Beneteau 40
Description
The Beneteau 40 is a cruising yacht designed by Berret-Racoupeau. She combines good sailing performance with comfortable accommodations, Her generous sail plan delivers excellent light-air performance. Designed for serious cruising, whether coastal hopping or ocean crossings.
Construction Details
| Designer | Berret-Racoupeau |
|---|---|
| Length | 40.000 ft |
| LOA | 39.830 ft |
| LWL | 33.920 ft |
| Beam | 12.830 ft |
| Displacement | 18210 lb |
| Max Draft | 6.230 ft |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 49.30 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 12.95 ft |
| p | 45.67 ft |
| e | 15.75 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.30 ft | 12.95 ft | 45.67 ft | 15.75 ft | - | - |
Sails
An asterisk indicates that a computer algorithm was used to determine the dimension based on sailboat rig dimensions (usually the I, J, E, and P)
| Sail Type | MAINSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 45.67 ft - (13920 mm) |
| Foot | * 15.75 ft - (4801 mm) |
| Leech-AftHdBd | * 47.52 ft - (14484 mm) |
| Tack Ang | * 88 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | * 47.79 ft - (14566 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in |
| Area (no Roach) | * 369.46 ft² |
| Sail Type | GENOA |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 48.42 ft - (14758 mm) |
| Foot | * 19.07 ft - (5813 mm) |
| Leech | * 46.12 ft - (14057 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 139.77 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 18.1 ft - (5517 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.62 ° |
| Area | * 438.23 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | * 40.78 ft - (12430 mm) |
| Foot | * 15.47 ft - (4715 mm) |
| Leech | * 36.63 ft - (11165 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 107.03 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 13.86 ft - (4225 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 11.66 ° |
| Area | * 282.59 ft² |
| Sail Type | ASYMMETRICAL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 49 ft - (14935 mm) |
| Foot | 23.3 ft - (7102 mm) |
| Leech | 46 ft - (14021 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 |
| Area | * 856 ft² |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite.