Nauticat 44

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Nauticat 44
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Nauticat 44 schooner
Development
Designer Kaj Gustafsson
Location Finland
Year1974
Builder(s) Siltala Yachts/Nauticat Yachts Oy
Role Motorsailer
NameNauticat 44
Boat
Displacement 32,000 lb (14,515 kg)
Draft 5.92 ft (1.80 m)
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 43.67 ft (13.31 m)
LWL 37.75 ft (11.51 m)
Beam 12.17 ft (3.71 m)
Engine type Ford Motors 120 hp (89 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board typelong keel
Rudder(s) keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan Ketch
Total sail area1,227.00 sq ft (113.992 m2)
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The Nauticat 44 is a Finnish motorsailer sailboat that was designed by Kaj Gustafsson as a cruiser and first built in 1974. [1] [2]

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Production

The design was built by Siltala Yachts in Finland, which later changed its name to Nauticat Yachts Oy. Production was started in 1974, but the design is now out of production. The company was declared bankrupt on 16 May 2018. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Design

Nauticat 44 schooner on a boat lift, showing the hull and keel shape Nauticat 44 hull design.JPG
Nauticat 44 schooner on a boat lift, showing the hull and keel shape

The Nauticat 44 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood decks and trim. It has a ketch, schooner or optional cutter rig, with aluminum spars. The schooner rig may include a jib and staysails on both masts. [1] [2]

The design features a raked stem, a nearly plumb transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by wheels in the cockpit and the wheelhouse. It has a fixed long keel and displaces 32,000 lb (14,515 kg). [1] [2]

The boat has a draft of 5.92 ft (1.80 m) with the standard keel. [1]

The boat is fitted with a British Ford Motor Company diesel engine of 120 hp (89 kW). The fuel tank holds 285 U.S. gallons (1,080 L; 237 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 200 U.S. gallons (760 L; 170 imp gal). [1]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six to seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee with a drop-down table and a straight settee in the main cabin, plus an "L" settee in the wheelhouse at the navigation station and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located forward on the port side just aft of the bow cabin. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, refrigerator and a double sink. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the port side in the aft cabin. [2]

Ventilation is provided by opening ports, a sliding hatch and two main cabin sliding doors that open to the deck. The aft cabin features stern ports. [2]

For sailing the design is equipped with halyard winches on each mast, plus four sheet winches. There is a bow-mounted anchor roller provided. [2]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "this big motor sailer is shown primarily because of its schooner rig, It is also included because of the wheelhouse and the cabin plan peculiar to a motor sailer. The large quantities of water and fuel give a cruising range under power of 900 nautical miles." [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Nauticat 44 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 372-373. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Nauticat - Siltala Yachts". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Nauticat Yachts Oy (15 May 2020). "Nauticat Yachts Oy declared bankrupt". nauticat.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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