Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 19.1· Cruiser
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
published upwind sail area
Kraken-Artwork-Boat-Render-K44-FB-1349x2048 — Kraken Yachts
Design
- Naval architect
- Kevin Dibley
Summary
Sailing MonohullSail
- Length overall
- 44.4 ft
- Beam
- 13.8 ft
- Draft
- 5.9 ft
- Air draft
- 69.9 ft
- Displacement
- 33,951 lb
- Sail area (upwind)
- 1,249 ft²
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Sailing Ratios
Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 225· Moderate
How it is worked out
displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³
Ballast ratio
The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.
- 31· Moderate
How it is worked out
ballast ÷ displacement × 100
Comfort ratio
Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.
- 37.9· Moderate offshore
How it is worked out
displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft
Capsize screening
A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.
- 1.70· Below 2
How it is worked out
beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓
Hull speed
Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.
- 8.5 kn
How it is worked out
1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots
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.
Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.
- Fuel159 galWater132 gal
Dimensions
- LOA
- 44.4 ft (13.52 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 40.7 ft (12.398 m)
- Beam
- 13.8 ft (4.2 m)
- Draft (min)
- 5.9 ft (1.8 m)
- Draft (max)
- —
- Air draft
- 69.9 ft (21.3 m)
- Displacement
- 33,951 lb (15,400 kg)
- Ballast
- 10,362 lb (4,700 kg)
- Cabins
- —
- Heads
- —
- Berths
- —
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- —
- Jib
- —
- Genoa
- —
- Sail area
- 1,249 ft² (116 m²)
- Downwind sail area
- —
- Rig type
- Solent rig
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- 57 hp
- Engine count
- 1
- Engine manufacturer
- —
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 159 gal (600 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 132 gal (500 L)
- Black water capacity
- 40 gal (150 L)
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- Zero Keel (integral, part of the hull)
- Rudder type
- Alpha Rudder (skeg-hung)
- Steering wheels
- —
Builder's Own Figures
- Air draft (ICW rig)
- 63 ft 5 inches
- Beam waterline
- 3.65 m
- Engine power
- 41.9 kW
- Ballast ratio
- 40%
- Sail area (ICW rig)
- 102.0 m²
- Grey water
- 250 L
- Draft basis
- half load
- Displacement basis
- full load (the only figure the page gives)
Figures read fromkrakenyachts.com/kraken44/· Design specificationread 9/13/2026
Layouts & Drawings
6 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.
K44_001-REVC-2026-Option-1-JUN26-scaled — Kraken Yachts
K44_001-2026-Deck-Plan_Option-1-scaled — Kraken Yachts
K44_001-2026-Deck-Plan_Option-2-scaled — Kraken Yachts
Kraken-44-Sail-Plans-2026a_Standard-Rig-Slab-Reefed — Kraken Yachts
Kraken-44-Sail-Plans-2026a_Upgraded-Rig-In-Mast — Kraken Yachts
Kraken-44-Sail-Plans-2026a_ICW-Rig-Slab-Reefed — Kraken Yachts
Videos
External contentFilms of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (Kraken Yachts). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.
Kraken News: The Kraken 44 Is Here
Kraken Yachts · 6/26/2026
Videos whose title names the Kraken 44, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.
About Kraken Yachts
Semi-custom
Builder of heavy-displacement bluewater cruising yachts — the Kraken 44, 50 and 58 — designed around an integral 'Zero Keel' and a skeg-hung 'Alpha Rudder' for ocean passages.
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Every model Kraken Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.
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