Hallberg-Rassy 40C boat test | A turbo-charged offshore cruising yacht | Yachting Monthly 

You did an excellent job with that review. I just bought my lottery tickets. I’m 6 numbers away from ordering one.

Thank you to Yachting Monthly for this test. I hope you will continue to produce this kind of excellent material!

Good to see a yachting monthly video again...👍

Great to see Yachting Monthly back at it again. Always enjoyed your reviews.

Finally, a Halberg Rassey 40C test in the English language. Very professional videography and presentation. Give those guys a raise!

Even if you don’t have that kind of money viewing the designer and craftsman’s final creation is extremely pleasing but also reassuring to know that perfection actually pays in business.

HR still continues to create and build functional, beautifully structured boats to easily fit different financial choices/options. 2024 and their 50-60’s footers still take my breath away. If ever the times arrive when I can afford a yacht, HR is the only way to go.

Nice one mate. That’s exactly what I expect from a review. Many thanks

A really, really informative boat review; thanks for restarting these, they have been sorely missed...

High quality review of a really interesting boat. Thank you!

A dreamer who sailed first on Annapolis three mast sail boat in 1982 and fell in love...Live in Arizona, but always dreaming of sailing the seven seas...Great boat to sail the deep seas. Thanks!

One of the best reviews I've seen. Thank you! Gonna check out the 44 next...

Looked in my subscription feed and saw a Yachting Monthly boat test, almost thought it was 2015.

Good to see a boat that's not filled with too many heads.

Beautiful boat with so many cool features to break

Oh man, this is a dream of a yacht, however for me it will remain exactly this, a beautiful dream.

Good work Theo! Enjoyed this review!

Excellent review. Beautiful boat. 👍👍👍👍

Love the decks so far. I'll have to look into this.

Once upon a time one needed more than an index finger to sail a boat. And when I hear of all these assist systems I can not help but think about the abilities of my middle finger.

Really good looking boat and an incentive review/tour. Good for single handed sailing but with that many electric gimmicks some wind/solar and even maybe a water turbine must be needed if you want to sail long passages and maybe with that much modern ship a hybrid engine might work better as well

I’ve been missing the Yachting Monthly Boat Reviews!

Thank you for great review !!!

What a lovely boat. I hope i can get to having this one in the future 😇

Good to be told the price ... often missing from reviews 👍

Nice , down to earth, no non sense review. Thank you.

Great space planning. All the best !

Thanks for the video. Suggestion: Could you manage a test of the AMEL 50? All the best to all at Yachting Monthly.

incredibly well-appointed for its class.

Fantastic boat

Super review 👍🏻

YES!!! Yachting Monthly is back on RU-vid! Ahoy matey 😁

If you can forget about the price, this boat is perfect aside from only having one head. Really love the extra space you get from a centre cockpit. I don’t understand why the bigger manufacturers like Beneteau and the like have stopped making CCs.

how i love helm design of Hallberg-Rassy or Nordship....just perfection.....and forever battle in my head - fin vs full keel :D

The best and safest brand in my opinion

Just came across this… beautiful sailboat!

It's good to see a review again. Thanks folks!

I want this one to live on!

It would be great if you also reviewed the performance cruiser of Azuree 41

Guy says at the end of the video how much it costs. RU-vid comments: "hOw MuCh DoEs iT CoSt!?"

HR's are great boats, with that hull shape, with almost full beam aft I'd prefer to have seen a slightly smaller galley and an en suite head for the owner's cabin. This is without doubt a fast hull with a lot of modern racing yacht design cues, bullet shaped with almost a full beam aft, hard chines in the aft portion and twin rudders, I wonder how comfortable they would be to weather? Oh I forgot, gentlemen don't sail to weather😂😂😂😂 I saw a video of this boat from Dusseldorf, and as much of a HR fan as I am I actually prefer the new Moody 42 DS, similar hull design, but a totally different design ethos with regards deck and interior layout, if I won the lottery I'd have one of each. Got to go a long way to beat a HR

i personally love the center cockpit i dont know why some have the helm right against the transom especially when theres a cut down transom fells like youll be swept right off the back

This boat is fantastic !!

These reviews are very useful when planning my boat. The hull shape is something to be considered, but I'm really not into unskegged twin rudders. Collisions do happen and I know personally an incident with whale - in the middle of the Atlantic...

Those teak decks always look amazing when new. Such a shame that they get weathered very quickly and turn grey. Such diverse opinions regarding centre helm stations in comparison to the dual setup. Would be good to get the real expert opinion on this subject. One interior wood finish that HR doesn't offer is a dark wood, high gloss (varnish) finish. Something like mahogany or cherry. I'm really into the classic look with lots of brass fixtures. The 57 or 64 would be be my first choices, or something completely different like the Amel 60 👍

An all round good review including sailing and price instead of berthed and showing bedrooms... what’s happening, people are having faith in their product’s without any secrets: so often the price isn’t mentioned like it’s a matter of “we’ll judge you and how much you can afford then rip you for more.” There’s a few good reviewers out there, some even take sarcastic but constructive criticism well. Good job and a huge plus for mono hulls just the beam might be a bit much when anchored but hey... old’s cool cool, Multihulls hulls are nice but there’s nothing like heeling over in a 20+ knot breeze, now I just need to sell my house.

Good to see Yachting Monthly back again. But I miss Chris Beeson's critical reviews. This video seems more like an advertisement video like the one Yachting World do.

I personally don't like the plum bow for aesthetics and it seems to make this center cockpit vessel "wetter" overall.

Very practical and well thought out boat. Regarding the lack of a chartplotter repeater at the nav station, most people would use a laptop for navigation and planning there today, so it's good that they did not include something most people would not use. Did notice a repeater under the dodger, which is also practical.

My dream boat.

Very nice if you can afford it. A bit small for liveaboards perhaps. My dream is Amel 60, but then that's a very different story.

What do they think of themselves at Hallberg-Rassy? Euphoria or Swan? Thanks for the great review by the way.

You are back. Fantastic. But just to let us know: Where is Chris?

Best bang for the buck right there!

Beautiful boat. Why not an induction cook top?

Where is Chris? Thanks for the review though.

...looks sweet! I'm ready to crew if you have one of these and need crew!

Hey, nice video. Why don't u review hallberg rassy 64??

It's bloody beautiful. I don't see why you'd want a head for ever person on board anyway. When they go wrong, and they will, fixing one is enough :)

Oh my, exactly what I want. Champaign tastes on a cheap beer budget. LOL

good stuff, but with that aft cabin, where is your bulk stowage for off shore crusing? this would be the great coastal cruiser, but if i was going offshore, i would want a "42C", add a few feet dedicated for stowage.

2 Toilets on a 40footer would be something for a family that spends alot of time on the loo

I truly wish, I was a millionaire, this was a lovely review thank you.

What kinda shoes is dude wearing?

Nice video

Great boat

A sailors dream ! ! !

Curious where the propane is stored ?

Beautiful

44ft is my favourite

Thank you Theo, Beautiful boat. Would love one with an enclosed camper canvas and anch for the traveler to prevent all the water in the cockpit. I saw water pooling all the way forward on the finish wood. I like it dryer. Just me and mine. Too used to sailing the San Francisco Bay Area. How tall are you for perspective? Again, thank you 4 sharing :-) Jay

Yes, designed by Frers, with a keel to drag through water, I mean no stupied box keel. Mast on frontdeck with a short head sail. A long boom for the main. Why not a longer traveler over the full width? Further details are beautifull. Only one problem: "£", sorry for that.

These boats fascinate me. They look like they’re really good boats, and good at what they’re marketed to do. A question, though: does the plumb bow have any advantages, or is it just the modern style. Personally I don’t like the looks.

I would have designed the interior very differently. I would have removed the chart table (pointless feature in the modern world) and made the port side into a mostly linear galley, but with the now-removed chart table made into a work surface, perhaps with a fridge or freezer below. The starboard side would have a combined day heads and en suite for the aft cabin (doors at both ends), as well as a wet locker space, conveniently located next to the companionway. The silly armchairs would be gone, replaced with a settee, which would also serve as an extra berth, with its full length becoming available by opening a panel in the forward bulkhead to stick your feet and legs through (taking away some of the space in the hanging locker opposite the forward heads). The current layout makes this modern 40-foot boat look cramped, more like an 80s 35-footer.

Seems like a good choice if on a budget

Il tue ce bateau le prix aussi!!!

How tall is the gentleman doing this review? It would help assessing the space and headroom. ie, if he's 6'7", it's not bad for headroom. less so if he's 5'7".

If she’s carrying weather helm, how functional is the back stay?

Like Sailing up In Maine

I didn't know that Beneteau offered an HR trim package.

can it be manned by one person?

How much of the electrical goodies can be made redundant?

Would have loved to see more about the tender garage.

The rudders losing their grip in about 12 knots of wind? Not good at all. They need to fit deeper rudders.

Are the chairs recliners?

in 4 yrs I will buy this boat. by then it will be used prices and I will have enough to tour the world.

A lot of the new boats have an awful lot of electronics controlling critical parts of sailing. I guess this is ok for weekend sailing but for any serious cruising I would be worried that if an electronic component failed you might be dead in the water. Mechanical things are one thing to fix but electronic repairs are beyond most people. Am I wrong about this? One final thought. Many of these new boats have the so called modern interiors. Yes, they are beautiful boats and I'd love to own one, but I really prefer the classic interiors rather than something that looks like a high end condo.

A manual mainsheet? I'm rather impressed....

Классный крейсер.

lovely boat. but i'd prefer the sirius 40 ds

I’m curious about the new HR designs as offshore open ocean boats. Many people scoff at a fin keel, skegless rudder, and exposed prop. Can anyone comment on the HR’s philosophy in these new boats? P.S. as a novice sailor I’ve read enough to know there’s a lot more to learn!

aw where's me ol' mate?

More of interior design videos.... Whay about SAILING CARACTERISTICS!!! Some of naval aspect.!!!!!

How tall are you mate?

seems like too much work having to stretch your arm out to push those buttons

My concern would be the effect of the very wide aft sections. Yes of course it gives greatly increased volume in the aft cabin, very nice to have, yes it will give better downwind performance, but it will be a handful sailing upwind. Notice how the boat rounded up in a slight gust on the film. You could argue that the twin rudders will help or that they probably should have reduced sail etc, but the fact is that all of that volume aft, coupled with that plum fine entry bow, will be hard work and wet when sailing upwind.

Price?

Basically the only thing you need to sail into the future is money, money and money... Like it or not.

Sorry, but Hallberg-Rassy didn't invent the twin arm chairs. They're on Marlow-Hunter sailboats as well.

Yes, and I never seen befor a H-R test whithout Mr.R... and ofcourse never in 4-6 sea level toward this outer Hebrdes.....