Adventure 40, An Overview
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Summarizing the Adventure 40—a reliable, simple, safe, fast and reasonably priced offshore voyaging boat—and the mission for said boat.
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Adventure 40
Stop Dreaming, Start Voyaging
A project to create a safe, reliable, fast and functional offshore cruising sailboat priced at just $250,000, ready to go around the world.
Offshore Ready From Day One
Adventure 40—Reliability And Quality
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There is a saying that “cruising is the process of working on your boat in exotic places” and it’s distressingly true. Even buying a brand new boat does not fix the problem, let alone fixing up an old one. But I don’t believe it must be that way. Let’s look at how the Adventure 40 will be better than that.
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Twenty Two Adventure 40 Core Principles
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An article to keep us all, including me, on the straight and narrow path to a good boat as we discuss and refine the Adventure 40 design.
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Adventure 40 FAQ—The Boat
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Answers to recurring questions that come up in the hundreds of comments to our articles on the Adventure 40.
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How We Will Build The A40 At A Great Price AND Deliver Great Quality
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To understand how much it costs to build a boat we need to understand boat size and that has nothing to do with length overall.
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Adventure 40—Introduction to the Specification
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With a team in place and a designer chosen for the Adventure 40, it’s now time to share and discuss the detailed specification.
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Adventure 40 Dimensions and Hull
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The true size of the Adventure 40, her sailing capabilities and the type of cruising she is for, as well as information on the hull and deck construction.
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Adventure 40 Rudder and Steering Gear
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The Adventure 40 specification for the rudder and steering gear, as well the self steering the boat will be equipped with as standard.
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Adventure 40 Keel—Draft and Shape
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The A40 keel draft and shape will be optimized for great performance when sailing offshore.
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Adventure 40 Keel—Strength and Grounding Resistance
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If we cruise for long enough, we will likely run aground. The Adventure 40 will forgive us and have a keel that will withstand the stress of offshore voyaging for decades.
This article will be useful to all cruisers, regardless of the boat you plan to buy.
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Adventure 40 Rig
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The Adventure 40 will be, above all, a great sailboat, and great sailboats have well-thought-out rigs.
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Adventure 40 Reveal—Hull, Cockpit, and Rig
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Ten years after starting a project to create a safe, reliable and fast offshore cruising sailboat ready to go around the world, we have a design.
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Adventure 40 Cockpit 2.0
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The final cockpit reveal, discussing the improvements made since Version 1, including new and very cool renderings.
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Adventure 40 Reveal—On Deck
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In the last Adventure 40 article, I examined hull, cockpit and rig. Now let’s move out of the cockpit and go forward.
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Adventure 40 Deck-2.0
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Maxime and Vincent have been hard at work over the last couple of months refining and improving the Adventure 40 deck design. Let’s take a look.
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