Exterior

OVERALL:

The Valiant 42 is ready for comfortable lounging and safe sailing in offshore conditions. She is a true blue water cruiser with high cockpit coamings, wide seats, and a solid rail enclosure. The hard dodger and full enclosure offer added protection during rougher weather. With all of the rigging leading aft, the primary winches within easy reach of the helm, and the Raymarine ST600R autopilot, Au Contraire can easily be single-handed. And she is easy to get into and out of any dock or harbor with the factory-installed bow thruster, which will make you look like an expert sailor in any port.

DIMENSIONS:
LOA: 42 ft 0 in
Beam: 12 ft 9 in
LWL: 34 ft 6 in
Minimum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Displacement: 24600 lbs
Ballast: 9500 lbs
Headroom: 6 ft 6 in
Dry Weight: 24600 lbs

Au Contraire Viewed from the Bowsprit

COCKPIT:

Command Au Contraire from the center of the cockpit at the Edison pedestal with a radar and chart plotter and navigation instruments.The high cockpit coamings and wide seats are comfortable and provide plenty of safety. Valiant’s integral design of form, function, safety and comfort make the cockpit an inviting space to spend time on board.

  • Spacious blue-water cockpit with high coamings and solid rails for safety in heavy seas
  • Wide cockpit seating with custom designed cushions
  • Edson pedestal wheel steering with throttle and gear controls
  • Ritchie 5'' compass
  • Raymarine ST60 depth finder on port side of cockpit
  • Raymarine ST600R autopilot at the top of the stairs
  • Raymarine hsb Series depth finder/fish finder on port side under the dodger, integrated with chart plotter
  • Raymarine Pathfinder radar, and Raymarine Raystar GPS, all integrated via the hsb (a local area network design)
Au Contraire Canoe Stern
Deck Looking Forward

DECKS:

  • Custom heavy duty bow sprit with anchor rollers
  • Raw water wash down
  • Four SS handrails
  • Hard dodger with canvas windshield.
  • Propane storage lockers with propane tank
  • Boarding gates port & stbd.
  • 7 Lewmar Ocean Series hatches
  • 12 Hood stainless opening ports with screens
  • 2 Lewmar #58 CST Primary winches
  • 2 Lewmar #40 CST winches on house in cockpit
  • 2 Lewmar #44 CST Main sheet winches
  • 2 Lewmar #40 CST winches at masthead
  • Large cockpit storage lockers port and starboard
  • Arch on stern installed by factory

SAILS AND RIGGING:

New sails as of 2019: Mainsail Contender Dacron 6 full battens for Leisure Furl boom; Roller furling Genoa Contender Dacron; Roller furling Staysail Contender Dacron. Also full-sized spinnaker in blue. The Schaeffer in-the-boom furling system makes raising and lowering the mainsail easy for single-handing.

  • Main halyard, genoa halyard, staysail halyard, extra halyard
  • Navtec rod rigging
  • Navtec adjustable backstay Main halyard led to cockpit
  • Two reef lines led to cockpit
  • Valiant custom mid-boom traveler with Lewmar line controls
  • Valiant custom carbon fiber mast and double spreaders
  • Spinnaker bails at masthead
  • Preventers on both side of mast
  • Running backstays
  • Extendable Whisker Pole
  • Running lights (LED)
  • Masthead tri-light
  • Masthead strobe light
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VIDEO OF THE EXTERIOR:

Let's watch a short video of the beautiful lines of Au Contraire.

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