Cambria 44 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Cambria 44 means chasing a rare bird: David Walters designed this aft-cockpit cutter, and Cabo Rico Custom Yachts Inc. built just eighteen of them in the USA between 1985 and 1990. She is a custom-finished cruiser with a centerboard, three cabins, and a serious offshore inventory, so the used-boat hunt is less about finding volume and more about judging the care of a specific example.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Cambria 44 follows the same accommodation plan: aft owner's cabin with centerline queen and ensuite head, forward guest cabin with V-berth and access to a second head, and an amidships cabin with upper and lower berths. The saloon is bright with a convertible U-dinette to port and settee to starboard, a nav station aft of the settee, and a opposite galley with three-burner stove, oven, double sink, fridge, and freezer. Teak and beige upholstery are standard below. On deck the center cockpit wears dodger and bimini, the helm carries a single wheel with autopilot, and the foredeck has an electric windlass with twin bow rollers; the stern has davits and a swim ladder.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the market carry a deep energy and navigation suite rather than barebones gear. Commonly fitted items include solar, a wind generator, lithium batteries, and an inverter for house power; a freezer, hardtop, radar, autopilot, chartplotter, and Starlink fill out the cruising and comms picture. For a buyer this means a vessel that has usually been provisioned for extended independent cruising, though you should still verify the age and capacity of the lithium bank and the condition of the wind generator's bearings.
What to Inspect
The defining system to survey is the hydraulic centerboard that raises the draft to 5'6" with the board up and lowers for stability; check the hydraulic lines, trunk, and pivot for corrosion or leakage, since a seized board ruins the shoal-draft advantage. The deck is balsa-cored fiberglass, so sound every panel for softening around fittings and the chainplates. The skeg protecting the propeller and skeg-hung rudder should be examined for impact damage, and the lead-ballasted keel shell checked for gelcoat crazing or previous repair.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically appear in the United States and the British Virgin Islands. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm centerboard hydraulics operate smoothly, test the balsa deck for moisture, inspect the skeg and rudder post, and verify the lithium and solar upgrades are in good order. A clean, functionally hydraulic example is a genuinely capable custom cruiser with little market competition.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Cambria 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25 | 2 | $165,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $112,500 | -31.8% |
Where they're listed
Cambria 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 | $112,500 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic 44 | 43.83' | $ 81,500 | 26 | 11 |
| Morgan Yachts Morgan 44 | 44' | $ 95,000 | 23 | 1 |
| C&C 44 | 44.17' | $ 61,900 | 9 | 1 |
| Cambria 44You are here | — | $ 112,500 | 2 | 0 |