Advanced A 44
AD Boats · Biscontini · 2014
Updated
The Advanced A 44 is a 13.45 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Biscontini and built by AD Boats, first launched in 2014. It races in Class A.
Length
13.45 m
44′ 2″
Beam
4.26 m
Draft
2.96 m
Displacement
8.7 t
Sail area
115 m²
On the podium
Where a Advanced A 44 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 5 starts by 1 boat between 2021 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Advanced A 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025- REGATA DELLA GALLINARA - Trofeo della Cappelletta2025
- 3G2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Advanced A 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 52 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), First 44.7 (3 meetings), Comet 45 (3 meetings), Solaris 44 (4 meetings), First 40.7 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) (3 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), First 34.7 (3 meetings), Swan 42 (2 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (2 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), First 50 (3 meetings), Pogo 36 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (2 meetings), Dufour 455 (2 meetings), First 36.7 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 47 (3 meetings), JOD 35 (2 meetings), Dufour 44 (2 meetings), Marten 49 (2 meetings), J/92 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), Stag 32 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), IMX 45 (1 meeting), X-50 (1 meeting), Vismara 46 (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (2 meetings), Farr 45 (1 meeting), Ker 46 (2 meetings), J/122 (1 meeting), Melges 32 (1 meeting), Este 39 (1 meeting), First 40 (2 meetings), TP 52 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
6.00
40°
Beam reach
10.18
90°
Broad reach
12.25
135°
Downwind VMG
9.22
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Advanced A 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.91 | 5.38 | 5.81 | 6.00 |
| 52° | 5.95 | 7.88 | 8.38 | 8.60 |
| 60° | 6.27 | 8.16 | 8.67 | 8.93 |
| 75° | 6.50 | 8.34 | 9.09 | 9.55 |
| 90° | 6.66 | 8.62 | 9.27 | 10.18 |
| 110° | 6.55 | 8.78 | 9.87 | 11.09 |
| 120° | 6.42 | 8.69 | 10.12 | 11.79 |
| 135° | 5.74 | 8.21 | 9.60 | 12.25 |
| 150° | 4.79 | 7.20 | 8.75 | 10.65 |
| Run VMG | 4.14 | 6.24 | 7.61 | 9.22 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 580 kg.
Rigging
Advanced A 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Advanced A 44 carries 17.57 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.87 m boom, a forestay 17.71 m above the deck and a 6.55 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails