1978 Fred Amor 40

[Jaredh]

I recently just bought an Amor 42. It was apparently based on an Amor 40 and the opened the mold. Anyone out there have any knowledge of this boat?

[daveball]

Not familiar with the Amor 42 but did own an Amor 40 from 1994 until it was sold in 2010.

[Jaredh]

I'm doing a little interior work and I have her on the hard. I was wondering, is the keel parallel to the waterline? I've noticed most boats have a slight slope. But this one seems close.

Thanks,

Jared

[janisrains]

Originally Posted by Fred Amor

Hi Perchance
Does the boat have a hard top dodger on the center cockpit?
If yes then I believe it was a boat hull and deck kit that I built for Lionel Forge.
He worked for me for a while, was a good glasser and he added the dodger.
I seem to remember that it was probably set up to be rigged as a sloop - in that case the mast position would be 16' aft of the bow. Some were rigged as cutters and the mast in that case was about 18' at of the bow.
I did a search and found a photo of the boat marked as sold at:
40' Sloop Sailboat for sale...
This photo was taken behind the complex where I had my shop and where it was built.
You can rig it as a cutter but you would have to change the mast position which I personally would not bother to do since it sails so well as a sloop.
All the off shore passage making Amor 40's were sloop rigged.
Al Land made a passage from Hawaii to Victoria in 17 days single handed.
Mike Kazonski made a trip from Winter Harbour on northern west side of Vancouver Is. to Richmond in 24 hours (motoring at 10 knots average) in his Amor 40.
I will be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the boat.

hello we have a 40' Fred Amor in New West British Columbia. It will be going up for sale in the near future September 2020 anyone have info or questions please contact me. It is incomplete and needs some work done on it but alot has already been done. Just new windows and mast put on etc...interested to hear of anyone else having one. I think it is called a Amoro

















D'Oro

[janisrains]

Originally Posted by Fred Amor

Do you know the name of the boat or the original owner's name?
The boats were custom finished but all the hulls were solid glass - very solid! Some hulls were insulated as well.

The early decks were all solid glass - the flush decks were cored with plywood and all the trunk cabins were cored with 1" balsa core.
The cost of building the hull and deck at today's material and labor prices would be about $60,000.00
A completely finished cruiser would cost about $400,000.00
The glassing workmanship and materials are both top quality. I used isothalic resin on every boat we built.

The only Amor 40 not built by me has a vertical trailing edge on the keel and was built by Joseph Corria (yacht designer). He modified it to be a purely racing experiment - so it was built much lighter making it a much less desirable rebuild option.

My goal was to build a safe offshore boat and most of my customers did indeed take their boats offshore and some of the original owners still have their boat today!

New to this site not sure how it works it is just letting me add something to the end of your message. I have a 40' Fred Amor. Would like to ask some questions if someone owns one. it is a Fred Amor D'Oro 1978 I think would post a picture if I could...

[interminabilis]

Nice looking boat https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/b...278057563.html
(1980 Amor 40)

[daveball]

I was the second owner of Windy Lady (Amor 40 hull 65). I bought her in 1994, sailed her to NZ in 1996, then to Australia in 1997. Five years in Oz with a trip back to Tonga in 1999. Then up to Malaysia in 2002. We stayed there for 8 years and sold the boat there in 2010.

[Fredamorowner]

Just picked up a 1985 fred amor 40 with exended swim grid converted center cockpit anyone know anything about this vessel in particular. Needs lots of work, decks soft in spots no engine and a never finished interior, also need new sails and likely rigging. I like it so i want to put the money in but are these hulls really worth it? Also cant find info on the keel if the concrete is crumbling a bit on the sides is that just from boat flex?

[Fredamorowner]

Please send pictures of your backstay tensioner setups for this boat

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by janisrains

New to this site not sure how it works it is just letting me add something to the end of your message. I have a 40' Fred Amor. Would like to ask some questions if someone owns one. it is a Fred Amor D'Oro 1978 I think would post a picture if I could...

Here are some instructions for posting pictures: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...st-133457.html

It is wise to take the pic to a program that will allow you to turn it right side up. A lot of people have sideways or upside down pics posted, who have not turned it right way up first.

Ann

[Fredamorowner]

What kind of cruising speeds will i get under sail?