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.

Valiant 40 sailboat. United States Spain France and United Kingdom. The Valiant 40 has been described as a high-performance cruising yacht which at least in the early 1970s was clearly a contradiction in terms. Valiant used sailboats for sale by owner.

Prior to the Valiant 40 cruising sailboats were synonymous with heavy and slow. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. Production of the VALIANT 40 continued on a limited semi-custom scale until 1992 when an updated version called the VALIANT 42 was introduced.

He received a letter with the stationary marked Yacht Builders Frozen Foods and Eel Farms. The boat is configured as a rear cockpit double-ender cutter rigged monohull. The first boat built in Texas was hull number 267.

After building some boats in Washington he moved the operation to Texas. It was a deceptive boat both at the dock and under sail because it looked like many of the other so-called cruising boats. The Valiant 40 is an iconic ocean going sailboat designed by Robert H.

The Valiant Yachts company built the boats in Texas after purchasing the. The Valiant 40 was one of the first Sailboats designed by naval architect Robert Perry it was introduced in 1973. The Valiant 40 has perhaps influenced modern blue water cruiser design more than any other boat.

New and used models for sale. Valiant is a yacht builder that currently has 9 yachts for sale on YachtWorld including 0 new vessels and 9 used yachts listed by experienced yacht brokers and boat dealerships mainly in the following countries. Excess 11 2021 Boat.