King 40 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used King 40 means looking at a 40-foot dual-purpose cruiser-racer that began as the King 40 and later appeared as the Summit 40, built in Argentina for Summit Yachts. These are boats with racing in their DNA but a real interior, so the right example blends a clean race record with sensible cruising kit. Because the model spans both namings, buyers should confirm which deck and rig details an individual hull carries.
Layouts on the Used Market
The accommodation plan is functional rather than expansive: three double berths across two aft cabins and a forward V-berth stateroom, an exceptional galley with carbon-fiber counter, and a forward-facing nav station opposite. The saloon has facing settees around a drop-leaf table. Most boats will show the standard cruising interior with hot and cold pressure water, but the layout was always a compromise between a racing crew footprint and family comfort rather than a maximalist cruiser.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-found examples on the brokerage market are commonly fitted for extended voyaging. Power and energy clusters run to an inverter and cabin heating, with autopilot, chartplotter, AIS, and radar forming the navigation cluster. Sail-handling upgrades frequently include electric winches and a code zero or asymmetric spinnaker for downwind work, while comfort additions such as hot water and a cockpit shower are commonly seen. A circumnavigation-equipped boat will typically bundle these systems together.
What to Inspect
The one structural point to flag is the balanced spade rudder, which rides on a carbon-fiber stock — a feature one tester was not wild about carbon fiber stock. Otherwise the hull and deck are a vinylester vacuum-consolidated sandwich with bonded bulkheads and molded toerail, built to CE Category A, so check the standard Yanmar 3JH4 X SD50 sail-drive and folding prop, the 31-gallon fuel tank inspection plate, and the under-deck mainsheet and jib-sheet leads for chafe at the penetrations.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically appear in Malaysia, Australia, and the Netherlands. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm King 40 or Summit 40 naming and 2010 cutaway-sidedeck option if wanted; verify the carbon rudder stock condition; confirm electric winches, heating, inverter, code zero or asymmetric, and full navigation suite are present and serviced; and inspect sail-drive seals and under-deck line leads. A clean, well-equipped dual-purpose 40 with the right rig and electronics is the target.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the King 40. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25 | 1 | $228,472 | — |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $323,055 | +41.4% |
Where they're listed
King 40 listings appear across 2 countries. Australia has the most listings with 1 (50.0%), followed by Netherlands.
Country view
2 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | $323,055 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Netherlands | $228,472 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Comparable models
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