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Spray 40 Steel or Fiberglass Plans & Frame patterns OR Kit or Cutting Files and Plans There are over 5,000 Bruce Roberts Spray's already sailing worldwide plus another 1000 currently being built. We have been willing to listen to every combination of idea's about this wonderful boat and several layouts have been drawn. Many of these features are interchangeable between the various versions. You can choose to build this design in multi chine steel or aluminum. Many of these Sprays have completed complete circumnavigations some more than once & usually with crews consisting only of two persons ! |
| L.O.D. | 12.19 m | 40' 0" |
| L.W.L. | 9.73 m | 31' 11" |
| BEAM | 4.37 m | 14' 4" |
| DRAFT | 1.27 m | 4' 2" |
| DISPLACEMENT. | 16,257 kg | 35,840 lb |
| BALLAST | 6,804 kg | 20,000 lb |
| AUX POWER | 50 to 70 hp |
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Spray 40 A Steel or Fiberglass
Bmu. Ketch shown. Gaff Cutter & Junk
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Thanks Bruce for your reply.
we just sold (a bitter-sweet moment) our Bruce
Roberts designed Spray 40 in a slightly modified Spray 42' (LOD) that was
built by a South-African German naval engineer O.L. Silvester in the mid
70s and launched in 1984 (see picture attached). Heritage was
built using the C-Flex method, and I must say, even in tough weather, we
never so much as experienced a shudder from her.
We absolutely love the design, especially the
hull shape, and very stable sailing properties, but sold her mainly
because we are looking to upscale to accommodate a family of 4.
We really like the Spray 40 design and looks,
and are wondering if it is possible to duplicate our former Spray 42,
which was based on your plans, into an appropriately proportioned Spray 50
or 52 (LOD) while still retaining the same forward hull shape (see
picture), without diminishing her overall characteristics.
IAll the best,
Michael Klautky
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Spray 40 Steel or Fiberglass This is the deck layout for the Spray 400 A ... a small 'dog house' over the companionway is an option. |
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Spray 40 A Steel or Fiberglass Suggested accommodation layout that with small modifications will suit either the A or C versions. The study plans and the plans that come with the kit or cutting files have other optional layouts. |
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Spray 40 A Steel or Fiberglass This Spray 40 was the first Roberts designed Spray and was built at Marine Park Brisbane in 1968 for Charlie Jupp. Hi Bruce, I sailed on the first 'Spray' you designed built by Charlie Jupp across the Pacific years ago. A cyclone done its best to pull the boat apart and loosing the rudder back-sliding down waves didn't help. Still, Spray did get us to land safely for which I hold the boat in high esteem. I have since owned several boats myself and sailed many oceans but never experienced anything such as what Charlie and I went through on that one particular leg. Kind Regards Rick Ganly |
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Spray 40 C
'Salty Spray' |
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Spray 40 C Steel or Fiberglass "Castlegate
Spray" |
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Spray 40 C Steel or Fiberglass The junk schooner rig is ideally suited to the Spray 400 - the plans that come with the kit or cutting files show several alternate rigs including Cutter, Ketch, Junk rig etc. |
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