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Valiant 40 sailboat. The Valiant 40 was inducted into the Sailboat Hall of Fame in 2015 for its incredible contribution to sailing. The Valiant Yachts company built the boats in Texas after purchasing the. Bluewater Sailboat Tour Valiant 40 1 Titanium chain plate Manson Supreme Anchor Monitor Windvane KISS wind generator Profurl Tides Marine sailtrack R.

OFTEN HAILED as the first performance cruiser the Valiant 40 was an important breakthrough boat both for its designer Bob Perry and for cruising sailors in generalThe genius of the design is that it married what above the water looks like a beamy double-ended traditional cutter with a much more modern underbody featuring a fin keel and separate rudder mounted on a skeg. The Valiant 40 has perhaps influenced modern blue water cruiser design more than any other boat. The genius that designer Bob Perry brought in the Valiant 40 was to put a what was then a modern IOR racing shape under the waterline and match it with a cruising hull above.

The Valiant 40 has perhaps influenced modern blue water cruiser design more than any other boat. Valiant used sailboats for sale by owner. The Dabneys were looking for a fast cruising design instead of the Westsail 32 genre.

Perry specifically because of the Freeport 36. Production of the VALIANT 40 continued on a limited semi-custom scale until 1992 when an updated version called the VALIANT 42 was introduced. Beneteau Oceanis Yacht 54 Boat Review.

The Valiant 40 has perhaps influenced modern blue water cruiser design more than any other boat. Valiant started when Bob Perry Nathan Rotham and the Dabneys met. The boats design was considered revolutionary at that time by bringing aspects of racing design into open ocean cruising yachts which up to then meant heavy and slow traditional boats.

Production of the VALIANT 40 continued on a limited semi-custom scale until 1992 when an updated version called the VALIANT 42 was introduced. The genius that designer Bob Perry brought in the Valiant 40 was to put what was then a modern IOR racing shape under the waterline and match it with a cruising hull above. Bluewater Sailboat Tour - inside a Valiant 40 Our Tiny Home.