BoatsAcapulco 40

Acapulco 40

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1967

A heavy-displacement masthead sloop with a long keel, produced in Oregon during the 1970s as an aft-cockpit derivative.

Designed by Ted Carpentier.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

1.83 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.83
LightHeavy

372 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 372
EasygoingPowered-up

13.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 13.7
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Beamier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 397 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
27.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.7
Displacement / length
372.0
Comfort ratio
35.0
Capsize screening
1.83
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1385
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1967
Designer
Ted Carpentier
Builder
Acapulco Yacht Corp, Challenger Yachts Corp

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Tayana 3711.18 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA Robert Perry-designed long-keel cutter with a heavy displacement and a production run of nearly 600 hulls
Downeaster 3811.58 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA 1974-era cutter with a 35.4 comfort ratio, built for stable, long-distance voyaging on a heavy-displacement hull
Bristol Yachts 4012.24 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA versatile masthead sloop available as a cutter or yawl, produced over sixteen years for steady, comfortable cruising
Whitby Boatworks 4212.80 mSame hull family0.7 m longerAn Edward S. Brewer-designed long-keeled ketch built for offshore comfort and stability over a long production run
Islander Yachts Freeport 4112.50 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA long-keeled staysail ketch derived from the Islander 40MS, featuring an interior redesign by Robert Perry

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