Lucia 40

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The Lucia 40, on the water

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Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.20 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

154 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 154

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.8

What the fleet has seen

The Lucia 40, as the fleet has seen it

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The Lucia 40 is a 11.7-meter fractional sloop catamaran designed by Berret-Raccoupeau Yacht Design and built by Fountaine Pajot from 2015 to 2019. It has a twin keel hull, a 6.6-meter beam, a 1.2-meter draft, and displaces 8899 kg. The Lucia 40 offers a Maestro version with one owner's suite and two double cabins, or a Quatuor version with four double cabins. A Lucia 40 completed a 4,000-mile Pacific crossing from Panama to the Marquesas, arriving within one day of a Leopard 44 catamaran.3:28

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.8

Displacement / length

153.7

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

2015–2019

Designer

Berret-Raccoupeau Yacht Design, Berret-Racoupeau

Builder

Fountaine Pajot

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Excess 1111.33 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA VPLP-designed catamaran featuring a Pulse Line rig option and a focus on modern, collaborative interior styling

European Yacht of the Year testing in Spain0:51 from SEILmagasinet

Lagoon 38011.55 mSame hull family0.2 m shorter

Fast Sailing to Poros & Finding a Private Paradise in Greece!2:17 from Sailing Doodles

Leopard 3811.43 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA Morelli and Melvin-designed catamaran with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performance

Stuck in Cramped Boat Space for HOURS (YOU WARNED ME)14:47 from Huub Vlogs

Leopard 40 (2005-2009)11.97 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA 12-metre catamaran with a 1.18-metre draft and a 25.28 sail area-to-displacement ratio for efficient cruising

Mitcho vs The Wild Buffalos in Badas, Indo - Eps 706:32 from Salty Days Adventures

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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.

Saona 47A 14-metre catamaran with a 7.7-metre beam and twin keels, built from 2016 to 2020 for stable coastal exploration Isla 40A modern twin-keel catamaran from Berret-Racoupeau, designed as the successor to the Lucia 40 with a high sail area ratio Aura 51A high-performance 15-metre catamaran from Berret-Racoupeau, featuring a fractional rig and shallow 1.3-metre draft Elba 45A 13.45-metre catamaran with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio of 21.79 for spirited performance Saba 50A 15-metre catamaran featuring a rotating fractional spar and a shallow 1.25-metre draft for versatile coastal access Fp 41A 2025 catamaran successor to the Astrea 42, featuring a 1.35m draft and the choice of diesel or electric propulsion

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