| Archambault A40 | |
| Designer: | Joubert Nivelt Design |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Builder: | Archambault Boats |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 7.91feet |
| Displacement: | 136690NaN0 (light) |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 39.34feet |
| Lwl: | 36.91feet |
| Beam: | 12.34feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta D1-30 290NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 55120NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 53.44feet |
| J: | 14.76feet |
| P: | 49.21feet |
| E: | 18.04feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 443.87square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 394.39square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 838.26square feet |
The Archambault A40, or Archambault 40, is a French sailboat that was designed by Joubert Nivelt Design as a cruiser-racer and first built in 2004.[1] [2]
The design was built by Archambault Boats of Dangé-Saint-Romain, France, starting in 2004, but it is now out of production.[1] [3]
The Archambault A40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig. The hull has a plumb stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel.[1]
The boat has a draft of 7.91feet with the standard keel and is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta D1-30 diesel engine of 290NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring.[1]
The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin with a drop leaf table and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, a icebox and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and has a shower.[1]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. It has a hull speed of 8.14kn.[1]
A review in Yacht and Boat described sailing the design, "the boat is astonishingly easy to control. The steering does not load up at any time; to a degree, steering is an intellectual exercise, not a tactile one. By that I mean that when Glenn calls “pressure coming” and I wait for the helm to tell me that the boat feels the extra breeze, nothing happens. She simply accelerates in a straight line, with no need to wind off helm. It may be a different story in a sea and with tougher gusts; we had smooth seas, but there is never an acute angle of heel, or sudden lurch that upsets the crew. It's a terrible cliche, but this hull really, really is like a big dinghy."[4]