Island Packet 440

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The Island Packet 440, on the water

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

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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 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.81

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 259

EasygoingPowered-up

14.5 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.5

TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

Heavier than ~83% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~94% of boats her size on file

Compared with 278 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Island Packet 440, as the fleet has seen it

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The Island PACKET 440 is a Robert K. Johnson-designed cutter-rigged sailboat built by Island Packet Yachts from 2005 to the present, featuring a long keel with a rudder on a skeg. With an LOA of 13.9 meters, a beam of 4.4 meters, and a draft of 1.5 meters, it displaces 14,514 kg.0:45 Its full keel design provides superior stability and comfort in rough seas, along with protection for the hull, though this design typically results in poorer maneuverability and slower speeds compared to fin-keeled boats.6:23

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

37.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.5

Displacement / length

258.7

Comfort ratio

35.3

Capsize screening

1.81

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1950

Hull

Hull type

Long keel w/rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 2005

Designer

Robert K. Johnson

Builder

Island Packet Yachts

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The family

Boats like this

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

Island Packet 44A 13.4-meter blue-water cutter with a 1.47-meter draft, balancing heavy-displacement stability with shoal-water access Island Packet 439A modern 2021-launched cutter with a heavy-displacement hull and a 1.52-meter draft for stable, deep-water cruising Island Packet 420A 13.59-metre blue-water cutter with a 1.52-metre draft and a heavy-displacement hull for offshore stability Island Packet 460/490An aft-cockpit cutter designed for offshore stability, featuring a 1.52-metre draft and a robust long-keel hull Island Packet 40A 12.19-meter cutter featuring a 1.42-meter draft that balances offshore stability with shoal-water accessibility

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