Bianca 414 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

41.33' · 12.6 m

Disp.

18,122 lbs · 8,220 kg

First year

1979

In the late 1970s, as the International Offshore Rule (IOR) was encouraging naval architects to design wide, beamy yachts with distorted, pinched sterns, the Danish yard Bianca Yachts took a decidedly different path. Working with the legendary design duo of fourtime Olympic champion Paul Elvström and Jan Kjærulff, the builder sought to capture the essence of pure Scandinavian elegance and performance. The result was the Bianca 414, launched in 1979. Known affectionately as the "MegaAphrodite" or "Aphrodite 414", the design was essentially a scaledup offshore sibling of the highly successful Aphrodite 101. Conceived originally under the code name "AnholtExpressen" and briefly marketed as the Elvstrom 42, the yacht was refined by Bianca Yachts to target the discerning, performancefocused offshore cruising market. Built to Lloyd’s Register building certificate standards, the Bianca 414 rejected the fatsterned, highfreeboard trends of its era in favor of a lowslung, flushdeck profile, long overhangs, and an exceptionally narrow beam. It was a yacht designed for pure sailing sensations, combining absolute structural stiffness with a timeless, classic aesthetic that continues to turn heads in any marina.