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What was the 40 Signature Series?
YachtPlus presented the 40 Signature Series in 2008 as a roughly 40–41-metre yacht designed by Foster + Partners. A YachtPlus presentation reproduced by 5osA said the design took 15 months and involved a seven-architect team. Foster described the aim as combining the studio’s design experience with Italian boatbuilding craft “in the quest for a contemporary and timeless design.”
Sources associate construction with Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, an Italian shipyard. The available accounts describe a designed and built vessel, but do not establish its present operating or ownership status.
How the architecture shaped the yacht
The design’s central move was to make the decks function like a sequence of indoor and outdoor spaces. Four levels offered opportunities for terraces and open-air use, while the layout emphasized usable interior space, views and privacy. YachtPlus’s presentation claimed more than 30% additional indoor and outdoor space compared with yachts in its category; that was a promotional comparison, not an independently verified measurement.
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Terraces, beach deck and hardtop
New Atlas’s 2008 description highlights a submergible beach deck and capacity for up to 12 guests and seven crew. The YachtPlus presentation also described a retractable carbon-fibre hardtop bimini, intended to provide shade while preserving an open-air feel when retracted. Together, these features extend the living area beyond enclosed cabins and salons.
Reported dimensions and performance
Published specifications are not fully consistent, so the range figure should be read with its source’s stated speed rather than treated as a single settled specification.
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| Specification | Reported figure | Source and qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Length | About 40–41 metres | Design presentation and New Atlas, 2008 |
| Guest and crew capacity | Up to 12 guests and 7 crew | New Atlas, 2008 |
| Engines | Twin Caterpillar C32 engines, 1,044 kW each | How It Works via Pocketmags; publication year not established in the accessed result |
| Top speed | 17.5 knots | How It Works via Pocketmags; publication year not established in the accessed result |
| Cruising speed | 16 knots | How It Works via Pocketmags; publication year not established in the accessed result |
| Reported range | 2,400 nautical miles at 16 knots | How It Works via Pocketmags; publication year not established in the accessed result |
| Reported range | 2,400 nautical miles at 12 knots | New Atlas, 2008; conflicts with the speed paired with the same range in How It Works |
The published range figures differ on the speed at which 2,400 nautical miles was reported. Neither account supplies enough information here to reconcile the discrepancy, so it is more accurate to preserve both attributions than to infer which is correct.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How YachtPlus ownership was described
New Atlas reported in 2008 that YachtPlus offered an eight-person fractional ownership arrangement. Shareholders could use allocated time and charter weeks they did not use, receiving a share of the charter revenue. Those were historical program terms; they do not establish that the yacht, YachtPlus or a charter arrangement is available today.
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What is and is not established today
The available material documents the design, reported specifications and a historical ownership model. It does not establish the vessel’s current ownership, operating condition, sale status or charter availability. Nor does it provide an independent, like-for-like comparison with other yachts on space, performance or market position.
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