2023年5月1日 · The Navy 44 Mark II Sail Training Craft (N 44) is the latest of four generations of one-design offshore cruiser/racers to be authorized and funded by Congress for training midshipmen. The end of World War II brought the first fleet of 12 matched 44' wooden yawls designed by Naval Architect Bill Luders to the Naval Academy.

The Navy 44 is a training keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 28,500 lb (12,927 kg). [1] [2] The boat has a …

1985 replacement for the earlier Luders designed 44' Naval Academy yawls. Some time after 2000 the design was updated (by David Perick). The first of these (also for the Naval Academy) was called 'Defiance' and subsequent boats are considered part of the DEFIANCE class.

2008年7月17日 · You won’t find the U.S. Naval Academy’s new sail training sloop, the Navy 44 MkII at any yacht brokerage, but a close look at the boat helps put today’s crop of racer-cruisers into proper perspective. The Navy 44 is meant to be cruised and raced for 20 years, and to endure two or three times the wear and tear of the average production sailboat.

2024年2月23日 · This is the famous "BOLD," one of only 20 third generation McCurdy and Rhodes designed MK1 Tillotson Pearson Yachts built for the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. These vessels were built for constant offshore sailing for twenty years of use training US Naval Officers in their required offshore sailing training.

LENGTH: Traditionally, LOA (length over all) equaled hull length. Today, many builders use LOA to include rail overhangs, bowsprits, etc. and LOD (length on deck) for hull length. That said, LOA may still mean LOD if the builder is being honest and using accepted industry standards developed by groups like the ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council).

2012年7月16日 · Largely due to the efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation, they got it: the new Leadership 44, built by Morris Yachts, a company best known for its high-end semi-custom yachts. As with the Navy 44 MkII (PS, August 2008), the boat’s designer is David Pedrick, whose extensive resume ranges from America’s Cup boats to capable cruisers.

The Boat Information Book (BIB) for the Navy 44 MK II is a document by the Vanderstar Chair and issued by the Director of Naval Academy Sailing as the model manager for this Sail Training Craft (STC). The BIB contains information on all of the boat systems, performance data and operating procedures required for safe and effective operations.

Just Launched – Navy 44. by Tom Dove. A rollicking sail in 20-25 knot winds at Annapolis convinced all 13 of us aboard that the U.S. Naval Academy was getting exactly what it wanted in the new Navy 44. What the Navy asked for was a replacement vessel for the lovely but dated Luders 44-foot yawls used for sail training at the Academy.

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