Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 25.2· Racing
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
mainsail + jib, added up
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Design
- Designer
- Stefan Qviberg/Arcona Design Team
Summary
- Length overall
- 40 ft
- Beam
- 12.8 ft
- Draft
- 6.6–8.2 ft
- Air draft
- 65 ft
- Displacement
- 18,453 lb
- Cabins
- 2–3
- Steering wheels
- 2
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Best Suited For
- Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 12.2 m · fresh water 230 L
- Performance Cruising
From the published figures: performance cruiser · 3 cabins
- Short-Handed
From the published figures: LOA 12.2 m · mainsail 57 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.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 166· Light
How it is worked out
displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³
Ballast ratio
The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.
- not published: ballast
How it is worked out
ballast ÷ displacement × 100
Comfort ratio
Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.
- 25.2· Coastal
How it is worked out
displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft
Capsize screening
A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.
- 1.94· Below 2
How it is worked out
beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓
Hull speed
Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.
- 8.1 kn
How it is worked out
1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots
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.
Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.
- Fuel59 galWater61 gal
Design Category
Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.
- D
Sheltered waters
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 4
- Waves
- up to 0.3 m
- C
Inshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 6
- Waves
- up to 2 m
- B
Offshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 8
- Waves
- up to 4 m
- AThis boat
Ocean
- Wind
- above Beaufort 8
- Waves
- above 4 m
Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.
A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.
Dimensions
- LOA
- 40 ft (12.2 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 36.7 ft (11.2 m)
- Beam
- 12.8 ft (3.9 m)
- Draft (min)
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Draft (max)
- 8.2 ft (2.5 m)
- Air draft
- 65 ft (19.8 m)
- Displacement
- 18,453 lb (8,370 kg)
- Ballast
- —
- Cabins
- 2–3
- Heads
- —
- Berths
- —
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- 614 ft² (57 m²)
- Jib
- 484 ft² (45 m²)
- Genoa
- —
- Sail area
- —
- Downwind sail area
- 1,593 ft² (148 m²)
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- —
- Engine count
- 1
- Engine manufacturer
- Yanmar
- Propulsion type
- saildrive
- Fuel capacity
- 59 gal (222 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 61 gal (230 L)
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- 2
Builder's Own Figures
- Gennaker
- 132 m2
- P
- 16.20 m
- LP
- 4.92 m (107%)
- Length overall incl. bowsprit
- 12.91 m
- J
- 4.55 m
- I
- 16.60 m
- Hot Water
- 25 Litres
- Holding Tank
- 75 Litres
- E
- 5.85 m
Figures read fromthe builder's page
About Arcona Yachts
Premium production
Swedish builder of cruiser-racer sailing yachts, based in Henån.
Arcona's roots lie in a small family yard in the Stockholm archipelago in the late 1960s, and its philosophy took form in 1982 with the Arcona 32: a racer's heart paired with a cruiser's comfort. A long collaboration with the designer Stefan Qviberg shaped the brand's balance and sailing feel, supported by the galvanised steel frame that has become an Arcona signature. Through the 2000s models such as the Arcona 400 set the modern Arcona look while advanced construction cut weight and added strength, and the Arcona 430 was European Yacht of the Year in 2009. Since 2018 Arcona has been part of Najad Group, still built on the island of Orust, and both the Arcona 435 and the Arcona 50 -- its entry into the super-premium segment -- have since won European Yacht of the Year.
Visit brand pageThe Arcona Yachts Range
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- Arcona 465 Mk II46.2 ft
- Arcona 435 Mk II44.7 ft
- Arcona 415· this model40 ft
- Arcona 38537.1 ft
- Arcona 34534.1 ft
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