Victress 40 (Piver 40 Ketch)
Description
The Victress 40 (also known as the Piver Victress 40 or Piver 40 Ketch) is a classic cruising trimaran designed by pioneering American multihull designer Arthur Piver in the mid-1960s. It served as Piver's flagship cruising trimaran design and helped spark the amateur-built trimaran movement of that era. The boat was primarily offered as plans for home or professional builders (often in plywood with fiberglass sheathing or double-diagonal planking), with no single factory mass-producing it. Exact numbers are not precisely documented, but dozens of examples were built worldwide, many by amateurs or small yards (including some in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere). Completed boats from the late 1960s through the 1980s are still found today, though they vary in quality and modifications.
Construction Details
| Designer | Arthur Piver |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 40.000 ft |
| LOA | 40.000 ft |
| Beam | 25.000 ft |
| Max Draft | 2.750 ft |
| Year Built | 1965 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 41.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 15.22 ft |
| p | 36.10 ft |
| e | 15 ft |
| p2 | 23 ft |
| e2 | 24.33 ft |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41.50 ft | 15.22 ft | 36.10 ft | 15 ft | 23 ft | 24.33 ft | - | - |
Sails
Victress 40 (Piver 40 Ketch) - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 36.1 ft - (11003 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 15 ft - (4572 mm) |
| Leech | * 38.41 ft - (11707 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 87.98 ° |
| Diagonal | * 38.6 ft - (11765 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | 270.43 ft² |
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Victress 40 (Piver 40 Ketch) - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 35.36 ft - (10778 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 20.67 ft - (6300 mm) |
| Leech | * 30 ft - (9144 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 115 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 17.5 ft - (5334 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | 309.45 ft² |
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Victress 40 (Piver 40 Ketch) - GENOA
| Luff | * 41.99 ft - (12799 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 25.02 ft - (7626 mm) |
| Leech | * 39.11 ft - (11921 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 22.83 ft - (6959 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4 ° |
| Area | 479.33 ft² |
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Victress 40 (Piver 40 Ketch) - MIZZEN
| Luff | * 23 ft - (7010 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 24.33 ft - (7416 mm) |
| Leech-AftHdBd | * 32.52 ft - (9912 mm) |
| Tack Ang | * 87.99 ° |
| Diag (clew/head) | * 32.89 ft - (10025 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area (no Roach) | 279.35 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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