BoatsPacific Seacraft 40

Pacific Seacraft 40

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1997

A William Crealock-designed cutter built for offshore stability with a conservative capsize screening of 1.73

Designed by William Crealock.

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

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The Pacific Seacraft 40, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing With Phoenix | Oliver

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Character

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

LivelyComfort 38Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.73Bluewater
LightD/L 351Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 16.3Powered-up
TenderBallast 36%Stiff

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

  • Heavier than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2630 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 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Pacific Seacraft 40 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale
1channel looked into buying

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.3
Displacement / length
351.1
Comfort ratio
37.5
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1387
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Designer
William Crealock
Builder
Pacific Seacraft

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Rustler Yachts 4212.80 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 12.8-metre cutter with a 40% ballast ratio, engineered for heavy-weather stability and long-range blue water autonomy
Rustler 42 - A Yacht Delivery from St Lucia to Antigua0:28from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery
Tayana Vancouver 4212.73 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA heavy-displacement cutter with a 40% ballast ratio, designed for stable offshore passage-making since 1979
Boat Saloon Overhaul BEFORE vs AFTER [EP 220]from Sailing Millennial Falcon
Valiant Yachts 4212.80 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Robert Perry-designed offshore cutter featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a heavy displacement hull for blue-water stability
Matt Rutherford // Around the Arctic (in a Valiant This Time!)6:36from 59° North Sailing
Moody 4212.74 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA masthead ketch offered with a center cockpit and an optional inside steering station for all-weather cruising
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Sailing Alone in Fog Without Losing Your Cool11:09from The Mariner
Sirius 40 DS12.90 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 12.9-metre fractional sloop built since 2015, offering a deep 2.3-metre draft for performance and stability
Sailing West in the English Channel Isn’t Easy Ep 493:51from Sailing Northern Brees

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.

Pacific Seacraft Pilothouse 40A 1997 cutter featuring a pilothouse and a high comfort ratio of 38.28 for stable, all-weather offshore passage makingPacific Seacraft 44A William Crealock-designed cutter with a 40% ballast ratio and a fin keel, built for offshore stability and performancePacific Seacraft 37Originally launched as the Crealock 37, this cutter features a 38% ballast ratio and a hull speed of 7.06 knotsPacific Seacraft 34A William Crealock-designed cutter featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and an optional shallow-draft keel for versatile cruisingPacific Seacraft Crealock 44A heavy-displacement blue water cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, designed for stability and comfort on long passagesPacific Seacraft 31A 1987-era cutter with a 42% ballast ratio, designed for offshore stability and re-introduced to production in 2002

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