Allures 40.9

Design

Naval architect

Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design

Interior designer

Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Short-Handed

  From the published figures: hull length 12.36 m · upwind 82.5 m²

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

—

Hull length

40.6 ft (12.36 m)

LWL

—

Beam

13.6 ft (4.15 m)

Draft (min)

3.5 ft (1.06 m)

Draft (max)

9 ft (2.75 m)

Air draft

62.2 ft (18.97 m)

Displacement

24,030 lb (10,900 kg)

Ballast

9,348 lb (4,240 kg)

Cabins

2

Heads

—

Berths

4–6

Sail Plan

Main sail

468 ft² (43.5 m²)

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

888 ft² (82.5 m²)

Downwind sail area

1,238 ft² (115 m²)

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

47.5 hp

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

106 gal (400 L)

Fresh water capacity

87 gal (330 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

Aluminium

Hull material

Aluminium

Deck material

Composite

Keel type

Integral centreboard

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Displacement

light ('Empty travel' = déplacement lège), printed '10.9 kg' for 10.9 t

Engine

47.5 hp / 35 kW

Layouts & Drawings

2 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

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  382-Allures-40.9_Plan-couleur_2Cabines_14-11-2018 — Allures Yachting

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  a409 - vue de profil - de%CC%81rive basse - sans aretes — Allures Yachting

Films of this model from the builder's official YouTube channel (Allures Yachting). They are the builder's own; the figures above are the reference.

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  Allures 40.9 Under Sail | Bluewater Cruising in Action

  Allures Yachting · 4/29/2026

Videos whose title names the Allures 40.9, from the channel the builder's site links; last checked 9/30/2026. Playing one loads YouTube's player, which may set cookies.

About Allures Yachting

Semi-custom

French builder of aluminium blue-water cruising sailboats, founded in 2003 and part of the Grand Large Yachting group.

Allures Yachting was founded in 2003 as a French builder of aluminium sailboats for long-distance voyaging, from 40 to 52 feet. Its first generation of models started the story; by 2010 the yard was producing fifteen boats a year, had gained the industrial capacity to build its own hulls, and moved into a new building in Cherbourg where carpentry, equipment, deck and rigging were brought under one roof. The range was renewed in that period -- the 45 replaced the 44, the 52 succeeded the 51 in 2016, and the 40 evolved into the 39.9 -- and in 2017 a third generation began with the 40.9, 45.9 and 51.9, completed in 2021 with the 51.9, the first Allures with an aft cabin and a long cockpit. In 2019 an Allures 44 completed the Northwest Passage while an Allures 45 sailed Patagonia, and in 2025 the Horizon 47 revisited the bluewater cruising sailboat.

The Allures Yachting Range

Every model Allures Yachting publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Allures 51.951.1 ft
2. Allures 45.948.4 ft
3. Allures Horizon 4746.8 ft
4. Allures 40.9· this model40.6 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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