Hallberg-rassy 41
Halstead · Sparkman & Stephens · 1979
Updated
The Hallberg-rassy 41 is a 12.43 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Halstead, first launched in 1979. It races in Class C.
Length
12.43 m
40′ 9″
Beam
3.60 m
Draft
1.77 m
Displacement
11.8 t
Sail area
76 m²
On the podium
Where a Hallberg-rassy 41 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 26 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 26 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hallberg-rassy 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πορος 2026"2026- 9ο Κυπελλο Καλλιθεας2026
- "Αγκιστρι 2026"2026
- 43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
- 6η Regatta Σαρωνικού2026
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Hallberg-rassy 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 31.7 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (6 meetings), North Wind 435 (6 meetings), Sun Shine 38 (6 meetings), Oyster 37 (5 meetings), Oceanis 423 (5 meetings), Carter 33 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Hallberg-rassy 41 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.50
43°
Beam reach
7.85
90°
Broad reach
8.38
135°
Downwind VMG
7.55
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Hallberg-rassy 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.69 | 3.87 | 4.39 | 4.50 |
| 52° | 4.24 | 5.85 | 6.60 | 6.81 |
| 60° | 4.55 | 6.13 | 6.90 | 7.17 |
| 75° | 4.75 | 6.38 | 7.21 | 7.59 |
| 90° | 4.78 | 6.64 | 7.42 | 7.85 |
| 110° | 4.92 | 6.85 | 7.71 | 8.29 |
| 120° | 4.74 | 6.73 | 7.69 | 8.46 |
| 135° | 4.25 | 6.27 | 7.45 | 8.38 |
| 150° | 3.58 | 5.56 | 6.97 | 8.04 |
| Run VMG | 3.10 | 4.83 | 6.19 | 7.55 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 400 kg.
Rigging
Hallberg-rassy 41 rig and sail dimensions
A Hallberg-rassy 41 carries 12.84 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.62 m boom, a forestay 14.78 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 78 to 118 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.