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Salona 40

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2003

A J&J-designed fractional sloop with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio built for performance cruising

Designed by J&J Yacht Design.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Salona 40, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 22 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

2.09 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.09
LightHeavy

166 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 166
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.0
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2875 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.0
Displacement / length
166.1
Comfort ratio
21.9
Capsize screening
2.09
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1638
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2003
Designer
J&J Yacht Design
Builder
Salona Yachts (AD Boats Ltd.), A D Plastic

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