Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 26.2· Racing
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
published upwind sail area
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Solaris 44 exterior underway — Solaris
Design
- Designer
- Javier Soto Acebal
- Interior designer
- 3-Studio & Solaris Design Team
Summary
- Length overall
- 43.8 ft
- Beam
- 13.7 ft
- Draft
- 7.9–8.5 ft
- Displacement
- 21,826 lb
- Sail area (upwind)
- 1,281 ft²
- Cabins
- 3
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Best Suited For
- Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 13.35 m · fresh water 380 L
- Performance Cruising
From the published figures: SA/D 26.2 (upwind 119 m², displacement 9900 kg) · 3 cabins
- Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 13.35 m · 3 cabins · 2 heads · fresh water 380 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.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 134· Light
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.
- 36· 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.
- 24.2· Coastal
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.
- 1.96· 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.
- 8.7 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.
- Fuel58 galWater100 gal
Design Category
Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.
- D
Sheltered waters
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 4
- Waves
- up to 0.3 m
- C
Inshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 6
- Waves
- up to 2 m
- B
Offshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 8
- Waves
- up to 4 m
- AThis boat
Ocean
- Wind
- above Beaufort 8
- Waves
- above 4 m
Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.
A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.
Dimensions
- LOA
- 43.8 ft (13.35 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 41.7 ft (12.71 m)
- Beam
- 13.7 ft (4.18 m)
- Draft (min)
- 7.9 ft (2.4 m)
- Draft (max)
- 8.5 ft (2.6 m)
- Air draft
- —
- Displacement
- 21,826 lb (9,900 kg)
- Ballast
- 7,937 lb (3,600 kg)
- Cabins
- 3
- Heads
- 2
- Berths
- —
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- 710 ft² (66 m²)
- Jib
- —
- Genoa
- 570 ft² (53 m²)
- Sail area
- 1,281 ft² (119 m²)
- Downwind sail area
- —
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- 30–60 hp
- Engine count
- 1
- Engine manufacturer
- —
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 58 gal (220 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 100 gal (380 L)
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- —
Figures read fromthe builder's page
Layouts & Drawings
1 drawing from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.
About Solaris
Semi-custom
Italian builder of performance sailing yachts, founded in 1974 in Aquileia, now also producing motor yachts under Solaris Power and the CNB brand.
Solaris was founded in Aquileia, in the province of Udine, in 1974. Its milestones run through the models: the Solaris 47 of 1979, the Solaris One of 1984 and Solaris Zero of 1986, the 48cc of 1991, the 47 Express Cruiser of 1997, the Solaris 52 of 2000 and the Solaris One 48 of 2006. The Solaris 37 of 2012 opened the current era, the first Solaris Cup was sailed in 2014, and the range was renewed with the 50 in 2017, the 44 in 2018, the 111 flagship in 2021, the 40 in 2022 and the 55 in 2024.
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Every model Solaris publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.