Apache 41 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Catamaran · centerboard

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

40.83' · 12.44 m

Disp.

16,000 lbs · 7,257 kg

First year

1970

The Apache 41 stands as the flagship of the historic partnership between Sailcraft Ltd. and the prolific designer Rod MacalpineDownie. Launched in the early 1970s, this vessel was one of the largest production cruising catamarans of its era, embodying the British yard’s transition from highperformance racing dinghies to legitimate bluewater multihulls. While the International Tornado cemented Reg White’s reputation for speed, the Apache 41 was designed to prove that the same hydrodynamic principles could be applied to a platform capable of crossing oceans. Built in Brightlingsea, Essex, the Apache 41 utilized GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) construction at a time when many larger multihulls were still being custombuilt in wood or composite. Its design DNA is shared with its smaller siblings—the Iroquois 30, the Comanche 32, and the Cherokee 35—forming a lineage often referred to as the "Tribal" series that defined the first generation of European production catamarans.