Elliott 44
CHINA NEW YACHTS L · Greg Elliott · 2009
Updated
The Elliott 44 is a 13.65 m planing racing yacht designed by Greg Elliott and built by CHINA NEW YACHTS L, first launched in 2009. It races in Class A.
Length
13.65 m
44′ 9″
Beam
3.94 m
Draft
3.09 m
Displacement
6.8 t
Sail area
124 m²
On the podium
Where a Elliott 44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
24%
of 33 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 33 starts by 1 boat between 2019 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Elliott 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Sandhamn Open 2026 - Swedish Championship in Offshore Racing (ORCi)2026- Garmin ORC World Championship2025
- Swedish Offshore Championship for ORC International2024
ORC Mediterranean Championship 2023 - Tre Golfi Sailing Week2023- Campionato Nazionale Medio e Basso Tirreno2023
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
30%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Elliott 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Mat 122 (7 meetings), HH 42 (7 meetings), Carkeek 40 (7 meetings), Carkeek 47 (7 meetings), Landmark 43 (7 meetings), First 36.7 (6 meetings), JPK 11.80 (6 meetings), Italia 9.98 (6 meetings), Arcona 345 (6 meetings), Finnflyer 34 (6 meetings), Xp 44 (6 meetings), Farr 400 (6 meetings), Fareast 28 (5 meetings), XR 41 (5 meetings), J/99 (5 meetings), Arcona 340 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (5 meetings), Salona 37 (5 meetings), Salona 38 (5 meetings), X-37 (5 meetings), Sinergia 40 (5 meetings), Xp 38 (4 meetings), IMX 38 (4 meetings), Farr 52 (4 meetings), TP 52 (Reichel/Pugh) (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Elliott 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
6.51
36°
Beam reach
11.10
90°
Broad reach
13.93
135°
Downwind VMG
10.76
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.
It needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 off the wind once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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 1.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Elliott 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.42 | 5.89 | 6.29 | 6.51 |
| 52° | 6.70 | 8.40 | 8.80 | 9.11 |
| 60° | 7.04 | 8.64 | 9.14 | 9.52 |
| 75° | 7.28 | 8.86 | 9.65 | 10.25 |
| 90° | 7.27 | 9.00 | 9.93 | 11.10 |
| 110° | 7.08 | 9.18 | 10.50 | 12.19 |
| 120° | 6.90 | 9.18 | 10.65 | 13.17 |
| 135° | 6.22 | 8.68 | 10.41 | 13.93 |
| 150° | 5.21 | 7.72 | 9.29 | 12.43 |
| Run VMG | 4.51 | 6.69 | 8.05 | 10.76 |
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 920 kg.
Rigging
Elliott 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Elliott 44 carries 17.88 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.44 m boom, a forestay 17.94 m above the deck and a 7.51 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails