BOMBAY EXPLORER 44
Cutter • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1978
Dimensions
- LOA
- 45.42 ft
- LWL
- 34.5 ft
- Beam
- 13.08 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.83 ft
- Displacement
- 28,600 lbs
- Ballast
- 11,600 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.71 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 311
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 40.6%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 887 sq ft
- I
- 53.3 ft
- J
- 18.5 ft
- P
- 49 ft
- E
- 16.1 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Cutter
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1978
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Power
- 60 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Notes:
Shoal draft version: Draft- 4.83'/1.47m.
Keel/Centerboard version: BU 4.83/1.47m', BD 9.42'/2.87m.
It is believed that this yacht was first built as the STILLSON 44 by Harstil Industries (Fraser, Michigan,USA). And that the hull design was developed first as 'Spirit of Michigan', a competitor in the Canada's Cup match race series of 1972.