Island Packet 40
Built 1994–2000 by Island Packet Yachts (Largo, Florida)
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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.