Bayfield 40

Bayfield 40

Development
Designer	Ted Gozzard
Location	Canada
Year	1982
Builder(s)	Bayfield Boat Yard
Role	Cruiser
Name	Bayfield 40
Boat
Displacement	21,000 lb (9,525 kg)
Draft	4.92 ft (1.50 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fibreglass
LOA	39.50 ft (12.04 m), 45.50 ft (13.87 m) including the bowsprit
LWL	30.50 ft (9.30 m)
Beam	12.00 ft (3.66 m)
Engine type	Yanmar 4JHE 44 hp (33 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	long keel
Ballast	8,200 lb (3,719 kg)
Rudder(s)	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Staysail ketch
I foretriangle height	52.00 ft (15.85 m)
J foretriangle base	19.78 ft (6.03 m)
P mainsail luff	41.50 ft (12.65 m)
E mainsail foot	13.50 ft (4.11 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Ketch
Mainsail area	280.13 sq ft (26.025 m2)
Jib/genoa area	514.28 sq ft (47.778 m2)
Total sail area	794.41 sq ft (73.803 m2)

The Bayfield 40 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Ted Gozzard for cruising and first built in 1982. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Production

The design was built by Bayfield Boat Yard in Clinton, Ontario, Canada, starting in 1984, but the company went out of business in 1988 after a factory fire and production ended then. ^{[1] [2] [4]}

Design

The Bayfield 40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of balsa-cored fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a staysail ketch rig, with aluminum spars, a clipper bow with a bowsprit and trailboards, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel. It displaces 21,000 lb (9,525 kg) and carries 8,200 lb (3,719 kg) of lead ballast. ^{[1] [2]}

The boat has a draft of 4.92 ft (1.50 m) with the standard keel. ^[1]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 4JHE diesel engine of 44 hp (33 kW) or a Westerbeke 52 hp (39 kW) diesel for docking and manoeuvring. The fresh water tank has a capacity of 100 U.S. gallons (380 L; 83 imp gal). ^{[1] [2]}

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with two double berths aft with optional raisable privacy panels in between and a U-shaped settee in the main cabin with a drop-down table that converts to a double berth. The galley is located on the port side forward. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner propane-fired stove, an electric refrigerator and a sink. A navigation station is aft of the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the forepeak and includes a shower. The forepeak houses sail lockers and the anchor locker, accessible from the deck above. ^[2]

Ventilation is provided by a port and hatch each in the aft cabins, plus two forward opening hatches and two opening ports in the head. There is a total of ten opening ports and four opening hatches, plus a large opening skylight just aft of the main mast. ^[2]

For sailing the design is equipped with a total of 11 winches for the halyards and the sheets. ^[2]

Operational history

In a 1994 review of the Bayfield 40, Richard Sherwood wrote, "the lines of the hull are traditional. The foresail rig is unusual in a big ketch. Cabin layout, with a midships galley and no vee berths, is distinctly different." ^[2]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Similar sailboats

• Baltic 40
• Bermuda 40
• Bristol 40
• Caliber 40
• Dickerson 41
• Endeavour 40
• Islander 40
• Lord Nelson 41
• Nordic 40

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bayfield 40 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 378. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
3. Browning, Randy (2020). "Ted Gozzard". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
4. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd. (CAN)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.