Pearson Yachts 40
Masthead Sloop · Keel/CB & Spade Rudder · 1979–1981
A 12-meter masthead sloop with a deep 2.87-meter draft and high ballast ratio, built for stability and speed
Designed by William H. Shaw.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/CB & Spade Rudder
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The Pearson Yachts 40, on the water
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Footage from keeldragger
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Draws more than ~77% of boats her size on file
Compared with 269 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.
On the water
The Pearson Yachts 40 on video
What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.
The owner is selling this 1982 Pearson 40, hull 67 of 71 built, after sailing her for three and a half years out of Mazatlan, Mexico
from keeldraggerseen February 20260:20
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
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