1980 Lafitte OFFSHORE CRUISER13m

Hull Type:  Fin with rudder on skeg

Rig Type:  Cutter

LOA:  44.33' / 13.51m

LWL:  35.50' / 10.82m

Beam:  12.67' / 3.86m

Listed SA:  967 ft2 / 89.83 m2

Draft (max.)  6.33' / 1.93m Draft (min.)  

Displacement:  28000 lbs./ 12701 kgs.

Ballast:  11310 lbs. / 5130 kgs.

Sail Area/Disp.1:  16.85

Bal./Disp.:  40.39%

Disp./Len.:  279.40

Designer:  Robert Perry

Builder:  Lafitte Yachts/Chung Hwa Boatworks (TAIWAN) Construction:  FG   

First Built:  1978

Last Built:  1989

# Built:  56

AUXILIARY POWER (orig. equip.)

Make:  Lehman or Perkins

Model  Type:  Diesel HP:  60

TANKS Water:  115 gals. / 435 ltrs.

Fuel:  110 gals. / 416 ltrs.

RIG AND SAIL PARTICULARS  KEY I(IG):  56.00' / 17.07m J:  19.50' / 5.94m P:  51.30' / 15.64m E:  16.40' / 5.00m

PY:   EY:   ISP:   SPL/TPS:  

SA(Fore.):  546.00 ft2 / 50.72 m2

SA(Main):  420.66 ft2 / 39.08 m2

Sail Area (100% fore+main triangles):966.66 ft2 / 89.80 m2

Sail Area/Disp.2:  16.84

Est. Forestay Length.:  59.30' / 18.07m

The Lafitte 44 follows the double-ended theme that Perry popularized with his first design, the Valiant 40. However the lines of the Lafitte look distinctly more modern, with its high freeboard. The bow has a moderately fine entry and sits fairly high above the water. Going below the waterline, you’ll find a deep and long fin keel drawing 6’4″ and a skeg-hung rudder.

Up above, the boat is close to being a flush-deck with its short and low cabin, faired gracefully into the deck and 22ft of foredeck that is clear and unobstructed. The side decks are 2 feet wide with well placed handholds.

Entry below is served via two companionways, one amidships and one aft. The interior is extensively fitted out with teak trim, flat surfaces and walls are in teak laminated ply. The quality of workmanship is very high. Ventilated lockers and drawers abound, providing more than ample stowage space for extended voyaging. The wet locker is warmed by the engine. The galley is very large and functional, fit for the gourmet many would say. It’s one of the most prominent features inside the boat and is set up very extremely well.

Standard hulls were built from hand-laid fiberglass cored with Airex foam, while it was an option to have the hull constructed of solid fiberglass laminate. The hulls were built very strong and reinforced with foam-filled frames, longitudinals and also with glassed-in bulkheads. The frame under the deck-stepped mast was reinforced with a stainless-steel plate. The decks were cored with Baltek balsa.

The ballast was cast in lead and externally mounted with stainless-steel bolts. Some owners have reported nonstructural hairline cracking at this join.

The boat is setup to make passages without fuss, it’s a stiff and dry boat with a comfortable motion. Honest 160 mile days are reported.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.