Bluewater Evidence · Ocean Proven
76% confidenceJohn Neal's Boats to Consider for Ocean Cruising lists the F&C 44, rated 2 of 5: 'Semi-modern Frers designed cruising ketch built in Argentina.' Its capsize screen value is 1.80.
The F&C 44 is a German Frers ketch built in Argentina, built from 1978 to 1992, with 66 completed.
sailboatdata.com lists a fin keel with a skeg-hung rudder, 44 ft overall on a 32.75 ft waterline, 12.5 ft of beam and 6.6 ft of draft. Displacement is 21,400 lb with 9,050 lb of ballast, and the masthead ketch carries about 804 sq ft.
John Neal rates it 2 of 5 and calls it a semi-modern Frers cruising ketch.
ARC+ 2025, Mindelo to Grenada (Atlantic leg)
Finished.
Source: World Cruising Club: ARC+ 2025 provisional results, Cruising, leg 2
Newport Bermuda Race (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Finished 4 times in the official results.
German Bight to Scotland and back (2015)
2,112 nm; Kreuzer-Abteilung A.-G.-Nissen-Preis for the best North Sea voyage of 2015.
Transoceanic passage
Cruising Club of America John Parkinson Memorial Trophy for a transoceanic passage, 1996; also awarded for 1989.
Source: Cruising Club of America: John Parkinson Trophy, Roger T. Fortin (1996)
Marion-Bermuda Race (2005)
Finished.
Source: Marion-Bermuda Race 2005 results
