Valiant 42
About the Valiant 42
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Builder
- Valiant Yachts (Gordonville, Texas)
- Designer
- Robert Perry
- Length
- 39.9 ft
- Waterline
- 34.5 ft
- Beam
- 12.75 ft
- Draft
- 6 ft
- Displacement
- 24,600 lb
- Ballast
- 9,500 lb
- Hull / keel
- fin keel
- Rig
- cutter
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 100 gal
- Water
- 120 gal
- Stern thruster
- none
Sources disagree on first year, last year — left blank rather than guessed.
Same Perry hull as the Valiant 40 with a bowsprit, modified deck and keel, and more ballast. Texas-built boats used isophthalic resin and are not part of the blister era. Shoal draft 5.5 ft. A deck-saloon version (42RS) was also offered.
Known problems for this model
No well-sourced problem reports found yet.
Model sources (5)
sailboatdata.com · spinsheet.com · boattomorrow.com · valiantsailboats.com · wavetrain.net
Other Valiant models
- Valiant 32 1976–?
- Valiant 40
Researched from public sources. Spotted an error? The sources are listed above — tell us what they got wrong.