| Nordic 44 | |
| Designer: | Robert Perry |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1980 |
| No Built: | 39 |
| Builder: | Nordic Yachts Norstar Yachts |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 7feet |
| Displacement: | 232500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 43.83feet |
| Lwl: | 35.42feet |
| Beam: | 12.92feet |
| Engine: | Westerbeke 50 410NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 93400NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 57feet |
| J: | 17.5feet |
| P: | 52.5feet |
| E: | 16feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 420square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 498.75square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 918.75square feet |
The Nordic 44 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert Perry as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1980.[1] [2]
The design was built by Nordic Yachts in Bellingham, Washington, United States between 1980 and 1989, with 39 examples built. A luxury tax imposed in the US in 1991 caused the shut-down of the company.[1] [3] [4]
Gary Nordvedt, the founder of Nordic Yachts established Norstar Yachts with his brother Steve, in Bellingham as a powerboat builder in 1994. He bought the old molds back and returned the Nordic 44 to production in 2009 as the Norstar 44, although the company went out of business in 2017.[5] [6]
The Nordic 44 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa cored deck and hull and with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel, shoal draft keel or stub keel and centerboard.[1]
A shorter rig version was also available, with a mast about 4feet lower.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke diesel engine of 410NaN0 for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin.[1]
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