Block Island 40
Masthead Yawl · Keel/centreboard · First built 1957
One of the earliest production fibreglass boats of its size, this keel-centerboard yawl debuted in 1957
Designed by William H. Tripp Jr, built by Beetle Boat Co.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.71 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
451 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
13.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
24% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
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