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VOYAGER DS 440 CRUISING SAILBOAT
STEEL KIT or PLANS & CUTTING FILES

VOYAGER DS 440 radius chine kit is the latest refinement of this world cruising sailboat and has all the qualities that the Bruce Roberts designs are famous for. This hull has been designed for fast passage making but is equally at home racing around the buoys. Alternate accommodation lay-outs, various cockpit arrangements are available.

The VOYAGER DS 440 is one of the new series of sailboats that can be customized to suit YOUR requirements. We show several different possible accommodation layouts; these are arranged so you can mix & match by taking elements from one layout and switching it with another etc., PLUS of course you may have YOUR own ideas as to what would be best for your needs.

Bruce Roberts SAILBOAT KITS
Pre cut boat kits are all the metal parts required to build a complete boat. These parts are computer generated and NC Plasma cut before they are packed and delivered ready for you to start assembling and welding into the finished boat. We design and nest the package using our specialized computer programs, then cut on a computerized plasma-oxygen cutter. For example, an 13m ( 43' ) yacht would comprise of around 470 parts! These kits are shipped world-wide, each in individual containers.

These cruising sailboats are designed in accordance with Lloyds for category 1 (unrestricted operating / sailing area), which is much better than the EU and other Classification Societies and the CE-A require. Complete stability calculations to USCG offshore requirements are included in the design package. All calculations are also cross referenced against ABS requirements to ensure that the design meets world-wide standards and specifications.

In the case of KITS, all plate parts belonging to the hull, deck and superstructure that are accurately cut to size are included. The parts are marked with the appropriate part number and engraved matching marking lines to assist in the assembly and location of the part in its position. Cutting method is Plasma / Oxygen, ensuring highest accuracy and smooth edges.

Plate parts are cut from Lloyds approved A Grade Shipbuilding quality STEEL that has been coated with factory applied Sigma weld MC welding primer. We use and recommend steel plate that has the official designation ISO standard 10474 or EN 10204 with 3.1.B certificate.

Length - Hull	13.64 m	44’-9”
Length - Deck	12.95 m	42'-6"
Length – Waterline	12.03 m	39'-6"
BEAM	4.42 m	14'-6"
DRAFT	1.98 m	6’-6”
DRAFT (SHOAL)	1.75 m	5'-9"
Headroom	2.03 m	6’-8”

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	VOYAGER DS 440 Steel Kits, Steel or Aluminum Cutting files and plans. The CUSTOM 440 features one unbroken sheer line and the latest in deck salon arrangements. By careful design we have managed to reduce the height of the sheer line thus reducing windage and improving performance. This is one great performance cruising boat that incorporates all the design information we have gathered during 38 years of designing & building thousands of offshore cruising sailboats.
FROM THIS TO THIS - IN JUST A FEW MONTHS ! VOYAGER DS 440 COMPLETED AND OFF ON WORLD VOYAGE ! Hello Bruce, The good news is that my Father completed the boat, and they left from Budapest around 3 weeks ago! There is always room for improvement, but my Mother told him, that it must be finished now and it was. I believe they did a very nice job making the boat. They also managed to certify it in Hungary for unrestricted Cat A license. My father wanted to wait a bit after they left with the announcements, to see how it is going to turn out. But everything works very nice, the boat is really behaving lovely. They left with 11 people on board, down the Danube river to the black sea. Now they just left Istanbul in Turkey. This also means from now on I will not send any building photos, but journey photos from around the world. The plan now is that this year they will stay at the Mediterranean sea and the will leave next to the Caribbean. After that for 2-3 years they plan to go around the world. So to sum up, my Father now closed a 4 years journey in building this wonderful boat, and He just started an even bigger adventure. When they left on the Danube river with my wife we saw a man whose dream came through. Best Regards, Norbert	VOYAGER DS 440 Steel Kits, Steel or Aluminum Cutting files and plans. STUDY PLANS INCLUDE STEP BY STEP PHOTOS OF BUILDING OF THIS BOAT FROM START TO COMPLETION INCLUDING ALL THE INTERIOR FIT-OUT ETC. Tamas Toth is building this radius chine VOYAGER DS 440 sailboat and is doing a beautiful job. We have over 100 STEP by STEP photos of the building of this boat from one of our CUTTING FILE packages - YOU can see all these photos and MUCH more in our super STUDY PLAN package. STUDY PLAN PACKAGE. INCLUDES PRICES ... ORDER 12th January 2008: Norbert Toth has sent us a number of photographs of the Voyager DS 440 for use in the study plan pack and for use in my forthcoming book Illustrated CUSTOM BOATBUILDING ... Norbert writes: Hi Bruce, Now we have some experience with your Voyager DS440 plans. We always read on your site (mostly in the newsletters, builders feedback) that your kits fit together nicely. I think we have better than average possibilities creating the steel parts. We only had the cutting files, and we did cut the kit from steel sheets. Now that we have something assembled, we can say that the parts fit together like a charm. The plans are extremely accurate, Excellent plans, thank you very much! Best Regards, Norbert and Tamás Tóth Video of this boat having its first trial under power ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgPrBlIsBEE This email arrived today for the builder of the first Voyager DS 440 that was launched a couple of weeks ago. Hi Bruce! It's been a while since I last wrote. My father was really busy trying to pull everything together, but now it's a milestone again. This weekend we did our first 40km trial cruise with the new born DS440 in the Danube river in Budapest. The boat is operating on it's own engine, everything is working fine (we also have batteries installed and some of the instruments). We were really curious how the boat will behave in water. We must say it exceeded our expectations. The Voyager DS 440 runs extremely smoothly in the water. We were a bit afraid of the maneuverability due to the long keel design, but no problem at all. It is a really handy boat, although the mass feels. It's line it is not a toy, it is a serious boat. :) Our course a lot of our friends tried and one really experienced boat captain said something, which I can only try to accurately translate: "It's freaking good! :)" with a big smile on his face. We had a plastic boat in lake Balaton before, but we must say that was a toy compared to this. We also tried creating waves with a friend's motor boat to see how stable the boat is, and it did surprisingly well. It is a huge difference compared to "normal plastic boats build for charter purposes and not for cruising". Regards Norman Toth
	VOYAGER DS 440 ROBERTS SAFETY SKEG The VOYAGER DS 440 features the Roberts safety skeg which is designed to take the best features from the LONG FIN / SKEG combination & add a SAFETY FACTOR. You should be aware that skegs in general are vulnerable to damage so here is our answer to this problem. EMAIL Bruce to more details of this development.
Voyager DS 445 being built by Thomas Ogizek	VOYAGER DS 445 - CLASSIC INCLUDES - ROBERTS SAFETY SKEG The VOYAGER DS 445 - CLASSIC The obvious benefit of the Classic version is the addition of the aft deck behind the cockpit. Please Email BRUCE if this version interests you. VOYAGER DS 445 (CLASSIC Version Builder) Hi Bruce! I’m very pleased with Toth’s words about his boat first trial. I can’t wait for my own sailboat launch day! I haven’t consulted you so far because things are going well, we’re used to work with steel. For the next steps (mechanical, electrical and hydraulic installations) though, I’m sure I’ll be contacting you more frequently because everything will be absolutely new for me. Best Regards Thomas Ogizek
	VOYAGER DS 440 DECK LAYOUT The VOYAGER DS 440 features a one level deck ( no poop step ) and the modern unbroken sheerline.
	VOYAGER DS 440 accommodation A B & E The VOYAGER DS 440 has SIX different layouts including a 6 berth CHARTER version with twin cabins aft. The STUDY PLAN package shows all the alternate layouts and much more.
	VOYAGER DS 440 Steel Kits, Steel or Aluminum Cutting files and plans or Fiberglass or Wood / Epoxy plans are also available. The Voyager DS 440 is an extremely spacious boat ... Here we see two different arrangements for the master suite, both from Bruce Roberts sailboats ... one somewhat traditional and the other leaning towards the modern 'light interior' look. Both work well in this boat.
	VOYAGER DS 440 Another possible layout in this versatile sailboat. Here we see another arrangement from a Bruce Roberts sailboat that would work in this boat.

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