We are considering buying a Lexcen 40 yacht with the intention of sailing around the world in it. Does anyone have any knowledge of their bluewater capabilities?
My Old man used to have a lexcen 41 in Adelaide - they are excellent cruising boats with loads of space downstairs. They are incredibly strong and reliable boats, we had it for 8 years and cruised and raced extensively out of Adelaide. They are also very safe and sturdy in heavy weather we did quite a lot of cruising around Pt Lincoln & Yorke Peninsula in it, and was great in open ocean. Did the Adelaide Pt Lincoln race 7 or 8 times no problems. They are not the quickest boat from A to B, but they are incredibly safe and perfect for blue water cruising.
My Old man used to have a lexcen 41 in Adelaide - they are excellent cruising boats with loads of space downstairs. They are incredibly strong and reliable boats, we had it for 8 years and cruised and raced extensively out of Adelaide. They are also very safe and sturdy in heavy weather we did quite a lot of cruising around Pt Lincoln & Yorke Peninsula in it, and was great in open ocean. Did the Adelaide Pt Lincoln race 7 or 8 times no problems. They are not the quickest boat from A to B, but they are incredibly safe and perfect for blue water cruising.
Thanks for that Pato. It's quite hard to find out any information at all about these yachts. They do seem to be particularly wide and spacious as you mentioned above regarding your fathers boat. This one is in fact 4.45 metres wide which is wider by about a metre compared to any other beneteau/bavaria etc of the same size. (and i thought they were wide) Do you think this would make the boat less able to recover from a capsize if it were unfortunate enough to happen? Other than it's extreme width the boat seems to have everything needed to go bluewater sailing so it's the one thing we are contemplating at the moment.
They are a very seaworthy boat - the people who bought it from us had plans to do exactly that - cruise from Australia through Tahiti and the Pacific. As far as rollovers I cant comment on whether or not it would be better than a bavaria etc, all I do know is the way they were built a few charter companies in the whitsundays were using them a few years back and they were very safe. Our boat was originally built in Freo and sailed across to South Australia. It did compete in a couple of Sydney Hobart Yacht races as well with previous owners and had no dramas. I reckon they make a fantastic cruising boat. They are bulletproof - I know guys who have had problems with production yachts that are a lot newer, the Lexcens were a bit more of a one off.
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