JUNO 40' - EPIC

In 2012, Bermudian John HARRIES had an idea: to create a reliable and comfortable travel boat at a fair price.

After years of planning and editing his project for his Attainable Adventure Cruising website, the 100,000-mile skipper was contacted by two fellow Frenchmen, Pascal BINET and Maxime GERARDIN, both engineers, keen to bring the ADVENTURE 40′ to life in France.

Pascal & Maxime audited and selected 28 naval architecture firms throughout France, in order to select the one best suited to making the project a reality.

After travelling extensively throughout France to meet the architects in person, Pascal BINET & Maxime GERARDIN decided to entrust the design of this 40-foot monohull to our firm.

‘Vincent understood that, in fact, the boat is futuristic in the sense that it will bring sea travel to more people’ – John HARRIES, 26 November 2021, “Designer chosen for the Adventure 40″ , Attainable Adventure Cruising blog

The ADVENTURE 40 is a fixed-keel composite travel boat with simple, reliable equipment designed by sailors for sailors. Intended for a couple with occasional guests, this unit is made for a high level of safety on all seas. As John HARRIES has asked sailing enthusiasts for many ideas, this boat will combine many assets adapted to long cruises on the high seas.

The ADVENTURE 40′ will be a seaworthy unit, designed to minimise the accumulation of fatigue. It will be a boat capable of covering 140 to 160 nautical miles in 24 hours, thanks to an optimised hull. The vessel will be easy to manoeuvre, with a slender hull and a draught of 2 metres or less. In other words, the ADVENTURE 40′ will be a safe, robust and reliable monohull.

Desire and commitment were the key words in choosing the architect who will be responsible for bringing this boat to life.

‘I have already seen direct evidence that Vincent fully understands the philosophy of the Adventure 40′ […] Vincent’s track record in designing boats for leading French builders, including Garcia, will give credibility to the project’ – John HARRIES, 26 November 2021, “Designer chosen for the Adventure 40″, Attainable Adventure Cruising blog

This is a great satisfaction for the whole team at Vincent Lebailly Yacht Design and a reward for our investment in this project.

The design will be launched during the winter of 2021 and the first images should be available in April 2022.