Advanced 44 Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

The interior follows a "beach loft" concept: minimalist, pale, and full of light, with sofas and an open sightline running forward to the bow so the saloon reads larger than its volume suggests. The aft cabin is large with a traditional berth layout, while the forward owner's area is a real suite left open to the living zone by design. A large, functional head with high-quality finishings serves the plan. The boat carries four berths. Buyers should note that despite a 14-metre hull, the waterlines and deckhouse shape hold interior volume below what the length implies, so the open plan trades enclosed stowage for social space.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

The standard power plant is a 40 HP saildrive diesel, which in testing delivered 7.2 knots at cruising rpm and a top motor speed near 8.7 knots. For a boat of this performance bent, the meaningful upgrades cluster around sail handling and off-grid power rather than creature comforts. A Code 0 or gennaker setup is central to her speed profile — period tests logged over 9 knots under gennaker in 12 knots of wind — so verify the asymmetric gear and any cockpit handling system. A carbon fractional rig with discontinuous rod rigging is standard; any move to a square-top main or added traveller is an owner modification worth inspecting for compatibility. Beyond that, the useful buyer-consequence items are energy and navigation: a house-bank and charging upgrade for the 300-litre water and 200-litre fuel capacities, plus modern plotter and instrumentation to exploit her responsiveness.

What to Inspect

The known construction details are the best inspection map. The hull and deck are epoxy-sandwich with PVC core and carbon at high-load points built in epoxy-infused glassfibre with carbon reinforcement. Check the steel keel-to-hull junction and the lead bulb for any corrosion or impact, and inspect the composite rudder with its PVC core and steel shafts for shaft play. The discontinuous rod rigging and carbon mast should be surveyed for fatigue at the 20°-swept spreader terminals. Because the aft area is completely open and the cockpit is broad and beamy, examine the cockpit structure and any open-transom sealing for stress.

Buyer's Takeaway

For a shopper, the takeaway is a short checklist: confirm whether the rig is the standard carbon 9/10 or a domesticated no-traveller version; survey the steel keel and lead bulb joint; verify the Code 0 or gennaker gear is present and sound; inspect the open aft cockpit for structural wear; and accept that interior volume is less than the hull length suggests. She is a couple's speed machine, not a voluminous passage-maker.