Review of Furia 44-J

Basic specs.

The Furia 44-J is a large sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Michel Joubert together with Bernard Nivelt also from France. The Furia 44-J is built by the Spanish yard Furia Yachts S.A..

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Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.39 - 2.49 meter (7.84 - 8.14 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Furia 44-J is about 378 kg/cm, alternatively 2118 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 378 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2118 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Furia 44-J is 3.25.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	13.5 m	(44.4 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	13.5 m	(44.4 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	33.8 m	(111.1 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	29.8 m	(97.7 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.