Jv 44
PRO-YACHTING · Judel/Vrolijk · 1998
Updated
The Jv 44 is a 13.30 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Judel/Vrolijk and built by PRO-YACHTING, first launched in 1998. It races in Class B.
Length
13.30 m
43′ 8″
Beam
4.02 m
Draft
2.94 m
Displacement
6.7 t
Sail area
106 m²
On the podium
Where a Jv 44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
52%
of 77 starts by 1 boat
Wins
27%
Read from 77 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Jv 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πορος 2026"2026- 32nd Cyclades Regatta - '262026
- ¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026
- 42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Α/θ ¨Πορος ΄26¨2026
- "Κυπελλο Δεη 2025"2025
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
55%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
51%
of these races end on the podium
Level across both. Plenty of designs fall away once the course gets long — a light hull that thrives round the cans can struggle through a night at sea. This one does not.
Who she races against
The designs a Jv 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
JPK 960 (7 meetings), J/80 (7 meetings), Caribbean 40 (7 meetings), Figaro 2 (7 meetings), Bonin 358 (7 meetings), Rimar 36 (7 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (7 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Jv 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
5.86
38°
Beam reach
9.52
90°
Broad reach
11.73
135°
Downwind VMG
9.11
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 cracked off in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run 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 1.0 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Jv 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 4.11 | 5.40 | 5.72 | 5.86 |
| 52° | 6.18 | 7.72 | 8.04 | 8.19 |
| 60° | 6.49 | 7.95 | 8.28 | 8.48 |
| 75° | 6.71 | 8.16 | 8.64 | 8.98 |
| 90° | 6.58 | 8.14 | 8.88 | 9.52 |
| 110° | 6.55 | 8.42 | 9.23 | 10.06 |
| 120° | 6.38 | 8.36 | 9.52 | 10.86 |
| 135° | 5.74 | 7.95 | 9.17 | 11.73 |
| 150° | 4.79 | 7.10 | 8.45 | 10.43 |
| Run VMG | 4.15 | 6.15 | 7.46 | 9.11 |
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 600 kg.
Rigging
Jv 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Jv 44 carries 16.73 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.08 m boom, a forestay 17.31 m above the deck and a 5.35 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails