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| L.O.A. | 12.19 m | 40' 0" |
| L.W.L. | 10.67 m | 35' 0" |
| BEAM | 3.97 m | 13' 0" |
| DRAFT | 1.30 m | 4' 3" |
| DISPLACEMENT | 14,061 kg | 31,000 lb |
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See larger version ... TRAVELER 45 Roberts PCF. 40 The PCF 40 is one of my favourite boats and makes an ideal family motor sailer. The hull is based on a trawler design that we built in the 1970's and as with all well designed trawler hulls - this is a great sea boat.
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Roberts PCF. 40 This is the original accommodation plan.
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Roberts PCF. 40 This is the accommodation plan we have prepared for the new steel KIT version. You can vary the layout to suit yourself.
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Roberts PCF. 40 This is an optional aft cabin added to the original accommodation plan.
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Roberts PCF. 40 There are over 200 PCF40's currently in service world-wide.
Bruce, looking through your web site I had a
pleasant surprise to find my PCF 40 photo's used. If for any reason you
would like further information or photo's please do not hesitate to contact
me.
I have found the boat very sea worthy and
economical after travelling from Sydney to the Whitsunday's ( about 1200 nm
) where it now resides, and is used for family holidays. Warren
Goddard
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Roberts PCF. 40 The PCF 40 is flush deck forward making for easy anchor handling and plenty of space to stow the dinghy etc. Hi Bruce, I recently purchased a PCF40 after recovering the boat from a reef on Guam, where it had been aground for about 6 years. We are in the process of bringing her back to sea worthy condition. The boat's name is the Pearl. She was originally built in Papua New Guinea in 1978 and has crossed the Pacific four times over her past life. She was used primarily as a small cargo transport between the Pacific Islands. I don't have the original drawings or specs on the boat (other than what's on the website). All of the paperwork, manuals, and it looks like the original plans were lost when she went aground. What I'm looking for is info on the design water line and recommended ballast weight and placement. Is this information available on line or will I need to purchase the full set of plans Thanks for any information that you can
provide on this. BRUCE ROBERTS-GOODSON REPLIES:
BRUCE ROBERTS YACHT DESIGN OFFICES
Ireland, USA, Australia, The Netherlands WEB: www.bruceroberts.com Email: boatdesigns@gmail.com
Hi Bruce, Normally it is necessary for any new owner
of one of our boats to purchase the complete plans if the original plans
are not available .. the reasoning is that if no plans are with the boat
then it was probably built using pirated or illegally copied plans.
HOWEVER in your case in view of your tenacity in
restoring this PCF 40 then I suggest that a set of the much less
expensive STUDY PLANS will suffice and also I will put you on the plans
register for future reference. Regards, Bruce Roberts-Goodson
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STUDY
PLAN PACKAGES ON DOWNLOAD or on CD - YOU CHOOSE DOWNLOAD OR CD. . . |
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Roberts PCF. 40 Another PCF 40 this one owned in Canada by Claude Charland
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Roberts PCF. 40 Australian Built PCF 40 - This boat was built at our Marine Park boat-yard back in the 70's - the boat is still in service and in recent years has commanded a good re-sale value.
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Roberts PCF. 40 Here we see a steel PCF 40 hull ready for turn over. The kit version is simpler to build as it is built upright and this saves the turn-over operation. You can start with a KIT or Cutting files and plans and have the kit cut locally.
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