← Back to Inventory
Request More Information
Fill out the form below and a Windcraft advisor will be in touch.
New Arrival
2023 Rapido 40
ABOUT THIS BOAT
This 2023 Rapido 40 is a rare opportunity to step immediately into one of the world's most capable performance cruising trimarans.
Fully equipped, thoughtfully upgraded, and optimized for both high-speed passagemaking and competitive racing, this Rapido 40 offers serious performance in a platform that remains manageable for a short-handed crew.
Designed by Morrelli & Melvin and built by Triac Composites/Rapido Trimarans, the boat combines state-of-the-art rigging, exceptional stiffness, safety, and offshore confidence.
Available now in Newport, Rhode Island, with U.S. import duties paid.
FEATURES & EQUIPMENT
2023 Rapido 40 performance cruising trimaran
Sleeps 7 with 3 double berths and 1 single berth
Calvert 2023/2024 sail inventory with furling headsails
Folded beam listed at 17 ft 6 in for reduced marina footprint
Hot and cold running water with electric-flush head and holding tank
Composite 39.5 ft trimaran located in Newport, Rhode Island
Dimensions
Hull Length: 39′ 6"
Length including Bowsprit: 42′ 8"
Beam: 28′ 10"
Beam folded: 17' 6"
Displacement 13668lbs (per Cert of Origin)
Draft: boards up: 2′ 11"
Draft: boards down: 7′ 2"
Mast height above water: 63′4"
Interior
3 double berths and 1 single (sleeps 7)
Interior living area lined to Rapido Trimarans Luxury Yachts finish
1 head, electric flush, 16 gal holding tank
Hot and cold running water to galley, vanity and shower
52 gal water tank
Activated carbon filter under sink in galley for drinking water
12 opening ports provide plenty of ventilation
Hardwearing cork flooring
Wallas Diesel heater / cooktop
Virifrigo stainless drawer fridge
Air conditioning in fore cabin (requires shore power)
Carbon-trimmed saloon table and galley counter
Carbon galley drawers
Bug screens for all ports and companionway
2 escape hatches
Hanging locker
Hull, Deck, Steering & Foils
All carbon: hull, deck, floats, beams, bulkheads
Divinycell foam sandwich, thermo-formed core
Infused resin construction
Daggerboard C-foils in floats, and rudder T-foil are autoclave cured
All foils may be retracted for shallow water sailing
C-Foils have asymmetric section to minimize leeway. To reduce drag the windward C-foil should be lifted. However, it is fine to leave them both down when short-tacking
Tiller steering. Tiller is directly bolted to rudder cassette for reliability and feel.
White gelcoat, light gray non-skid deck
Coppercoat antifouling
Dyneema nets and lifelines
Emergency Rudder fitted to Transom, with tiller, can also be linked to main tiller
Sails
All sails are by Calvert Sails, 2023 or 2024
Mainsail
700sqft, GPL Carbon with lite skin taffeta, lazyjacks and cover
Antal mast track and batten cars
Karver gaff hook (allows head of square-top mainsail to stow on boom)
2:1 Main halyard, on electric winch in cockpit
Karver halyard jammer at mast base with remote-release in cockpit
2 Reef points, with clew lines in Karver jammers on boom, reef winch on mast
Upwind headsails
J1 Genoa, 643 sqft, Sport Carbon with lite skin taffeta
Furls on luff cable with Karver 4.5T continuous line furler
Karver 4.5T furling halyard lock
Sheets inside shrouds to blocks on main hull
UV strip
J3 Jib, 344sqft, GPL Carbon with lite skin taffeta,
Set on forestay cable with Karver 6T structural single-line furler with carbon drum
Vertical leech battens
Self-tacking on Antal track
UV strip
J4 staysail, 114sqft, triradial Newport dacron, black
Furls on luff cable with Karver 4.5T continuous line furler
Karver 4.5T furling halyard lock
Hardware is interchangeable with J1 for redundancy
Shares self-tacking sheet with J3
UV Strip
Off wind sails
A2 Spinnaker, 1620 sqft, Airex Nylon, Cyan
ATN sleeve
1:1 halyard on sheeve (no lock)
A0 Reacher, 1134sqft, CZ 90 Silver Technora/Nylon
Shares Karver furler and halyard lock with J1
Sheets outside shrouds to strop on aft beam
Sets up to 95° true wind angle, above that use the J1
UV protective strip
Deck hardware
2 Harken 46 ST Electric Winches in cockpit
Main halyard, jib sheet, jib furling, daggerboards, tacklines
2 Harken 46 winches
Spinnaker/Reacher sheets
Non-self-tailing for fast release
2 Harken 35 ST on cabin top
Mast rotators
Main sheet (4:1)
1 Harken 35 ST on mast
Spinnaker and reacher halyards
Reefing lines
Topping lift
Main traveller controls 6:1
Hand control but can be taken to a winch
Many Harken Black Magic big boat blocks, and Antal high-load blocks
Karver jammers, Lewmar D2 clutches, and Spinlock clutches depending on loads
Dyneema running rigging, stripped, soft shackles, spool shackles
Electrical
Mastervolt LiFePO4 house batteries, 400 Ah 12V
Dedicated AGM engine starter battery
80 amp 12V engine alternator
2 50A Mastervolt DC/DC converters charge the house batteries from the alternator
Can also charge the starter battery from the house bank
Flexible Solar panels on floats, 200W total
40A MPPT Solar Charge Controller
Mastervolt Combi Master 12/2000 110V inverter/charger/shorepower
USB fast-charge outlets and 110V A/C outlets
3 x electric automatic bilge pumps, 1 manual bilge pump
Electronics
B&G Zeus 3S chartplotter
B&G H5000 Hercules CPU
B&G H5000 Autopilot computer
Advanced steering algorithm including "Bear Away on Gust"
Jefa DD1 Autopilot drive, installed below deck
Extremely strong and compact autopilot drive
Suitable for 24 hours per day continuous operation
B&G H5000 Autopilot controls, and remote control fob
Vesper Cortex Advanced Multi-Station VHF + AIS + Monitor
Two Garmin GNX 120 large format displays on RAM mount above companionway
Masthead VHF/AIS antenna
Airmar WX200 utrasonic wind instrument with compass-based rotating mast compensator
Airmar H2183 Heading Sensor
Airmar UST800P Boatspeed/Temp Sensor
Two Airmar D200 "shoot-through" transducers, one in each float.
Shows which side is in deeper water, when navigating a narrow channel
Engine and Propulsion
Yanmar diesel, 3YM30AE, 29hp, shaft drive
Approx 300 engine hours
Diesel fuel tank 200 liters (52 US Gal)
PSS dripless seal on prop shaft
Gori Folding 3 blade prop
Engine room automatic fire extinguisher system
Mastervolt fuel and water level gauges
Anchoring and mooring
Sarca Excel Aluminum #5 26.4lbs (See Practical Sailor's review)
50ft chain and 200ft braided nylon anchor line
Lewmar anchor windlass
Windlass controls on foredeck and cockpit
Anchor roller and stowage on bowsprit
Antal folding deck cleats
Docklines and oversize fenders
Bow fenders to protect float bows
2nd Anchor Maxset 35lbs
Listing Photos
















