Botin 44
M BOATS · Botín & Carkeek · 2020
Updated
- ORC World Championship · Class A2024
Each title was won by a boat of this design, not by the design itself.
The Botin 44 is a 13.40 m planing racing yacht designed by Botín & Carkeek and built by M BOATS, first launched in 2020. It races in Class 0.
Length
13.40 m
44′ 0″
Beam
4.03 m
Draft
3.14 m
Displacement
4.8 t
Sail area
130 m²
On the podium
Where a Botin 44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
36%
of 28 starts by 2 boats
Wins
21%
Read from 28 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Botin 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Loro Piana Giraglia2026- ORC World Championship2026
- ORC World Championship2024
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
44%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
20%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Botin 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Irc 52 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 44 (Polli) (4 meetings), Farr 45 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 48 (4 meetings), Sly 42 (4 meetings), Cape 31 (4 meetings), Mat 124 (4 meetings), First 44.7 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Botin 44 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
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
6.83
36°
Beam reach
12.81
90°
Broad reach
15.80
135°
Downwind VMG
13.10
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is running deep in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind 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 2.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Botin 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.85 | 6.19 | 6.60 | 6.83 |
| 52° | 7.37 | 8.82 | 9.38 | 9.86 |
| 60° | 7.77 | 9.21 | 9.88 | 10.46 |
| 75° | 8.05 | 9.71 | 10.66 | 11.58 |
| 90° | 7.97 | 9.77 | 11.31 | 12.81 |
| 110° | 7.79 | 9.97 | 11.78 | 14.04 |
| 120° | 7.49 | 9.97 | 12.07 | 14.86 |
| 135° | 6.81 | 9.51 | 12.14 | 15.80 |
| 150° | 5.70 | 8.34 | 10.50 | 15.12 |
| Run VMG | 4.94 | 7.22 | 9.09 | 13.10 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 860 kg.
Rigging
Botin 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Botin 44 carries 18.37 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.08 m boom, a forestay 17.91 m above the deck and a 7.95 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails