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King 40 by Mills Design

• Reference ID 535
• Builder King
• Model 40 Mills Design
• Location Italy
• Engine type Single
• L.O.A. (mtr) 12.15
• Beam (mtr) 3.65
• Draft (mtr) 2.5
• Material Composite
• Engine Yanmar 3JH4E SD50

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Yacht description.

Built in 2008, nr 5, by King Marine, Buenos Aires. Designed by Mark Mills. First race June 2008: Commodores Cup,Cowes, Solent

Active racing in The Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Ireland and France untill 2015. 

In 2017 she had a total refit and was transformed in a cruising yacht to sail doublehanded. Since 2017  sailing in the Med. On the moment lying in Marina St Elmo, Cagliari, Sardinia.

The KING 40 is a true dual-purpose cruiser/racer which can compete successfully offshore or around the cans, yet still offers a comfortable cockpit and interior for relaxed family sailing. The KING 40 builds on the two most successful designs of this size in recent years, the IRC 39 Mariners Cove and the IRC 40 Tiamat: both UK IRC Champions in 2006. With winning in its genes, the KING 40 has been positioned to ensure that it has the widest possible performance band, with particular focus on light and medium airs racing. High stability is encouraged by the IRC rule and ensures pace all the way up the wind range. The KING 40 easily surpasses existing stability requirements for the world’s great ocean races.

This is a turn-key IRC race boat that allows the new owner to immediately get out there and be at the top of the leaderboard. This Mills design still is one of the most competitive IRC boats in this size bracket

The King 40 is built in accordance with the European CE-certification and meets the CE-Directive 94/25/CE Category A “Ocean” for recreational vessels.

King 40 hull number: ARCDBK4005E808

• Interior panelling largely replaced and expanded
• Electrical wiring adjusted
• New navigation equipment
• New standing rigging
• Replacemet of the sail drive cuff and seacock
• Hull and mast repainted
• Deck hatches renewed
• Spray hood new
• Carbon Mast by King Composites – 2 pairs swept aluminium spreaders / no runners, sprayed 2017 (4 x)
• Mainsheet bail and mechanical Vang lug.
• Custom carbon-fiber spinnaker pole & gear by King Composites
• Solid Mechanical Vang
• Custom SS chainplates and internal backstay Ronstan “magic wheel”
• Two jib inhauls
• Two mainsail clew reef lines, mainsailhalyard 2017
• Traveler control lines Dacron braid.
• Carbon boom
• Carbon Roller furler
• Furler system Code 0- 2017
• Carbon spi- pole
• Rod rigging 2017
• Lazy jacks 2017
• Carbon bowsprit (refitted in 2017 for anchor and assymetric sails)
• PBO backstay 2017
• Electric backstay hydraulic pump with sb and bb pushbuttons
• Two spectra spinnaker sheets / two Spec Set II afterguys Tylaska T-8 shackles
• Two spectra genoa sheets with J-locks
• Mainsheet – 10 mm spectra
• Double masthead spinnaker halyard sheave
• Double genoa halyard exit sheaves at hounds
• Two spectra genoa halyards Tylaska T-8 Shackles
• Two spectra spinnaker halyards Tylaska T-8 SHackles
• Main halyard, spectra, 2:1 with SS captive pin shackle
• Battened main and genua Quantum Sails 2017
• Carbon taffeta North main
• Carbon taffetta North roll genua
• Old set carbon regatta sails ( 2012 ) Quantum
• A1 spi with furling 
• S2, S4, spinnakers Quantum
• Slurf for spinnaker 2017

Accommodations

• Saloon with 2 fauteuils bb and in between a chest of drawers with cabon worktop. On the starboard side 1 long sofa, and the salon table ( folding) in the center
• 2 aft cabins , open, with double berths, lockers, hanging locker
• 1 forecabin with V-shaped berth, hanging locker
• 1 head with manual shower, washbasin and toilet
• Head starboard, and a large bureau and hanging locker to port. The large double V-berth has sail storage underneath forward and duffel storage aft. Large fore hatch.
• Chart table carbon worktop table with instruments
• Interior panelling largely replaced and expanded and new painted 2017
• New mattrasses
• All hoses and connections renewed, complete new drinking system 2017
• 20 litre holding tank with Y-valve and overboard discharge
• Hot & cold pressure water system.
• Water heater 20 liter tank
• Head shower with Y-valve for bilge / shower pump
• 2 Manual bilge pumps: 1 in cockpit and 1 below decks
• 200 litre total water capacity in two separately valved tanks
• Pressure water pump

Galley L-shaped with carbon worktop

• 2 stainless steel sinks Webasto 2017
• Large refrigerator with 2 cooling units/motors
• 2 burner stove with oven (oven 2017)
• Lockers and drawers for storage
• Rubbish bin

Deck and Cockpit

• 2 steering wheels with covers 
• Bench at stern with two cockpit lockers-2017
• Deck hatches renewed 2017
• Spray hood 2017
• swimming ladder
• German sheeting
• Carbon gangway 2017
• Carbon pole to lift off the dinghy motor
• Cockpit table
• Aloy anchor fortress, Anchor vulcan
• Cockpit Shower
• 6 folding mooring cleats 2017
• Bimini 2017

Harken deck hardware

• Underdeck mainsheet lead aft p&s
• Jib lead adjusters underdeck to jib trimmer
• Traveller lead forward under deck to main trimmer
• Spinlock Rope Clutches and stoppers
• 1 Harken* 48.2 2 speed primary winch
• Two Harken* 44.2 STR 2 speed mainsheet winches
• Two Harken* 44.2 STR 2 speed secondary winches
• 1 prim. electric Harken 46 mainsheet
• 1- double lock-in 10" winch handle / 3 single lock-in 10" handles
• Round foredeck hatch, Lewmar size 22
• Two Lewmar Size 20 articulated tinted acrylic hatches
• Two Lewmar Size 3 opening ports
• Lexan companionway sliding hatch offshore weather boards with inside/ outside opening, lockable hasp
• AGM gel batteries 2x, new
• Electrical wiring checked and adjusted, renewed where needed
• Digital Battery condition meter
• Custom DC electrical panels w/ 16 circuit breakers
• Navigation & steaming lights
• Six Halogen reading lights
• Six halogen recessed indirect lighting
• 2x 120Amp light/ service batterys GEL
• 1x starting battery
• 1x electric winch battery
• 2x batterycharger
• 12 to 220V transformer
• Shore power with cable
• Yanmar 3JH4E
• Engine number: E06735
• Power: 26,7 kW
• Yanmar saildrive SD50
• ca. 150 engine hours
• 80 amp alternator
• 120 litre fuel tank with inspection/clean-out port
• Gori folding prop 
• Saildrive seal new 2017
• Liferaft (surveyed 2018)
• 4x padeye for liferaft 2017
• 3x fireextinguisher
• Danforth anchor 2017
• Bruce anchor with chain and lead 2017
• Jabsco bilgepump 2017

Electronics and Navigational Gear

B&G instruments

• 4 instruments in mastbracket on mast 20/20 mast units B&G
• B&G log, wind, depth, gps, compass
• Zeus S2 7 inch chartplotter outside on pedastle-2017
• 1x Zeuss Glass Helm computer inside
• 1x Sailmon E3 computer
• B&G radar 4G 2017
• Simrad VHF and a handheld
• Furuno Navtex, and Furuno GPS
• AIS receive and transmit
• Autohelm autopilot (new cables 2017)
• Carbon radar pole (radar not mounted) with tube underdeck

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Contact Details

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• Email [email protected]
• Phone 1234567
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King 40 is a 39 ′ 8 ″ / 12.1 m monohull sailboat designed by Mark Mills and built by Summit Yachts starting in 2001.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

From MILLS 39. Later became the SUMMIT 40. See SUMMIT 40 for more details.

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Basic specs., sailing characteristics.

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for King 40 is 1.94, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.9 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for King 40 is about 262 kg/cm, alternatively 1471 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 262 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1471 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

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The King 40 is a 39.73ft fractional sloop designed by Mills Design and built in fiberglass since 2001.

The King 40 is a light sailboat which is a very high performer. It is very stable / stiff and has a good righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a fast cruiser. The fuel capacity is originally small. There is a short water supply range.

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Models Bella and Gigi Hadid are collectively donating one million dollars (£785,000) to support relief efforts, according to their agent. 

The money will go to Heal Palestine, Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), World Central Kitchen (WCK), and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

The sisters have frequently been vocal in their support for Gaza, and their father Mohamed Anwar Hadid is himself Palestinian. 

After Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, Gigi, 29, offered her condolences to those affected.

"My thoughts are with all those affected by this unjustifiable tragedy, and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict - too many of which are children," she wrote on Instagram.

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Bella, 27, said in May that she was "devastated at the loss of the Palestinian people and the lack of empathy coming from the government systems worldwide".

The United Nations food agency has said it is unable to feed most civilians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. 

Only 27,000 people in Rafah are currently being reached by the World Food Programme (WFP), according to its local director Matthew Hollingworth. 

Roughly one million Palestinians are living in the area, many of them displaced from other parts of Gaza. 

"The sounds, the smells, the everyday life are horrific and apocalyptic," Mr Hollingworth told journalists. 

"People sleep to the sounds of bombing, they sleep to the sounds of drones, they sleep to the sounds of war, as now tanks roll into parts of central Rafah, which is only kilometers away. And they wake to the same sounds." 

A ceasefire proposal consisting of three phases has been outlined by Joe Biden. 

What do those phases entail, what have Israel and Hamas said about the plan and how does it compare to the last proposal?

Read more below...

The French president has backed the ceasefire proposal set out by Joe Biden last night. 

Emmanuel Macron said he supported the proposal for "a durable peace" and that the war "must end". 

France is also working with partners in the region on "peace and security for all", he said. 

A high-level official has said Egypt is undertaking "intensive efforts" to "resume negotiations" for a ceasefire and hostage deal, according to a report. 

The official, quoted by Al-Qahera TV, said this was "in light of the recent American proposition". 

Last night, Joe Biden detailed a ceasefire and hostage deal proposal that he said Israel had put to Hamas. 

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