BoatsHans Christian Christina 40

Hans Christian Christina 40

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1986

A fin-keeled cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, offering a more modern underwater profile for the Hans Christian fleet

Designed by Scott Sprague.

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

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The Hans Christian Christina 40, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Garrett’s Adventure

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelyComfort 34Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.80Bluewater
LightD/L 277Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.5Powered-up
TenderBallast 36%Stiff

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

  • Heavier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2845 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 6 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Hans Christian Christina 40 on video

Running my Sailboat VERY agroundA sailboat crew freed their grounded vessel by winching the mast to reduce draft after rescue declined.Garrett’s AdventureSailing to and Exploring Remote Islands on Australia's East Coast NSWA Hans Christian 40 navigates the New South Wales coast while addressing steering and outboard engine maintenance.Garrett’s AdventureFirst Sail on my New 40 foot BoatA heat exchanger drain plug kinked by a previous owner leaks salt water onto the wiring harness in Fiji.Garrett’s AdventureUnpacking My New Sailboat: Christmas Comes EarlyA 40-ft Hans Christian undergoes a refit in Fiji, including window re-caulking and stuffing box maintenance.Garrett’s AdventureBuying a 40 Foot Sailboat at 21/yoGarrett bought a Hans Christian Christina 40 in Fiji for $45,000 after osmosis cut $35,000 off the price.Garrett’s Adventure

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen sold
1channel looked into buying
$45,000Median asking

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

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.5
Displacement / length
277.0
Comfort ratio
33.6
Capsize screening
1.80
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1498
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1986
Designer
Scott Sprague
Builder
Hans Christian

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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.

Hans Christian Christina 43A Scott Sprague-designed cutter with a high comfort ratio and skeg-mounted rudder, built for heavy-weather cruisingHans Christian 41A heavy-displacement cutter designed by Scott Sprague, later produced as the Traditional 41 in ThailandHans Christian 43A 12.99-meter staysail ketch with a long keel and high comfort ratio, built from 1974 to 1992 for steady offshore workHans Christian 45A staysail ketch with a long keel and high comfort ratio, configured for steady, traditional offshore passage-makingHans Christian 48A 14.5-meter cutter with a long keel and high comfort ratio, later produced as the Traditional 48 in ThailandHans Christian Christina 48A fin-keeled cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, offering a more modern underwater profile for the Hans Christian fleet

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