BoatsPacific Seacraft 40

Pacific Seacraft 40

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1997

A William Crealock-designed cutter built for offshore stability with a conservative capsize screening of 1.73

Designed by William Crealock.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

See her sail

The Pacific Seacraft 40, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing With Phoenix | Oliver

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.73
LightHeavy

351 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 351
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.3
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 36%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

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

Compared with 2630 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Pacific Seacraft 40, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Pacific SEACRAFT 40 is a William Crealock-designed cutter-rigged sailboat, built by Pacific Seacraft from 1997 to the present, known for its ocean-crossing capabilities. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, measures 12.8 meters LOA, has a 3.8-meter beam, and draws 1.9 meters, displacing 10886 kg.3:47 Aboard *Sailing With Phoenix*, Oliver purchased a 1998 Pacific SEACRAFT 40 for a planned nonstop, solo circumnavigation, citing its reputation for ocean-crossing.0:51 He undertook a ten-month preparation, including a professional refit and training with solo circumnavigator Jerome Rand, to stress-test the vessel and improve his skills.14:00 Oliver previously sailed a different boat from Maui to Oahu, experiencing frustration with a 25-horsepower Universal engine that limited motoring speed to 3 to 3.5 knots.3:46 He found telescoping whisker poles aggravating during a dead-downwind run and recommended a fixed pole.14:11

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Pacific Seacraft 40 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Pacific Seacraft 40 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale
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
35.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.3
Displacement / length
351.1
Comfort ratio
37.5
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1387
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Designer
William Crealock
Builder
Pacific Seacraft

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The family

Boats like this

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

Pacific Seacraft Pilothouse 40A 1997 cutter featuring a pilothouse and a high comfort ratio of 38.28 for stable, all-weather offshore passage makingPacific Seacraft 44A William Crealock-designed cutter with a 40% ballast ratio and a fin keel, built for offshore stability and performancePacific Seacraft 37Originally launched as the Crealock 37, this cutter features a 38% ballast ratio and a hull speed of 7.06 knotsPacific Seacraft 34A William Crealock-designed cutter featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and an optional shallow-draft keel for versatile cruisingPacific Seacraft Crealock 44A heavy-displacement William Crealock cutter designed for offshore stability and comfortable long-distance passage makingPacific Seacraft 31A 1987-era cutter with a 42% ballast ratio, designed for offshore stability and re-introduced to production in 2002

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