Maple Leaf 42

The Maple Leaf 42 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1974.^[1][2][3][4]

Maple Leaf 42

Development
Designer	Stan Huntingford
Location	Canada
Year	1974
Builder	Svend's Yachts Ltd
Role	Cruiser
Name	Maple Leaf 42
Boat
Displacement	24,000 pounds (10,886 kg)
Draft	6.00 feet (1.83 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fibreglass
LOA	42.00 feet (12.80 m)
LWL	35.00 feet (10.67 m)
Beam	13.08 feet (3.99 m)
Engine type	Inboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fixed keel or centreboard
Ballast	9,000 pounds (4,082 kg)
Rudder	Skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	51.00 feet (15.54 m)
J foretriangle base	17.00 feet (5.18 m)
P mainsail luff	44.17 feet (13.46 m)
E mainsail foot	16.50 feet (5.03 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead sloop
Mainsail area	364.40 square feet (33.854 m2)
Jib/genoa area	433.50 square feet (40.273 m2)
Total sail area	797.0 square feet (74.04 m2)

Production

The design was built by Svend's Yachts Ltd based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, starting in 1974, but the company went out of business in 1990 and it is now out of production.^[1][2][5][6]

Design

The Maple Leaf 42 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 24,000 pounds (10,886 kg) and carries 9,000 pounds (4,082 kg) of ballast.^[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 6.00 feet (1.83 m) with the standard keel.^[1][2]

The design has a hull speed of 7.93 knots (14.69 km/h).^[2]

See also

• List of sailing boat types