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The Valiant 40 is a fast, offshore yacht. Her clean and efficient design gives her a remarkable ability to point high while
footing fast and makes her safe, comfortable and exhilarating. She has a stable, easily driven hull powered by a closed-winded,
versatile rig.
Her hull features a modern split appendage, fin-keel and skef-rudder combination. She has a graceful sheer rising
to a flared bow and a salty, tumblehome canoe stern. Minimal overhangs fore and aft, coupled with canoe stern, contribute
to a long- sailing length, with a bonus of increased space below decks. The bow flare is ample for a dry boat and it provides
both a safe, workable foredeck and reserve buoyancy to keep the bow from diving in a seaway.
Likewise, the stern parts a following sea in the same fashion as a "double-ender" while adding sufficient reserve
buoyancy to keep the boat dry and reduce the chance of pooping. There is also a moderate bustle development aft that increases
the effective sailing length.
Without question, we feel that Valiant is the best-constructed production yacht in the United States, built for serious,
appreciative yachtsmen.
Valiant 40: "The Ultimate Bluewater Performance Cruiser."
L.O.A.......................39'10.75"
L.W.L.............................34'0"
Beam.............................12'4"
Displacement..........22,500lbs.
Ballast*.....................7,700lbs.
Sail Area...................772sq.ft.
Draft.................................6'0"
(Shoal draft 5'3")
Sail Area/Displacement....15.2
Displacement/Length.........255
Ballast/Displacement..........34
Beam/Length Ratio.............31
*External Lead
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