Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1994
A masthead-rigged 12-metre cruiser by Jacques De Ridder, balancing a 38% ballast ratio for stability in a modern hull
Designed by Jacques De Ridder.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing La Vagabonde
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
2.00 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
173 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
19.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Spirit Yachts 41 is a 12.2-meter masthead sloop designed by Jacques De Ridder and built by Spirit Yachts in Belgium since 1994. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a 3.9-meter beam, and a 1.9-meter draft. The boat displaces 7499 kg.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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