Endeavour 42

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The Endeavour 42, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Zephyr

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.78

LightHeavy

301 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 301

EasygoingPowered-up

15.4 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.4

TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

Heavier than ~82% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2631 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Endeavour 42, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Endeavour 42 is a Masthead Sloop designed by Johan Valentijn and built by Endeavour Yacht Corp. from 1985 to 1991. It measures 12.9 m LOA, with a 4.0 m beam, 1.5 m draft, and 11339 kg displacement. Aboard *Sailing Zephyr*, a 1985 Endeavour 42 named *Sea Dogs* was destroyed in Formentera, Spain, after dragging anchor without a snubber and becoming pinned between rocks.3:02 The owner, sailing solo and sleep-deprived, had anchored with a 7:1 scope, but ferry wakes contributed to the boat's grounding.4:13 The vessel, uninsured, sustained structural damage that led to its total loss, requiring the owner to dismantle it to manage disposal costs.7:21

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

36.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.4

Displacement / length

301.4

Comfort ratio

35.3

Capsize screening

1.78

Hull speed

7.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1548

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1985–1991

Units built

100

Designer

Johan Valentijn

Builder

Endeavour Yacht Corp

Boats like this, on the water

More boats like her, on the water

Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

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Passport Yachts 4212.80 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Stan Huntingford-designed cutter featuring a skeg a skeg-mounted rudder and a stable, heavy-displacement hull for offshore work

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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

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Pacific Seacraft 4012.85 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA William Crealock-designed cutter built for offshore stability with a conservative capsize screening of 1.73

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X-yachts Xc-4212.81 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Niels Jeppesen-designed performance cruiser balancing a deep bulb keel with a displacement-heavy hull for offshore stability

#9 | At Sea Reaction | ‘Encountering Storm Force 10’6:45 from The Mariner

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Endeavour 40A Robert K. Johnson-designed masthead sloop built for offshore comfort with a stable, skeg-mounted rudder configuration Endeavour 35A Bruce Kelley-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, balanced for coastal cruising and steady performance Endeavour 33A Bruce Kelley-designed masthead sloop with a shallow 1.37m draught, balanced for coastal cruising comfort Endeavour 38 CCA center-cockpit cruiser featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, optimized for a 7.5-knot hull speed Endeavour 38A Johan Valentijn-designed masthead sloop available in both aft and center cockpit configurations for cruising comfort Endeavour 37 (Sloop W/BOWSPRIT)A Dennis Robbins-designed masthead sloop with a bowsprit, featuring a shoal-draft fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder

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