Feeling 1040: The Vendée Racer-Cruiser That Left Its Mark on the 1980s
The Feeling 1040 is a racer-cruiser monohull built by the Vendée-based Kirié shipyard from 1985 to 1987, to designs by naval architect Philippe Harlé, with interior styling by Michel Mortain. Measuring 10.40 metres in length with a displacement of approximately five tonnes, she is a masthead sloop with a fixed keel (or a reduced-draft version, …