The Hallberg-Rassy 44 was already well ahead of its time when she was introduced. Soon the improved Hallberg-Rassy 44 Mark II will be here and the first finished boat will be presented at the Open Yard 21-23 August 2026, as model year 2027. The 44 Mk II may be ordered immediately. The new version is improved on no less than 29 points:
Exterior:
- Larger saloon superstructure portlights for more natural light
- Larger size hull portlights
- Hull portlights improved to tempered glass which do not scratch over time
- Hull portlights now also in the forward cabin ps and stb
- Improved swim platform with more comfortable aft end
- Improved swim ladder with erected handholds above the platform when the ladder is folded out
- Improved deck hatch in the aft cabin
- Optional carbon in-mast furling now available
- Optional electric under-deck lightwind-sail furler now available
- Deck locker for storing light wind sail when not in use
- Improved windscreen with less visible supports be- tween tempered glass panels
- Improved space for instruments above the sliding hatch, now allowing the new large Raymarine Alpha
- Improved steering system with alloy moving links
- Improved shape of steering pedestal head
- Improved pedestal head top in Corian
- Improved hand rail at pedestal top, now covering also the sides
Interior:
- Horizontal grain in the wooden interior stretches the boat to get a wider and more roomy perception
- Lowered bulkheads between saloon to galley and saloon to work table, for further airy feeling
- White painted wooden hull panels in sleeping cabins
- Invisible locking clips for white hull panels
- Hidden technical panels, switches and fuses at work table
- Improved saloon table, now out of solid wood
- Improved access to the storage under the soleboards in the port side galley
- Improved access to the storage under the soleboards in the sb side cabin
- Storage access behind the backrest to the sb side work table
- Upgraded colour in interior superstructure skins
- New type of anchor: Epsilon
- Improved more elegant installation of optional sky screens to deck hatches
- Improved comfort and design of aft cabin seat when an island berth is ordered
