Free Series: Adventure 40

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post suggesting that what we really needed in the offshore voyaging world was a simple, fast, comfortable and safe new boat at an affordable price—a Model T voyaging boat. That post was one of the most popular we have ever published and also elicited some really interesting [...]

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.

The original hull specification that Erik worked from when designing the Adventure 40.

To understand boats and how much it costs to build a boat like the Adventure 40 you need to understand boat size and that has just about nothing to do with length overall.

There seem to be some recurring themes that have come up in the hundreds of comments to this Online Book. So I thought it would be a good idea to address these in one post.

This post has now been superseded by the Adventure 40 Rig and Deck Design Chapter; however I have left it in place so we can refer to the excellent comments attached.

While thinking about how to make the Adventure 40 an incredibly trouble free and reliable ocean voyaging boat, I have worried most about two areas: chain plates and the rudder.

Both for the same reason: they are the area in conventional fiberglass production boat construction where stainless steel and fiberglass come together in the presence of salt water to make an unhappy marriage.

In this post I’m going to address questions, both asked directly and implied, about my role in bringing the Adventure 40 to reality.

Engine and drive train specification for the Adventure 40.

This post has been superseded by this chapter, however we are leaving it up because of the excellent comments attached.

Summarizing the Adventure 40—a reliable, simple, safe, fast and reasonably priced offshore voyaging boat—and the mission for said boat.

Designing a boat is an iterative process with many steps, as John finds out while working on the design of the Adventure 40.

After over two years of work and collaboration, here is the hull design for the Adventure 40, together with a discussion of the hull form.

A chapter to keep us all, including me, on the straight and narrow path to a good boat as we reveal and discuss the Adventure 40 design in the coming weeks.