast

11,684 lb (5,300 kg)

Cabins

2–3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,146 ft² (106.5 m²)

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

75 hp (Volvo Penta)

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

Volvo Penta

Propulsion type

shaft drive

Fuel capacity

111 gal (420 L)

Fresh water capacity

197 gal (745 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

Lead with bulb

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Transport height, including windshield

4.62 m

Estimated GRT

21.10

Transport height, no windshield

4.23 m

Estimated NRT

18.99

Sail area with genoajib, optimized sail area

113.1 m2

Layouts & Drawings

2 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  Hallberg rassy44mk ii sail plan — Hallberg-Rassy

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  Hallberg rassy44mk ii deck plan — Hallberg-Rassy

Brochure

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (Hallberg-Rassy). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

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  Hallberg-Rassy 44 Mk II - Sailing Teaser

  Hallberg-Rassy · 7/13/2026

Videos whose title names the Hallberg-Rassy 44 Mk II, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About Hallberg-Rassy

Premium production

Swedish builder of bluewater cruising sailboats, based in Ellös and formed in 1972, when the Rassy yard took over that of Harry Hallberg (founded in 1943), and still 100% family-owned.

Hallberg-Rassy began as two yards. Harry Hallberg opened his own wooden-boat yard at Kungsviken on the island of Orust in 1943, built the Folkboat and the Kungskryssaren in series, and in 1963 was among the first to build sailing boats in GRP in series -- his P-28, most of its first hundred sold to the USA, was the yard's early export success. Christoph Rassy arrived from Bavaria in 1960, bought the old Hallberg yard at Kungsviken when Hallberg moved to Ellös in the mid-1960s, and in 1966 launched the Rasmus 35, a pioneering long-distance cruiser with a centre cockpit behind a windshield -- the arrangement the yard has kept ever since. When Harry Hallberg retired in 1972 the Rassy yard bought the Ellös premises and the two names merged into Hallberg-Rassy; the first new design under that name, the Monsun 31, became the bestseller with 904 built by 1982. Germán Frers has drawn every model since 1988. The yard is still in Ellös and still family-owned.

The Hallberg-Rassy Range

Every model Hallberg-Rassy publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Hallberg-Rassy 6972.9 ft
2. Hallberg-Rassy 5760.5 ft
3. Hallberg-Rassy 5053.6 ft
4. Hallberg-Rassy 44 Mk II· this model47.4 ft
5. Hallberg-Rassy 40042.8 ft
6. Hallberg-Rassy 40C42.8 ft
7. Hallberg-Rassy 37039.8 ft
8. Hallberg-Rassy 34035.9 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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