Hallberg-Rassy 42 (Enderlein)

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The Hallberg-Rassy 42 (Enderlein), 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 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 277

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.1

TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

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

Heavier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2637 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hallberg-Rassy 42 (Enderlein), as the fleet has seen it

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The Hallberg-Rassy 42 (ENDERLEIN) is a masthead ketch or sloop-rigged sailboat designed by Christoph Rassy and Olle Enderlein, built by Hallberg-Rassy from 1980 to 1991.10:01 It has a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, measures 12.9 meters LOA, 3.8 meters beam, 2.0 meters draft, and displaces 11,499 kg.9:41 The ketch rig offers a total sail area of 101.5 square meters with a genoa, or 79 square meters with a jib. The sloop variant has a total sail area of 95 square meters with a genoa, or 75.5 square meters with a jib. The Hallberg-Rassy 42 (ENDERLEIN) is considered a heavy-displacement, offshore-capable vessel, prioritizing structural integrity and storm-worthiness for ocean passages.9:27

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

39.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.1

Displacement / length

276.8

Comfort ratio

37.2

Capsize screening

1.69

Hull speed

7.9 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1526

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Steel

Production

Years built

1980–1991

Units built

252

Designer

Christoph Rassy, Olle Enderlein

Builder

Hallberg-Rassy

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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.

Hallberg-Rassy 41A masthead ketch designed by Olle Enderlein, offering a split-rig configuration for balanced handling on long passages Hallberg-Rassy 42 (Frers)A German Frers-designed masthead sloop built for blue-water cruising, featuring a stable fin keel and a 181-unit production run.Hallberg-Rassy 49A versatile staysail ketch or sloop offering a high comfort ratio and a stable fin keel with skeg-hung rudder Hallberg-Rassy 38A 1970s masthead cruiser featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a substantial 43% ballast ratio for heavy-weather stability Hallberg-Rassy 382A masthead sloop with a 43% ballast ratio, designed for offshore stability and a comfortable, stiff motion at sea Hallberg-Rassy 94 KutterA long-keeled motor-sailer with a shallow 1.15m draft, designed for protected coastal cruising and ease of handling

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