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Cabo Rico 42 Pilot

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 2005

A 2005 pilothouse evolution of the Paine-designed cutter, featuring a long keel and a high comfort ratio for stable offshore

Designed by C. W. (Chuck) Paine & Ed Joy.

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

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The Cabo Rico 42 Pilot, on the water

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Character

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LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39
CoastalBluewater

At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 361
EasygoingPowered-up

16.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.3
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

What the fleet has seen

The Cabo Rico 42 Pilot, as the fleet has seen it

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The Cabo RICO 42 PILOT is a cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, designed by C. W. (Chuck) Paine and Ed Joy and built by Cabo Rico from 2005 to the present. It measures 14.2 m LOA, with a 3.9 m beam, 1.6 m draft, and displaces 12219 kg.0:55 Aboard S/V Coralia, a Cabo RICO 42, the crew completed a 700-nautical-mile offshore passage from Fort Pierce, Florida, to Cape Charles, Virginia, in under four days, averaging 6.5 to 9 knots by leveraging the Gulf Stream.22:40 The passage involved close-reaching, broad-reaching, and motoring during light winds, with the vessel handling sustained 23 to 25 knot winds near Diamond Shoals under full main and staysail.15:58 Crews note the Cabo RICO 42's build quality, observing hull water noise but no structural creaking while underway.1:25

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Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Cabo Rico 42 Pilot on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.3
Displacement / length
361.2
Comfort ratio
38.8
Capsize screening
1.69
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1456
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2005
Designer
C. W. (Chuck) Paine, Ed Joy
Builder
Cabo Rico

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