Little Harbor 44 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used market for a Little Harbor 44 means chasing a small population of boats: fifteen were built from 1983 to 1987, and each left the factory with a high level of fitted cruising gear plus a layout chosen from four plans. Because the first ten hulls were all individual inside, a buyer should expect to evaluate each boat on its own configuration rather than a single standard interior.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 44 was offered in aft cockpit and center cockpit forms. Aft cockpit boats appear with either two heads (Plan A) or a single head (Plan B), while center cockpit versions use a split aft berth of double and single (Plan A) or a centerline queen (Plan B). With six center cockpit hulls built—the first being Ted Hood's own Robin Too—those are the scarcer arrangement, and aft cockpit boats with the simpler one-head plan are a plausible easier find. Whichever layout, the teak joinery, camphor-lined lockers, and eleven separate lockers define the interior character.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Many boats on the market carry a furling main, electric winches, and a spinnaker as commonly fitted sail-handling gear, which reduces crew load for a cruiser of this size. Often-seen upgrades include air conditioning, heating, inverter, asymmetric spinnaker, radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, and life raft—together these form the modern offshore comfort and navigation cluster a buyer should verify is present and operational. Less common owner additions run to freezer, hot water, bimini, dodger, teak decks, cockpit shower, Starlink, and short-handed setup, so a boat lacking them is not unusual. The factory already provided a 17-gallon water heater, two alternators over 100 amps, and four heavy batteries, so the electrical base is sound before additions.
What to Inspect
The centerboard hoist system is watertight with a winch on deck, and its seals should be checked for age-related leakage paths. All through-hull fittings are equipped with bronze seacocks, so confirm each operates and the bronze is sound. Bilge defense is two manual pumps plus an automatic electric pump; test all three and trace the eight cockpit and deck scuppers for clear drainage. The centerboard trunk was molded into the hull below the cabin sole, and the two-part centerboard carries a bronze leading shoe—inspect the trunk and shoe for impact or corrosion. The wet exhaust has a lift to transom discharge; verify hose condition and the lift geometry.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Little Harbor 44s are found in the United States market. For a buyer, the checklist is: confirm the layout plan and cockpit type, verify the commonly fitted furling main and electric winches are present, test the centerboard hoist watertight integrity, exercise every bronze seacock, and confirm the manual and automatic bilge pumps plus scupper paths are clear. A thorough survey of the centerboard trunk and bronze shoe will tell you more about long-term health than cosmetic teak condition.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Little Harbor 44. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 1 | $149,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $144,250 | -3.2% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $109,000 | -24.4% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $109,000 | 0.0% |
| Feb 26 | 3 | $185,000 | +69.7% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $185,000 | 0.0% |
| May 26 | 1 | $185,000 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Little Harbor 44 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 9.
Country view
9 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $185,000 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gozzard 44 | 50' | $ 259,000 | 26 | 4 |
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| Hylas 44 | 44.17' | $ 104,495 | 14 | 1 |
| Little Harbor 44You are here | — | $ 185,000 | 9 | 0 |