Boston Boatworks Unveils the BB44 Offshore Express

Boston, Massachusetts, August 2023 - Boston Boatworks introduces the Boston Boatworks BB44, the second model in the company’s Offshore Express Cruiser Series. The BB44 unites Doug Zurn’s acclaimed aesthetic refinement with the interior mastery of Winch Design and realizes this collaboration’s full potential through Boston Boatworks’ craftsmanship.

The series-priced BB44 blends the efficiencies of Boston Boatworks’ experience in limited production, composite technology, and best methods and materials in manufacturing to produce a boat that rivals custom-built.  

The BB44 is configured for discerning cruising couples, families and guests who appreciate a safe, comfortable, functional ocean-worthy yacht well-appointed for enjoying day-use activities. The owner’s exclusive stateroom has private entry to a generous head and shower and features a (nearly) queen-sized bed that slides aft to make servicing and changing linens easy. For kids and adult guests, the salon and pilot house tables lower to become double beds (the salon’s curtained for privacy) and both have independent nighttime access to the head.   

Zurn’s hulls are known for their smooth, dry ride even at the BB44’s estimated top speed of 36 knots. Winch Design’s innovative living spaces draw in abundant light and fresh air, yielding an interior that is bright, spacious, functional, and elegant. The standard BB44 is powered by twin Volvo Penta D6 with DPI Aquamatic Drives.

Naval architect Doug Zurn expressed the BB44 concept this way. “The collaboration between Winch, Boston Boatworks and our design team offers the US market a new generation of offshore express cruisers. When our owners head home on the launch after a satisfying day on the water, they’ll be looking back at the surrounding fleet, and thinking, ‘The BB44 is the most exciting and beautiful boat in the harbor.’”

Scott Smith, founder and CEO of Boston Boatworks, takes pride in the company’s new role as an independent manufacturer. “After nearly three decades operating as a full-service shipyard, creating and servicing our own custom and contract production boats, we have realized our long-term dream of fabricating innovative Offshore Express Cruisers under the Boston Boatworks brand. The BB44 incorporates all the forward thinking we developed for the BB52, packaging these advances into this disruptive 44-footer.”

Naval architect Doug Zurn expressed the BB44 concept this way. “The collaboration between Winch, Boston Boatworks and our design team offers the US market a new generation of offshore express cruisers. When our owners head home on the launch after a satisfying day on the water, they’ll be looking back at the surrounding fleet, and thinking, ‘The BB44 is the most exciting and beautiful boat in the harbor.’”

Scott Smith, founder and CEO of Boston Boatworks, takes pride in the company’s new role as an independent manufacturer. “After nearly three decades operating as a full-service shipyard, creating and servicing our own custom and contract production boats, we have realized our long-term dream of fabricating innovative Offshore Express Cruisers under the Boston Boatworks brand. The BB44 incorporates all the forward thinking we developed for the BB52, packaging these advances into this disruptive 44-footer.”  

Hulls No. 1 and No. 2 are currently in production, with anticipated launch dates of late summer and October 2024, respectively.   

DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS 

LENGTH OVERALL:  49' 3" | 15.01 M 

LENGTH ON DECK: 44' 1" | 13.13 M 

BEAM: 14' 10" | 4.54 M 

DRAFT (DRIVES UP): 2' 4" | 0.71 M 

DRAFT (DRIVES DOWN): 3' 6" | 1.06 M

AIR DRAFT: 14' 4" | 4.37 M 

DISPL. (FULL): 33,349 BLS | 15,126.85 KG

FUEL CAPACITY: 496 GAL | 1,877 L

WATER CAPACITY: 100 GAL | 378 L

CRUISING SPEED: 32 knots 

TOP SPEED: 36 knots 

STD. ENGINES: 2 X Volvo Penta D6 w/ DPI Aquamatic Drives 

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About Boston Boatworks

Founded in 1996, Boston Boatworks has focused on applying advanced composite technology, master craftsmanship, and limited-run efficiency to build over 360 award-winning boats for discerning clients. The company evolved the use of DARPA-funded aerospace composites to optimize the properties of stiffness, strength, and durability for custom yacht designs with extremely demanding performance criteria. The company refined these processes over decades and made the benefits available to a broader market that values performance, safety, fuel economy and longevity in a luxury yacht. Boston Boatworks takes pride in their hands-on approach to long-term client relationships, with an unwavering attention to customer service.