Lancer 40

The Lancer 40 is an American sailboat that was designed by Herb David as a motorsailer and cruiser and first built in 1983.

Production
The design was built by Lancer Yachts in the United States, between 1983 and 1985, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Lancer 40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a center cockpit, a raked stem, an angled transom, with a fixed swimming platform, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 15500 lb and carries 4500 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 6.30 ft with the standard keel and is fitted with an inboard motor for cruising, docking and maneuvering.

The design has a hull speed of 7.77 kn.