| US Yachts US 42 | |
| Designer: | Stan Huntingford |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Builder: | US Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 6.58feet |
| Displacement: | 240000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 41.5feet |
| Lwl: | 32.5feet |
| Beam: | 14feet |
| Engine: | British Motor Corporation 600NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 105000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mountedrudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 51.75feet |
| J: | 17.5feet |
| P: | 45feet |
| E: | 12feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 270square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 452.81square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 772.81square feet |
| Previous: | Cooper 416 |
The US Yachts US 42 is an American sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1982.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat is a development of the Cooper 416, using the same molds, which were purchased by Bayliner from Cooper Yachts.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The design was built by US Yachts in the United States, from 1982 to 1986, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [7] [8]
The US 42 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 240000NaN0 and carries 105000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 6.58feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a British Motor Corporation diesel engine of 600NaN0 for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with an angled double berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and includes a shower. Cabin headroom is 760NaN0.[1] [2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 7.64kn.[2]
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