Victoire Yachts 42

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The Victoire Yachts 42, on the water

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

Footage from Bora Velejar Galera

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32

CoastalBluewater

1.77 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.77

LightHeavy

251 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 251

EasygoingPowered-up

18.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.3

TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Draws more than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2671 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Victoire Yachts 42, as the fleet has seen it

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The Victoire Yachts 42 is a 12.7-meter cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Dick Koopmans Sr. and built by Victoire Jachtbouw between 2008 and 2009. It features a fin keel with a skeg-mounted rudder, a 3.6-meter beam, a 2.1-meter draft, and displaces 9000 kg. This model is an updated version of the Victoire 42 Classic, incorporating a redesigned deck and interior. A shallow keel variant with a 1.7-meter draft was also available. Aboard "Bora Velejar Galera," a Bruce Fair 38, the crew navigated 20 to 25 knots of wind and 2.5-meter seas during the Refeno regatta from Recife to Fernando de Noronha, maintaining manual helm control to prevent rudder damage.16:00

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

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

1seen sold

The creator sold this boat after a stroke, thinking he would no longer sail long distances
from Bora Velejar Galeraseen March 2026watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

43.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

18.3

Displacement / length

250.8

Comfort ratio

31.8

Capsize screening

1.77

Hull speed

7.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1400

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

2008–2009

Units built

2

Designer

Dick Koopmans Sr.

Builder

Victoire Jachtbouw

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The family

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