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Carter 40

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1970–1974

A Dick Carter-designed masthead sloop also marketed as the Sea Eagle 40 and Havsornen 40, featuring a skeg-hung rudder

Designed by Dick Carter, built by Storebro Bruks AB.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.77
LightHeavy

264 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 264
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.1
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.1
Displacement / length
264.1
Comfort ratio
30.7
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1220
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1970–1974
Units built
20
Designer
Dick Carter
Builder
Storebro Bruks AB

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