Manufactured by:
Whittaker Corporation
The C-41 was a motorsailor designed by Bill Tripp and Blaine Seley. It was available with a standard keel or a shoal draft keel, and as a sloop or a ketch. The following specifications are from a Columbia brochure:
Standard Shoal Keel Draft L.O.A. 40' 6" 40' 6" L.W.L 32' 0" 32' 2" Beam 11' 3" 11' 3" Draft 6' 4" 4'11" Sail Area Sloop 638 sq.ft. Ketch 661 sq.ft. Displacement 20,500 lbs. 21,700 lbs. Ballast 8,500 lbs. 9,700 lbs. Vertical Clearance 50' 5" Water 100 gal. Fuel 110 gal. Berths 4 (plus custom arrangements to sleep eight) Optional Power 50 HP Perkins 4-107 Diesel Designers William H. Tripp/Blaine Seeley