Baltic Yachts 42 DP
Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1981–1985
A Doug Peterson design with a 2.41-metre draft, available in tall mast and keel-centerboard configurations.
Designed by Doug Peterson.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin w/spade Rudder
See her sail
The Baltic Yachts 42 DP, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Northern Brees
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 25Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.02Bluewater
LightD/L 201Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 19.4Powered-up
TenderBallast 44%Stiff
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
- Draws more than ~94% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~77% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2658 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.
Seen 19 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Baltic Yachts 42 DP on video
The Hardest Decision of Our Journey Ep 54Sailing Northern BreesThese Tiny Boats Are Crossing the Atlantic in Hurricane Season Ep 52Sailing Northern BreesWe Got It Right This Time (Finally Heading South)Sailing Northern BreesWe Pulled Our Mast… Then the Problems StartedSailing Northern BreesWe Had 373 Miles to Sail… Before Our Riggers Left.Sailing Northern BreesWe Locked Into a Medieval Walled City After Finding a 6,000-Year-Old SecretSailing Northern BreesChannel Islands Sailing, The Swinge was exciting but so were Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey.Sailing Northern BreesEp 44. Sailing La Manche La Harve Cherbourg English Channel and our first Channel Island, AldernaySailing Northern BreesEp 43 Another day, another Port. Sailing Normandy & Seeing France by Sail. We keep going!Sailing Northern BreesEp 42 Shake Down cruise to Dunkerque. Provisioning, and then we're off the dock. What breaks? HaSailing Northern BreesSeason 4 begins. Where are we going this year? From Nieuwpoort Belgium and on to ? Ep 41Sailing Northern BreesEp 40 Season 3 Challenges and Highlights- Season 4 teaserSailing Northern Brees
Also on YouTube
- Stuck in Storms for 10 Days… What We Did Instead | Sailing FranceSailing Northern Brees
- Sailing West in the English Channel Isn’t Easy Ep 49Sailing Northern Brees
- Stuck in the Wadden Sea, Nordernay, Heligoland, Borkum, Amsterdam, Den Haag and more.Sailing Northern Brees
- We've completed the Baltic lap! Enjoyed Germany, the Kiel, and have made some Shengen Shuffle plans.Sailing Northern Brees
- Sailing Baltic Germany Part 1 - Leaving Poland, exploring Baltic Coasts in Germany + Berlin visit.Sailing Northern Brees
- Sailing Polish beaches, a quick Solidarity look & personal connection to the Wilhelm Gustaf Ep. 35Sailing Northern Brees
- Sailing Kaliningrad, Russia, in our American-flagged vessel. Canadian and American crew.Sailing Northern Brees
What broke, what changed
Gear aboard, as the crews told it
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
FailedGarmin
The Garmin devices displayed the wrong time zone, causing confusion.
aboard Sailing Northern Breesseen December 20256:01
ComparedWindyweighed against Predict Wind, Windfinder
The speaker uses Windy to compare weather models for making daily sailing assessments.
aboard Sailing Northern Breesseen March 202618:00
ComparedPredictWindweighed against Windfinder, Windy
The speaker uses Predict Wind to compare weather models for making daily sailing assessments.
aboard Sailing Northern Breesseen March 202617:57
WorkingNavionics
The crew used Navionics charts for navigation, visible on the chart plotter and in still shots.
aboard Sailing Northern Breesseen December 20259:24
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Baltic Yachts 42 DP may be fitted out entirely differently.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
43.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.4
Displacement / length
201.4
Comfort ratio
24.6
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1639
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1981–1985
Units built
30
Designer
Doug Peterson
Builder
Baltic Yachts
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The family
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