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Columbia Yachts 41

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1972

A 12.34-metre masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and an optional shoal draft of 4.92 feet

Designed by William H. Tripp Jr & B. Seeley.

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

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The Columbia Yachts 41, on the water

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Character

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LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

At 1.65 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.65
LightHeavy

279 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 279
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.7
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Columbia Yachts 41, as the fleet has seen it

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The Columbia Yachts 41 is a masthead sloop designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and B. Seeley, built by Columbia Sailing Yachts from 1972. It has a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, measures 12.3 meters LOA, 3.4 meters beam, 1.9 meters draft, and displaces 9298 kg. The Columbia 41 was likely built from the same hull mold as the Tripp-designed Columbia 39. A shoal draft variant of 4.92 feet was also offered.

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Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.7
Displacement / length
279.3
Comfort ratio
36.5
Capsize screening
1.65
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1286
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1972
Units built
86
Designer
William H. Tripp Jr, B. Seeley
Builder
Columbia Sailing Yachts

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Related models

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