Designed for true offshore competitive performance but also as a dual role yacht in which the family can take off cruising, rolling off fast effortless miles to those holiday destinations. The characteristics of a solo race boat make the Class 40 a reliable and steady short-handed fast cruiser with the foot released a little of the accelerator and a cold beer relieved from the ice box!



The designs have our race boat hull/rig package and in addition can include modest lightweight interiors, which gives the boat a dual role. Unlike many production boats we are at present staying with a lightweight glass and foam sandwich hull to keep the weight of the structure down to the minimum. Clients will have the option of choosing the limits of how much furniture and detailing they will require to lift their comfort levels.

The difference between specifications of course is cost and performance. A composite interior will be lighter than a wood interior. As with the hull, a foam sandwich hull is lighter than a production orientated solid glass, monolithic hull which necessarily also has a heavy csm /gelcoat layer. The driver here is speed, because the rule allows every kilogram saved in the hull and interior structure to be placed in the bulb. It is also for this reason that a race boat and light weight racer/cruiser can share the same hull because their weights will be the same rule minimum of 4500kgs (subject to fit out). However, it is inevitable that the boat with the lightest structure will have a larger bulb and will therefore be faster in certain, but not all conditions.



OCD Class 40 Cruiser-Racer:

On the back of the work we completed for the racer-cruiser, we also approached yards to produce boats with lower specifications, a cruiser-racer with solid glass, monolithic hull, foam deck and simple interior. The purpose of our doing was that we’re well aware that there are a number of production boats available on the market whose price it is impossible to match with a semi-custom foam sandwich hull design. It is our aim in the future to provide a realistic Owen Clarke production/semi-production 40 that will be competitive in this area of the market. In the meantime, we aim to concentrate mainly on the development of our race boat and racer/cruiser designs.

Class 40 Pricing:

We believe that if one were to look internationally at the cost of comparable boats such as the Farr 40, some of the prices quoted by selected builders represent significant value for money given the level of specification we have provided.

OCD Class 40 Racer:

Glass/foam composite hull and deck, carbon rig with rod and pbo rigging. Custom made high tolerance fabricated steel fin and lead bulb. Stripped out for racing, with an interior design similar in features to her larger Open 50/60 cousins. Excludes sails, electronics and safety equipment. Built to sail away high specification on any continent at a yard of your choice with prices coming in as low as Euros 280,000.

OCD Class 40 Racer/Cruiser:

Glass/foam composite hull and deck, carbon/aluminium rig with rod and kevlar rigging. Custom made high tolerance cast SG iron fin and lead keel bulb. Suitable for fast cruising with the family. Epoxy Sandwich Version - 280 Euros subject to specification.



Owen-Clarke Design have accumulated a great deal of information relevant to the design of the racer-cruiser. We’ve produced for those sailors who have not commissioned their own boat before a useful guide describing the design and build process with some frequently asked questions. It shows you how one goes about designing and building your boat – exactly the one you’ve been thinking of.

If you would like to receive this information and/or have ideas a little different to what we’ve shown here then we’d like to hear from you, email: Racing

For an explanation of the technology behind the design process go to:

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For an insight into our engineering and detailed design work go to:

ENGINEERING