Beneteau 42 CC
Cutter · Wing Keel · 2003–2007
A cutter-rigged cruiser produced from 2003 to 2007, widely utilised in the charter trade for its accessible layout
Designed by Groupe Finot & Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot).
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Wing Keel
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The Beneteau 42 CC, on the water
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Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.90 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
185 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
19.2 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Beneteau 42 CC on video
What they go for
Market signal
Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.
A specific Beneteau 42CC found on the market in Maryland for $100,000
from Practical Sailorseen January 2026watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
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