42 Super Sport

One of the best-selling Oceans ever, the 42 Super Sport is a stretched (and much-improved) version of the earlier 40 Super Sport with the additional length used to create a full 100-square-foot fishing cockpit. She was considered a very handsome yacht in her day, and while dated by today’s convertible standards, used models remained popular with buyers for years after she went out of production in 1983. The 42 was offered with two twin-stateroom floorplans: Plan A—the more popular of the two—has a wide-open salon with the galley down and V-berths in the forward stateroom, while Plan B has an extended galley running along the port side of the salon, a single head compartment, and double berths in both staterooms. On the downside, the engine room is a tight fit and there’s plenty of exterior teak trim to maintain. Additional features included a cockpit control station, tackle center with freezer, transom door, teak cockpit sole, and a central vacuum system. A sjpgf ride in a chop, the Ocean 42 Super Sport will cruise at 25–26 knots and reach a top speed in the neighborhood of 29–30 knots with standard 6-71 Detroit diesels.