Boat models · Fraser
Fraser 41
Sailboat, bluewater cruiser · built 1977 · designed by Doug Cook/Dekleer
Key figures
Comfort31.7kindly offshore
Capsize screen1.81passes for offshore
D/L286moderate
Ballast ratio0.45stiff
Hull speed7.5kt
- Built
- 1977
- Designer
- Doug Cook/Dekleer
- Builder
- Dekleer Brothers Industries Ltd. (CAN)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin Keel
- Length
- 41.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 12.3 ft · 6.6 ft
- Displacement
- 20,000 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classbluewater cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Solid, heavy-glassed BC cruiser, but mostly owner-finished, so each boat is its own survey.
- Coastal cruising
- respected · comfortable Pacific Northwest cruiser, handles 25 knots
- Offshore passages
- respected · bluewater cruisers praise it as solid
- Loved
- exceptionally heavy, well-laid glasswork · comfortable motion in a breeze · sails decently in light air
- Gripes
- owner-finished interiors vary widely in quality · little documented history or class info · hard to find comparables for pricing
- Survey for
- quality of amateur interior and systems finish · aging original electronics and propane systems
- Cross-shopped
- Spencer 42 · Fraser 42 · Cooper 416
Thin discussion; from sailnet.com
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