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Popular Cruising Yachts 40 to 45 feet Long Overall Their Physical Properties & Key Performance Indicators
Welcome to this ever-growing gallery of some of the most popular cruising yachts between 40 and 45 feet (12.2m to 13.7m) long overall. But it's more than just a gallery - every image is a link to a page setting out the boat's physical properties, key performance indicators and other data.
Cruising Yachts featured on this page...
With plenty of room for a cruising couple to live aboard comfortably, production cruising boats within this size range are understandably very popular with long distance sailors. However, marina charges worldwide seem to take a bit of a hike at 12m, so be warned... If you'd like to submit a suitable image of a cruising yacht (yours perhaps?), please click here to send your pic. It doesn't have to be within this boat length category; if it isn't we'll move it to the appropriate one. Passport 42 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409 Slocum 43 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44 DS Beneteau Oceanis 440 Morgan Out Island 41 Beneteau Oceanis 43 Catalina Morgan 43 Moody 41 Classic Dehler 43 CWS Hunter Passage 42 Beneteau First 435 Hallberg-Rassy 41 Sweden Yachts 42 Seastream 43 Morgan 41 Out Island Classic Jeanneau Sun Magic 44 (also known as the Sun Odyssey 44) Formosa 42 Feeling 446 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44i Hallberg-Rassy 43 Freedom 44 (Cat Ketch) Catalina Morgan 440 Catalina 445 Catalina 42 MkII Beneteau 411 Bavaria Match 42 Island Packet 40Roomy, comfortable and robust, the long-keeled Island Packet 40 could be many sailors ideal cruising yacht. 139 of them were built between 1994 and 2000.  'Zephyr' , an Ovni 395 dried out on a Cornish beach. Many thanks to Colin & Rebecca Campbell for this pic of their versatile cruising yacht.  Pearson 424The Peason 424 cruising yacht is available as a ketch as the version shown below, or as a cutter. There's no denying that the Pearson 424 is an attractive cruising yacht.  The J/40 is a highly regarded performance cruising yacht. Designed and built to really sail well, passage times will be impressive.  Derived from C&C's Redline 41, the Newport 41 had a long and successful production run. It might lack some of the amenities of 'full-volume' modern cruising yachts below decks, but is a tough, fast and seakindly boat offshore.  Sirius 40 DSThe Sirius 40 DS motorsailer can be built with a number of keel options: A deep fin keel of 7'6", 6'6" or 5'9"; a swing keel that draws 8'0" and 3'2" up; or twin keels that allow the boat to dry out upright.  Columbia 43 MkIIIThe gentle sheer and flush deck of this Columbia 43 MkIII aft-cockpit cruising yacht make for a very attractive sailboat.  Pacific Seacraft 40 Many thanks to Mike Price for this fine pic of his Contest 44 'Tumbledown Wind' as she crosses the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) finishing line.  Mason 43 Cruising YachtsMany thanks to Sally & Al Pribyl for this pic of their Mason 43 staysail ketch 'Artemis' , at anchor in Prickly Bay, Grenada.  Many thanks to Richard Clement and family for this fine pic of their Moody 425 cruising yacht 'Vega' .  Norseman 447Many thanks for this pic to Dartanyon Race, co-Captain of this Norseman 447 cruising yacht 'Lutris' .  Hunter 40.5 Caliber 40 LRC Swan 43 (S & S) C&C Landfall 42 RH 43 (Also known as the CT 43) Jeanneau Sun Legende 41 Hinckley Sou'wester 42 MkII Ovni AluBat 43 Hallberg Rassy 42 (Frers)She looks like a cutter in this pic, but the inline stays converging at the masthead shows that the Hallberg-Rassy 42 cruising yacht 'Cavatina' is a solent rigged sloop.  Beneteau 423 Beneteau Oceanis 42CC Moody Eclipse 43 Trintella 44 Catalina 400 Mk2 Islander 44 Grand Soleil 39 Westerly Oceanlord 41 CSY 44 (Walk-Through)Many thanks to Jeff and Carolee, for this pic of their CSY 44 Walk-Thru' staysail ketch 'Contessa' .  CSY 44 (Mid-Cockpit) Jeanneau 'Sun Odyssey' 40.3 Outbound 44 Island Packet 445Many thanks to Jim Shanahan for this great pic of his Island Packet cruising yacht 445 'Watermark III'.  Passport 40 More Cruising Yachts Pics Please...Hallberg-rassy 42 (enderlein), recent articles.  'The Dream', a Hallberg-Rassy 41 for SaleNov 07, 24 10:55 AM The Nicholson 32 Mk10 SailboatNov 02, 24 09:45 AM Oct 29, 24 12:47 PM Here's where to:
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