GS 42 LC

Design

Designer

Nauta Design

Naval architect

Marco Lostuzzi

Interior designer

Nauta Design

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 13.83 m · fresh water 300 L

• Short-Handed

  From the published figures: LOA 13.83 m · upwind 108 m²

• Liveaboard

  From the published figures: LOA 13.83 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 300 L

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

45.4 ft (13.83 m)

Hull length

42.5 ft (12.95 m)

LWL

—

Beam

13.7 ft (4.18 m)

Draft (min)

7.4 ft (2.25 m)

Draft (max)

7.4 ft (2.25 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

24,471 lb (11,100 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2–3

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

1,163 ft² (108 m²)

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

50–60 hp

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

53 gal (200 L)

Fresh water capacity

79 gal (300 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

—

Deck material

—

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Guests

6/8

Engines

50 hp std. 60 hp opt.

Displacement basis

lightship/approx. as printed (t -> kg)

Engine power basis

std. / opt. as printed

Brochure

About Grand Soleil

Premium production

Italian builder of performance-oriented sailing yachts, established over 50 years ago, part of Cantiere del Pardo S.p.A.

The Grand Soleil Line is where the brand began, more than fifty years ago, and it remains its core: sailing yachts under 65 feet built by Cantiere del Pardo. What the yard calls its dual DNA is the refusal to make an owner choose between speed and comfort -- on one side a racing heart, pushing for hydrodynamics, sail plans that are powerful but manageable, and current construction; on the other the long-distance line, with the volume, range and stowage of a home at sea. The racing half is not a slogan: Grand Soleils have won the IMS and ORC world championships more than once, and raced the Fastnet, the Rolex Giraglia and the Middle Sea Race.

The Grand Soleil Range

Every model Grand Soleil publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. GS Plus 65 LC70.9 ft
2. GS Plus 65 P70.9 ft
3. GS 60 LC64.6 ft
4. GS 5255.9 ft
5. GS 52 LC55.7 ft
6. GS 4449.2 ft
7. GS 42 LC· this model45.4 ft
8. GS 4044.3 ft
9. GS Blue37.1 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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