Adventure 40

With a team in place and a designer chosen for the Adventure 40, it’s now time to share and discuss the detailed specification.

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.

The Adventure 40 specification for the rudder and steering gear, as well the self steering the boat will be equipped with as standard.

The A40 keel draft and shape will be optimized for great performance when sailing offshore.

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.

The Adventure 40 will be, above all, a great sailboat, and great sailboats have well-thought-out rigs.

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.

In the last Adventure 40 article, I examined hull, cockpit and rig. Now let’s move out of the cockpit and go forward.

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.

A good galley, storage, and head layout are much of what makes an offshore live-aboard cruising sailboat great. The A40 design nails these requirements.