C&C Yachts 40-1

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/spade rudder · 1970–present

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

42.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.1

Displacement / length

354.8

Comfort ratio

34.1

Capsize screening

1.77

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1205

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1970–present

Designer

C&C, C&C Design

Builder

C&C Yachts

Design & history

The earlier C&C 40 is similar to the CRUSADER 40 but with a keel-attached rudder and small bowsprit; it was not built in great numbers and is a completely different design from the later C&C 40's after 1977.

Notable features

Rudder attached to the keelSmall bowsprit

Variants

CRUSADER 40
C&C 40 (later, after 1977)

Design

Earlier version of the C&C 40, similar to the CRUSADER 40; completely different design from the later C&C 40's produced after 1977.

Production

Not built in great numbers.

Curated reference notes

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