Review of Casamance 44

Basic specs.

The Casamance 44 is a large catamaran designed by the French maritime architect bureau Joubert / Nivelt in the mid eighties. Several hundred boats have been built.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. A hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

The hull is a double hull. The core material in the sandwich construction is PVC foam.PVC foam core is a synthetic material which offers excellent mechanical properties and low weight. It is widely used and has a proven track record in marine sandwich composites.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 4 cabins, 12 berths and 599 liters (158 US gallons, 131 imperial gallons) fresh water capacity.

The headroom is above average

Rig

The Casamance 44 is built with a fractional rig. The sail area for the mailsail + jib is 139.9 m² (1,506.1 ft²). A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

Bilge keel

The Casamance 44 is built with a bilge keel. A bilge keel is a twin keel, which allows the boat to be beached. Bilge keels are the most popular keel for tidal waters.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.15 - 1.25 meter (3.77 - 4.07 ft) dependent on the load.

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.

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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 Casamance 44 is 1.93.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is slimmer than 66% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Casamance 44 is 106 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.

69% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.

Maintenance

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References

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