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The Pacific Seacraft 40 Sailboat Specs & Key Performance Indicators

The Pacific Seacraft 40, a canoe-sterned heavy-displacement cutter, was designed by Bill Crealock and built in the USA by Conyplex Pacific Seacraft.

Published Specification for the Pacific Seacraft 40

Underwater Profile:  Fin Keel & Skeg-hung Rudder

Hull Material:  GRP

Length Overall:  42'2" (12.85 m)

Waterline Length:  31' 3" (9.53 m)

Beam:  12'5" (3.79 m)

Draft:  6' 1" (1.85 m)

Rig Type:  Cutter

Displacement:  24,000 lb (10,886 kg)

Designer:  Bill Crealock

Builder:  Conyplex Pacific Seacraft (USA)

Year First Built:  1997

Published Design Ratios for the Pacific Seacraft 40

1. Sail Area/Displacement Ratio:  16.3

2. Ballast/Displacement Ratio:  35.8

3. Displacement/Length Ratio:  351

4. Comfort Ratio:  37.5

5. Capsize Screening Formula:   1.7

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Summary Analysis of the Design Ratios for the Pacific Seacraft 40

1. A Sail Area/Displacement Ratio of 16.3 suggests that the Pacific Seacraft 40 will, in the right conditions, approach her maximum hull speed readily and satisfy the sailing performance expectations of most cruising sailors.

2. A Ballast/Displacement Ratio of 35.8 means that the Pacific Seacraft 40 will have a tendency to heel excessively in a gust, and she'll need to be reefed early to keep her sailing upright in a moderate breeze. 

3. A Displacement/Length Ratio of 351, tells us the Pacific Seacraft 40 is in the ultra-heavy displacement category. Load her up as much as you like and her performance will be hardly affected, not that it was ever startling. Few if any sailboats are built to this displacement category these days - but they remain popular with some long-distance sailors.

4. Ted Brewer's Comfort Ratio of 37.5 suggests that crew comfort of a Pacific Seacraft 40 in a seaway is similar to what you would associate with the motion of a moderate bluewater cruising boat - a predictable and acceptable motion for most seasoned sailors.

5. The Capsize Screening Formula (CSF) of 1.7 tells us that a Pacific Seacraft 40 would be a safer choice of sailboat for an ocean passage than one with a CSF of more than 2.0.

Cruisers' Questions about this Sailboat...

What is the difference between the Pacific Seacraft 40 and the Crealock 40?

The Pacific Seacraft 40 and the Crealock 40 are actually the same boat, just with different names.

The Pacific Seacraft 40 is the official name given by the manufacturer, Pacific Seacraft, while the Crealock 40 is the name used by some sailors and reviewers to honour the designer, William Crealock. The boat was introduced in 1997 as a modernized and bigger sister of the famous Crealock 37.

The Pacific Seacraft 40 is designed for long-distance voyaging and offshore cruising. It has a sensible and spacious interior layout that can accommodate up to six people comfortably. It has a U-shaped galley, a seagoing double quarter berth, a forward cabin with an island queen bed, and a large head with a separate shower stall. It has plenty of well-thought-out storage space for provisions, gear, and equipment. It also has good engine access and a large fuel capacity of 70 gallons.

The Pacific Seacraft 40 is not a speed demon, but it can log consistent 140-mile days and do so with very good sea comfort. The boat is well balanced and directional stability is good, making it easy to helm. It is also seaworthy, sea-kindly, and capable of handling heavy weather conditions.

The Pacific Seacraft 40 is a high-quality boat that is built to last and has a reputation for excellence. It is internationally recognized to be among the finest bluewater sailing yachts in the world.

How many people can sleep on board a Pacific Seacraft 40?

The Pacific Seacraft 40 sailboat can sleep up to six people on board. It has a forward cabin with an island queen bed, a seagoing double quarter berth, and a convertible dinette that can turn into a double berth. The boat also has a large head with a separate shower stall and a U-shaped galley with a stove, oven, refrigerator, and sink. The interior is spacious and comfortable, with plenty of storage space and natural light.

What is the history of Pacific Seacraft?

Pacific Seacraft is an American shipyard based in North Carolina, Washington and founded in 1995. Pacific Seacraft primarily manufacture monohull sailing boats made of fiberglass. The shipyard is best known for its Crealock sailing boats which were designed by William Crealock.

The company was originally founded by Mike Howard and Henry Mohrschladt in 1975, with Mohrschladt as the first president. The first design produced was Mohrschladt's Pacific Seacraft 25, a trailerable sailboat that was reminiscent of a miniaturized version of the Scandinavian redningskoites of yore. The company was later purchased by Singmarine Industries, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Keppel Group.

After Ericson filed for bankruptcy in 1990, Pacific Seacraft built some Ericson sailboat models. While headquartered in California, the company filed for Chapter 11 protection from its creditors in May 2007. The company's assets, with the exception of the Dana 24 molds which went to Portland, Oregon, were purchased at a bankruptcy auction September 2007 and moved in their entirety to Washington North Carolina, along with some of the former employees. Production restarted in 2008 under the new ownership of marine archeologist Stephen Brodie and his father Reid.

Pacific Seacraft currently produces four models: the Pacific Seacraft 31, 34, 37, and 40. All of them are cutter-rigged monohulls with canoe sterns, fin keels, and skeg-hung rudders. They have spacious and comfortable interiors that can accommodate up to six people. They are well balanced and seaworthy boats that can handle heavy weather conditions.

The above answers were drafted by sailboat-cruising.com using GPT-4 (OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model) as a research assistant to develop source material; to the best of our knowledge,  we believe them to be accurate.

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Pacific seacraft pilothouse 40

The pacific seacraft pilothouse 40 is a 42.16ft cutter designed by william crealock and built in fiberglass by pacific seacraft since 1997..

The Pacific seacraft pilothouse 40 is a heavy sailboat which is slightly under powered. It is stable / stiff and has an excellent righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a bluewater cruising boat.

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Designed by Bill Crealock, the Pacific Seacraft 40 was built to be the ultimate long distance cruiser. Her cutter rig and canoe stern combine for an extremely well balanced and sea kindly yacht which is easy to handle. Pacific Seacraft are well known for their build quality and ‘Avocette’ does not disappoint. From substantial, through bolted deck fittings to well built cabinetry she certainly has a solid feel throughout. Maintained and cared for by a knowledgeable sailor, her recent upgrades include but are not limited to, a full rig, boom, kicker and helm pedestal repaint with new standing rigging. The hull has benefitted from a re epoxy and copper coat and a new bow thruster give her much needed maneuverability in close quarters. Call our Falmouth office for information and to arrange a viewing.

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Pacific Seacraft Pilothouse 40

Pacific Seacraft Pilothouse 40 is a 42 ′ 1 ″ / 12.9 m monohull sailboat designed by William Crealock and built by Pacific Seacraft starting in 1997.

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Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 Detailed Review

If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40. Built by Pacific Seacraft and designed by William Crealock, the boat was first built in 1997. It has a hull type of Fin with rudder on skeg and LOA is 12.85. Its sail area/displacement ratio 16.33. Its auxiliary power tank, manufactured by Yanmar, runs on Diesel.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 has retained its value as a result of superior building, a solid reputation, and a devoted owner base. Read on to find out more about PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 and decide if it is a fit for your boating needs.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 was designed by William Crealock.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 is built by Pacific Seacraft.

When was PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 first built?

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 was first built in 1997.

How long is PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40?

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40 is 9.53 m in length.

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At the St. Petersburg Boat Show month last month, I had the pleasure of seeing delivery skipper and author John Kretschmers presentation on what he called sailboats for a serious ocean. I have reservations about any ideal boat list, but Kretschmer, who reviews boats for Sail Magazine and whose most recent book Sailing a Serious Ocean is available in our online bookstore , has the ideal background for this sort of work, and a list like this is undeniably helpful for wannabe cruisers who need a place to start their search.

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The list is hardly definitive. There are plenty of good boats that arent featured, and some of these would be ill-matched for the wrong sailor-Kretschmer clearly pointed this out during his talk. I like how the list presents a good cross-section of the various shapes and sizes for a boat in this category. For example, Kretschmer includes the Prout Snowgoose and Steve Dashews Sundeer 60, boats that, notwithstanding their successful record at sea, fill an outlying niche.

If I were going to expand the list, one of the heavier-displacement microcruisers like those I blogged about would be a nice addition. Although I would be wary of promoting even the most formidable of this breed as well-suited for a serious ocean, John Neale of Mahina Tiare Expeditions includes one of them, the Dana 24, on his own list of recommend cruising boats . Neales much broader list of boats is accompanied by a very helpful discussion of design elements to consider.

What got me thinking about formidable cruising boats was our series of reports o n sailboat construction , focusing specifically on structural details. Although there are plenty of excellent coastal cruisers on the market, once you start talking about offshore duty, scan’tlings (the dimensions for structural components) take on far more importance.

A few years ago we touched on this subject in our Mailport section, encouraging readers to suggest their own nominees for a list of what we called at the time, tough boats, vessels that were built to take a beating, requiring minimal care and upkeep.

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Id be interested in hearing of other nominees for this list, or other good resources for sailors looking for a short list of good offshore boats.

For those who are frustrated to find that their own ideal boat isn’t on anybodys list, I wouldnt be too miffed. The best line Ive heard in a while on this topic came from Steve Callahan, the author of the survival classic Adrift , who gave a presentation at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Show . When I asked Steve, who has sailed extensively on both multihulls and monohulls, what type of boat he preferred, he said, quite seriously. Well, at the end of the day, the best cruising boat is the one that you are on.

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https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/25/last-pictures-doomed-yacht-cheeki-rafiki-sank-killing-four-british-sailors-7497805/

I believe this is the accident you’re talking about in which a Beneteau and it’s bolted on keel parted company.

Almost all of the sailing clubs in San Diego rent Beneteaus out. They are a decent coastal sailboat. I have a couple friends who have even made the crossing to Maui in them..not me, not ever. I consider them a living room boat. Having said that, I am certainly no expert so its just my opinion. If I am crossing an ocean I want a capable kindly strong boat with redundancy built into critical systems.

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Great article! John Kretchmer is one of my fave modern day sailors. While there is only one Crealock design on John’s list, and the Dana is added on John Neale’s list, I was surprised not to see a Crealock/ Pacific Seacraft 37 mentioned. But there are so many great serious off shore boats, it’s hard to narrow it down to 10. Here’s a few to think about. Cape George Cutter 36. Biscay 36, tradewind 35, Rustler 36, Nicholson 31 (never talked about) and 32. Seldom seen on top 10 lists, but great boats. Thanks for the article.

Great comment and interesting to note that the first four of your additions are those currently entered in the 2022 Golden Globe Race – kind of the definition of a blue water boat.

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