A840 info and sail numbers.

Achilles 840 yacht
Principal Dimensions.

 

Feet

Metres

Length Over All (LOA)

 27' 9"

 8.46

Waterline Length (LWL)

 24' 3"

 7.31

Beam

 9'

 2.74

Draft (fin)

 5'

 1.52

 

Lb

Kg

Designed Displacement (fin)

 5,500

2,500




Draft:  
  • Shoal & Triple 4ft / 1.22m
  • Bilge   3ft 9ins / 0.91m
Displacement:
  • Shoal & Triple 5600lbs / 2545kg
  • Bilge   5700lbs / 2591kg

The theoretical hull speed is 6.81 knots 

Sail Area:
  • No 1 genoa 285 sq ft / 26.44sq m
  • No 2  genoa 225 sq ft 20.87 sq m
  • No 1 jib  130 sq ft 12.06 sq m
  • Storm jib  54 sq ft  5.01sq m
  • Spinnaker  ???sq ft  ???m

Click here to open the spreadsheet of A840 Sail numbers in Google Sheets 

If you spot any errors or omissions please comment below or e-mail admin.

There are a number of Brochures available to see, too many to display on this page so click on the links below, each opens in a new tab or window:

Undated Brochure: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3Page 4, Page 5, Page 6.

1978 Brochure: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4.

January 1979 Brochure: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4.

July 1979 Brochure: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Price List.

A840 Line drawings (unfortunately annotated in Spanish rather than English!), click to enlarge or right click to download.





1 comment:

  1. I have lost my rudder and part of my skeg in a storm. Does anyone know where u could get the drawings. Also if anyone has an achilies 840 that is out of the water and within 100 miles of edinburgh, it would be great if i could take measurements. Many thanks Stuart

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