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Hallberg-Rassy 40C

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders · First built 2020

A German Frers-designed center cockpit cruiser featuring a modern fractional rig and dual rudders for stable performance

Designed by German Frers.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders

See her sail

The Hallberg-Rassy 40C, on the water

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

Footage from Alluring Arctic

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 moderate beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.90
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 189
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.6
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~79% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2589 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hallberg-Rassy 40C, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hallberg-Rassy 40C is a 2020-present fractional sloop designed by German Frers, built by Hallberg-Rassy, and featuring a fin with bulb and dual rudders hull. This center cockpit version of the HR 400 has an LOA of 13.1 m, a beam of 4.2 m, a draft of 1.9 m, and a displacement of 11000 kg. Aboard Alluring Arctic, the Hallberg-Rassy 40C is noted for its large stern cabin.43:01

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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Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

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
33.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.6
Displacement / length
189.4
Comfort ratio
28.8
Capsize screening
1.90
Hull speed
8.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1887
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2020
Designer
German Frers
Builder
Hallberg-Rassy

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The family

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