The boat
Vision 444 ES
The extended-scoop evolution of the award-winning Vision 444: a 44-foot performance cruising catamaran built in Knysna, South Africa, with a longer, higher aft platform, a fully enclosed helm and every sail control within reach, set up for two people to sail, fix and live aboard anywhere. A 2025 Cruising World Boat of the Year finalist.
The Vision 444 ES keeps everything that made the Vision 444 Cruising World’s Best Cruising Catamaran Under 50 Feet, and adds an extended sugar scoop: 280 mm more aft platform, one step higher above the waterline and a shallower rocker aft of the mini keels. The result is easier boarding, a better platform for diving and tender work, and more buoyancy aft for carbon solar struts over the davits.
She is built in Knysna, South Africa, by a yard of sailors: resin-infused foam-sandwich hulls, furniture bonded into the structure, 18 watertight compartments, foam-filled bow crumple zones and keel-integrated water tanks. Every sail control comes back to the enclosed helm, the systems lockers are labelled and reachable, and there is a real workshop aboard. Two people can run her, fix her and sleep on her.
Built for living aboard
A bright, open saloon wrapped in windows and overhead hatches, full leather upholstery as standard, and a telescopic table that drops to a full-length daybed or passage berth. The galley is built to work rather than to impress at a boat show, with three layouts to choose from, drawer refrigeration that stays shut offshore and a filtered drinking-water tap. Forward, the nav station looks out over 280 degrees with the 12-inch MFD, autopilot, Victron and watermaker controls in one place.
The extended scoop
The ES adds 280 mm to the aft platform for a wider, flatter space to dive from, load gear and step aboard, sits one step higher above the waterline so less water comes over the transoms, and carries a longer waterline. The extra buoyancy aft supports carbon struts over the davits for a larger solar array. The fold-down side boarding door lines up with the tender and takes 500 kg.
Vision 444 ES
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