STANDFAST 40
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1972–1984
Dimensions
- LOA
- 40 ft
- LWL
- 32.5 ft
- Beam
- 13.08 ft
- Max Draft
- 7 ft
- Displacement
- 21,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 8,800 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.90 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 273
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 41.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 819 sq ft
- I
- 55.8 ft
- J
- 17.3 ft
- P
- 48.4 ft
- E
- 13.9 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- 1984
- Number Built
- 110
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Volvo Penta
- Engine Model
- MD28
- Power
- 25 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 100 gal
- Fuel
- 83 gal
Notes:
This design finished 1st and 2nd in the 1975 Fasnet race. Shown here is the flush deck 'competition'model. Other versions ('S' and 'P') were delivered with a low coach roof and a more conservative rig.
(The 'P' or Prestige version is shown in photo.)
Some were sold by Palmer Johnson as the PJ-40.
Designer
- Frans Maas (1937–2017)
Builders
- Palmer Johnson (USA) (1918)
- Standfast Yachts (1935–2008)