2000 Carroll Marine Farr 395

Description

As hull #1, Next Wave has had the aluminum grid replaced by a Farr designed, New England Boat Works installed a carbon grid. This grid helps to make the boat stiffer and more responsive. Farr Yacht Design and Carroll Marine engineer a fast, easy to sail one-design that appeals to a variety of sailors. After purchasing the boat in 2021, the current owner went through the boat and identified some of the known build core issues and had it professionally repaired. Then, the transom was opened up to make onloading and offloading for cruising much better along with updating the boat looks. This boat is clearly designed to take advantage of the surging popularity of owner-driver classes, while also appealing to the growing sprit-boat, performance-cruiser market. The rules that govern the class are straightforward: owners drive, the boats carry only five sails, there’s a two-pro limit, and those pros cannot be paid to race. Rising from this foundation is an easily handled, fun to sail, 40-footer. Operating under the theory that simple is both fast and easier to sail short-handed, the 395 has a non-overlapping sail plan carried by a carbon-fiber mast with two sets of swept spreaders. There are no checkstays or running backstays. The non-articulating carbon pole, which retracts into a sealed box down below, should get a design award for engineering - sprit boats are famous for allowing water in through the pole gasket. To reduce windage and the potential for damage from saltwater or wave impact, the roller-furling headsail drum is mounted below decks in the front of a deep chain locker.