Island Packet 40
Built 1994–2000 by Island Packet Yachts (Largo, Florida)
About the Island Packet 40
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1994–2000
- Builder
- Island Packet Yachts (Largo, Florida)
- Designer
- Robert K. (Bob) Johnson
- Length
- 39.33 ft
- Waterline
- 34 ft
- Beam
- 12.92 ft
- Draft
- 4.67 ft
- Displacement
- 22,800 lb
- Ballast
- 10,000 lb
- Hull / keel
- full keel
- Rig
- cutter
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 90 gal
- Water
- 170 gal
- Number built
- 139
- Bow thruster
- common retrofit
- Stern thruster
- none
Hull length (LOD) 39.33 ft; 41.5 ft overall including bowsprit (sailboatdata lists both). Lead ballast.
Known problems for this model
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Encapsulated stainless chainplates (crevice/stress corrosion) rigging
Chainplates are glassed into the hull/caprail area where corrosion cannot be seen; boats before the 1996 model year used 304 stainless, which the former factory staffer running IP Ancestry says lasts roughly 20-25 years. A specialist yard reported most IP chainplates it replaced were failed or near failure, so plan on inspection or replacement (1994-1996 hulls 304, 1997-98 304L, 316 from 1999 model year).island-packet-ancestry.com · forums.ybw.com
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Aluminum holding (and some fuel) tanks corrode plumbing
Owners report aluminum holding tanks installed under the cabin sole corroding and needing to be cut out for replacement; later boats moved to fiberglass tanks.forums.ybw.com
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Full keel with prop in aperture - poor control astern hull
Owners and reviewers note the full-keel boats back up unpredictably; many owners add a bow thruster.practical-sailor.com · forums.ybw.com
Engines & parts
Yanmar 4JH series (4JH, 4JH2/3/4, -E, -TE, -HTE) parts: good
Factory standard engine — you entered “Yanmar 4JH3BE”
Widely used and fully supported by Yanmar dealers and distributors; the mixing elbow is treated as a consumable part.
Parts sources: Mack Boring & Parts (Yanmar distributor), Yanmar USA genuine parts
Common problems (1)
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Mixing elbow failure exhaust
The exhaust mixing elbow on 4JH engines pits and fails, sometimes within a few hundred hours; owners treat roughly 1000 hours as a practical life and inspect the elbow-to-manifold joint for salt weeping.cruisersforum.com · jeanneau.proboards.com · facebook.com
Model sources (3)
sailboatdata.com · island-packet-ancestry.com · forums.ybw.com
Other Island Packet models
- Island Packet 27 1984–1992
- Island Packet 31 1983–1989
- Island Packet 32 1990–1996
- Island Packet 35 1988–1994
- Island Packet 350 1997–2004
- Island Packet 38 1986–1993
Researched from public sources. Spotted an error? The sources are listed above — tell us what they got wrong.