C&C Yachts Landfall 42

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The C&C Yachts Landfall 42, on the water

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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 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.82

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 347

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.0

TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 42%

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

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

Compared with 2671 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts Landfall 42, as the fleet has seen it

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The C&C Yachts Landfall 42 is a cutter-rigged sailboat designed by C&C Design Group and built by C&C Yachts from 1976 to the present. It features a fin keel with a skeg-hung rudder, measures 12.7 meters LOA, has a beam of 3.8 meters, a draft of 1.5 meters, and displaces 9525 kg. Its design prioritizes structural features for offshore sailing, including a keel-stepped mast and a deep-draft, thin-profile keel.4:35 The cutter rig and a displacement-to-length ratio of at least 200 contribute to its stability and versatility for ocean passages.5:08

The living fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

41.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.0

Displacement / length

347.2

Comfort ratio

33.5

Capsize screening

1.82

Hull speed

7.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1340

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1976

Designer

C&C Design Group

Builder

C&C Yachts

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The family

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

C&C Yachts Landfall 43A robust masthead sloop from C&C designed for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder and moderate draft C&C Yachts Landfall 48A cutter-rigged cruiser with a skeg-mounted rudder, designed by C&C for offshore comfort and stability C&C Yachts Landfall 35A sturdy masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and moderate displacement, designed for comfortable cruising C&C Yachts Landfall 39A Rob Ball-designed masthead sloop built for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder for offshore security C&C Yachts Landfall 38A cruising-focused variant of the C&C 38-2 hull, featuring a shallower keel and shorter rig for versatile coastal work C&C Yachts 42 CustomA 1976 custom masthead sloop with a deep 2.13-metre draft and fin keel, built for performance-oriented offshore sailing

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