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Caliber Yachts 40 LRC

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1995

A 1995-launched cutter with a 44% ballast ratio and a 1.55m draft, engineered for long-range offshore self-sufficiency

Designed by Michael McCreary.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Caliber Yachts 40 LRC, on the water

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Footage from Practical Sailor

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelyComfort 32Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.82Bluewater
LightD/L 281Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.3Powered-up
TenderBallast 44%Stiff

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

  • Heavier than ~75% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2721 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Caliber Yachts 40 LRC on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

  • A specific Caliber 40 LRC-SE is listed for sale by Dave Walters Yachts, prompting this review of the model

    from Practical Sailorseen February 20266:38

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.3
Displacement / length
280.9
Comfort ratio
32.4
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1471
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1995
Designer
Michael McCreary
Builder
Caliber Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Caliber Yachts 35 LRCA 1.37-metre draft cutter with a 46% ballast ratio, engineered for shoal-water access and offshore self-sufficiencyCaliber Yachts 47 LRCA long-range cruiser with a 52.92-foot overall length and a high comfort ratio for extended offshore passagesCaliber Yachts 30 LRCA rare, single-build masthead sloop from 1994 featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and a shallow 1.24-metre draftCaliber Yachts 35A 1992 evolution of the Caliber 33, this cutter features a 46% ballast ratio and a skeg-mounted rudder for offshore control

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