Island Packet 40”
One of the most ideal cruising sailboats ever built.
Welcoming our new addition to our sailing school fleet! The Island Packet 40 makes an exceptional training platform because its ultra-stable full-foil keel design and heavy displacement forgive common beginner mistakes by minimizing sudden heeling and providing a highly predictable, motion-comfort-focused ride.
Why the Island Packet Excels for Beginning Sailors
Forgiving Stability: The high ballast-to-displacement ratio prevents rapid tipping or sudden movements, building immediate confidence.
Bulletproof Construction: A solid, one-piece fiberglass hull protects against structural damage during accidental dock bumps or groundings.
Manageable Cutter Rig: The sail plan splits the forward sail area into smaller, easily managed roller-furling sails, making sail handling less physically demanding.
Excellent Tracking: Its long full keel acts like a track, allowing the boat to hold its steering straight without constant, high-stress helm corrections.
Ergonomic Safety: A deep, protected cockpit layout guarantees secure footing and easy access to control lines.
The Island Packet 40 is one of the most ideal cruising sailboats ever built. She combines stunning good looks, robust construction, sea kindly, comfortable accommodations, shallow draft, and circumnavigation potential with a cutter rig that is easy for a couple to handle in all conditions. Not to mention her superior safety record and spacious living accommodations. Whether you plan to sail the bay or cross oceans, this IP 40 is equipped and ready to go wherever you choose to go. Our Island Packet is super well maintained and ready to sail!
Below deck she has two double staterooms, well-separated for privacy, and each with an adjoining head and shower, combined with an expansive central living area to provide a gracious setting. Overhead handrails, bulkhead hand grips and an easily maintained, molded slip-resistant cabin sole offer sure-footed movement while underway.
The L-shaped settee in the main salon can be quickly converted to an extra double berth with its built-in pullout panel. There is a single settee berth to port, teak cabinets & book shelves outboard of both settees. Large stowage areas are behind & under each settee. There is a cedar lined hanging locker with a top shelf located on the port side, forward of the settee. The deluxe drop leaf table folds against the bulkhead rack. Ventilation is through a large overhead hatch, numerous opening ports and deck vents.
The forward cabin has privacy doors to salon & head compartment. This cabin features a large double berth with a full-length teak shelf outboard and an overhead shelf on headboard-bulkhead with a convenient reading light. For personal belongings and clothes there are large stowage lockers and six cedar lined drawers. Generous cedar lined hanging locker with a top shelf plus a bureau with a top shelf. Three opening ports, overhead hatch, deck vents provide ventilation. The cabin sole is varnished teak & holly.
Forward Head
The forward head has a separate shower with a curtain on an overhead track and a teak seat. The large vanity features a stainless steel sink, hot and cold pressure water and an unbreakable mirror. The counter top is Formica with teak trim. Storage cabinets are below the counter.
Aft Cabin
The aft cabin has privacy doors to the main cabin & head compartment. The berth is a large double with a full-length teak shelf outboard, a dressing seat and stowage lockers under the berth. There is a generous cedar lined hanging locker with a top shelf and a bureau. For ventilation, there are two opening ports plus an overhead hatch.
Aft Cabin
The aft head has a shower pan (drain to auto sump), a curtain on track, a teak seat that retracts for access to a marine head.
The large vanity has a polished stainless steel sink, hot-cold pressure water with a shower head, and a full-length unbreakable mirror. The Formica counter has teak trim, storage cabinets, overhead hatch & opening port.
The door is conveniently located near the companionway in main cabin. There is an additional door for private access to aft cabin.
Galley
The galley is a large wrap-around design with Formica surfaces and teak sea rails on all edges. The icebox is a 12 cu.ft., top loading with superior injected froth type urethane insulation throughout.
The gimbaled Princess three burner LPG stove and oven is a stainless steel deluxe safety type, with a liftoff cover, a stainless steel guardrail with harness hooks. There is a pot and pan locker beneath the oven. The double stainless steel sink features a hot & cold pressure water tap and a manual pump. There is a deluxe teak dish rack and cutlery drawers. Large storage areas are located above & below the counter. A storage drawer is convenient for galley utensils.
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