Sun Magic 44
Jeanneau · Daniel Andrieu · 1984
Updated
The Sun Magic 44 is a 13.10 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Daniel Andrieu and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1984. It races in Class B.
Length
13.10 m
43′ 0″
Beam
4.22 m
Draft
2.10 m
Displacement
10.4 t
Sail area
95 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Magic 44 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 24 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 24 starts by 1 boat between 2017 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Magic 44 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
9ο Κυπελλο Καλλιθεας2026- "Αγκιστρι 2026"2026
- 43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
- Μέθανα2025
- 42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄252025
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
4%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Magic 44 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Oceanis 423 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 26 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (7 meetings), Elan 410 (7 meetings), Elan 40 (6 meetings), Carter 33 (6 meetings), Elan 34 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Magic 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
5.39
39°
Beam reach
8.54
90°
Broad reach
9.09
135°
Downwind VMG
7.82
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 is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Sun Magic 44
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.30 | 4.62 | 5.22 | 5.39 |
| 52° | 5.13 | 6.84 | 7.49 | 7.70 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 7.10 | 7.69 | 7.92 |
| 75° | 5.69 | 7.29 | 7.88 | 8.27 |
| 90° | 5.58 | 7.34 | 8.05 | 8.54 |
| 110° | 5.48 | 7.49 | 8.27 | 9.18 |
| 120° | 5.33 | 7.37 | 8.21 | 9.30 |
| 135° | 4.75 | 6.93 | 7.98 | 9.09 |
| 150° | 4.00 | 6.17 | 7.53 | 8.55 |
| Run VMG | 3.47 | 5.34 | 6.64 | 7.82 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 500 kg.
Rigging
Sun Magic 44 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Magic 44 carries 13.61 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.87 m boom, a forestay 15.51 m above the deck and a 5.54 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 95 to 111 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.