CONTESSA 43
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1977
Dimensions
- LOA
- 42.75 ft
- LWL
- 34.33 ft
- Beam
- 12.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 7.25 ft
- Displacement
- 21,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 10,800 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.81 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 232
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 51.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 876 sq ft
- I
- 57 ft
- J
- 18.33 ft
- P
- 51.5 ft
- E
- 13.75 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1977
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Seapanther
- Power
- 30 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 70 gal
- Fuel
- 20 gal
Notes: Available as a flush deck racer or cruiser-racer with coach roof.\nThanks to original builders, Jeremy Rogers Ltd., for supplying updated information on this yacht.
Designer
- Doug Peterson (1945–2017)
Builder
- Jeremy Rogers Ltd. (1961)