Cal 44 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Cal 44 means chasing one of just 21 Hunt-designed cutters Bangor Punta Marine built from 1984, a 43.5-foot solid-fiberglass cruiser with a lead fin keel and a cutter rig that reads as a serious voyager rather than a weekend coastal toy. She is a large sailboat with the tankage and ballast to cross oceans, and the surviving documentation leaves her structural prognosis clean.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Cal 44 was offered with a fin keel in two draft ranges, a shoaler 5.41 to 5.71 feet and a deeper 6.50 to 6.80 feet, the latter confined to major marinas anchor. A buyer should confirm which keel a specific hull carries, as it dictates where she can be berthed. The 13.5-foot beam and 25,300-pound displacement with 10,300 pounds of lead ballast describe a beamy, deeply laden cruiser whose 200-gallon water and 80-gallon diesel tanks support long passages.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market these boats commonly carry air conditioning, solar, lithium batteries, an inverter, and a wind generator, with bow thrusters, bimini, dodger, dinghy davits, radar, chartplotter, and freezer also frequently fitted. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster — solar, lithium, inverter, wind generator — means a hull that has likely been wired for extended anchoring; verify the house-bank size and charging path. Canvas and sail-handling additions such as bimini, dodger, and davits speak to tropical or liveaboard use and should be inspected for UV degradation. Navigation gear like radar and chartplotter is expected and should be checked for obsolete displays.
What to Inspect
The Cal 44 carries no structural defects, osmotic blistering, or rigging failures in the authority materials, so a buyer's survey should focus on standard age-related wear rather than design-specific faults. Confirm the solid fiberglass hull and lead keel are sound, and verify the Westerbeke W58 diesel at 58 horsepower runs clean.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats appear in the United States. A short checklist for a viewing:
- Confirm the fin-keel draft band on the specific hull.
- Survey the solid fiberglass hull and lead keel for age wear.
- Verify the Westerbeke W58 diesel operation and mounts.
- Inspect solar, lithium, and inverter wiring for safe installation.
- Check bimini, dodger, and davits for UV and load damage.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Cal 44. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $44,500 | — |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $44,500 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Cal 44 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 2.
Country view
2 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $44,500 | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
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| CAL 44You are here | — | $ 44,500 | 2 | 1 |