Panda 40 Blue Water Cruising Yacht

Here is a rare chance to acquire one of Bob Perry's best! 

Known for the ability to handle big seas with comfort. The Panda 40, sometimes referred to as a Baba 40 is in the lineup of boats involving developer Bob Berg, designer Bob Perry, and the Ta Shing boatyard. One can arguably consider the Panda 40 as a full keel reincarnation of the Valiant 40, the boat that put the word performance next to cruiser. These yachts are beautifully balanced with a wonderful feel at the helm, and what's more, they have some of the best interiors to be seen in production cruising yachts. 

Below decks the quality of workmanship is second to none, many Taiwanese man-hours were used in detailing the interiors with the close guidance of Berg who was known for his ability to squeeze function into every square inch of a boat. Perry also considered it one of his best, noting that it feels right with perfect detailing and a layout with no apparent compromise. On the starboard quarter, there's a cabin with a double seagoing quarter-berth. To port there's a well laid out U-shaped galley. In the saloon, a two-settee berth layout with pilot berth to port to provide extra sea-going berths. In the forward cabin, there's a double berth offset to port. Headroom is a generous 6ft 5 inches throughout most of the boat. 

A bit of history... In 1979 the boat builder Ta Shing moved to a new purpose-built factory. It was around this time that Berg commissioned Perry to design a new 40-foot model to fill out the line. Perry was not happy with merely evolving his earlier Baba 35 design, which in itself was a stretched version of the 30. Instead, in search of more boat speed, Perry dusted off the lines of his famous Valiant 40 with its radical fin keel and separate skeg-hung rudder had defined the performance cruiser category only five years earlier. From the Valiant 40 hull form he derived an all-new full keel design which was to be the Panda 40. It proved to be a huge step forward over earlier models with an entirely different stability personality. It was stiffer, beautifully balanced and much faster. The lines of the Panda 40 follows its ancestry back to traditional Scandinavian double-enders. 

Under the waterline is a full keel with a cutaway forefoot and as with many of the Perry full keel designs, the keel meets the bilge of the hull without the traditional wine glass section blend. Both features reduce wetted area. The hull shape is relatively beamy offering good interior volume. A cutter rig plus bowsprit combo is employed. Owners often describe their Panda's to have a feel of solidity. In heavy weather conditions the boat has the capacity to keep sailing when many other boats are heaving-to or getting tossed around. 

The Panda 40 is a rare and sought after bluewater cruising yacht that presents in stunning condition and will not disappoint any serious buyers. 

Since 2018 a total of $180k has been spent on upgrades to Pandana! All receipts are aboard.

• 2018 Yanmar 52hp engine with just 750 hrs on the clock
• Newly stepped mast in 2018
• Standing rigging replaced 2018
• Prop shaft replaced 2018
• New volvo shaft seal installed 2023
• B&G chart plotter with radar, AIS and autopilot fitted 2020
• Bow thruster fitted 2020
• Lithium battery system fitted August 2020
• Electric head fitted August 2020
• New staysail furler May 2021
• New main sail & boom bag October 2021
• New Bimini & davits May 2021
• New Dodger 2021
• Silent Wind Turbine and controller 2021
• Victron 2000W inverter 2021
• 90 meters of 10 mm anchor chain 2021
• All running rigging Oct 2023
• Antifoul - International Micron Extra 2 and Prop speed applied 2024

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