Overview
The Sabre 402 is a Jim Taylor design from Sabre Yachts in Maine, built from 1996 to 2004.
Design and Construction
sailboatdata.com lists a fin keel with a spade rudder, 40.18 ft overall on a 34 ft waterline, 13.33 ft of beam and 6.25 ft of draft. Displacement is 18,800 lb with 7,300 lb of ballast, and the masthead sloop carries about 824 sq ft.
Ocean Racing Record
II Bodacious (Jeffrey A Urbina) finished the Newport Bermuda Race in 2008.
Buyers Notes
John Neal rates Sabres 3 of 5: very pretty, but modest quality with limited tankage and storage. Its capsize screen value of 2.01 is just over the usual offshore guideline.
Blue Water Sailing’s review of the later Sabre 426 notes that the 426 was inspired by the 1996 Sabre 402, and that Sabre wanted it to sail like a 402. On the 402 the engine sits amidships in an insulated box off the galley, and the head is aft. The 426 moved the engine under the companionway steps and the head forward.
