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Shogun Yachts Shogun 43

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THE BOAT

Built to break rules, and fast enough to prove it

The Shogun Yachts Shogun 43 is a raised middle finger to the cruiser-racer mainstream, and it makes no apology for that. Full carbon-epoxy from the keel to the masthead, with 65 square metres of main pulling against a hull that weighs what a serious ocean racer should, it reaches double-digit speeds with two people aboard and still has a galley worth cooking in when you get where you're going.

The self-tacking jib means one of you can drive and the other can actually rest, and with two rig and keel options the Shogun 43 can be dialled anywhere from fast offshore passage to flat-out racing. Speed and comfort are not a compromise here. They are the whole point.

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The Shogun 43: at a glance
Length over all
13.1m(43 ft)
Beam
3.7m(12.1 ft)
Draft (deep)
2.7m(8.9 ft)
Displacement
6,100kg
Mainsail
65m²
Category
A — Ocean
Full specifications ↓
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01TWO UP, NO EXCUSES

The cockpit built to race offshore with two

The Shogun 43 puts dual cabin-top winches within reach of a single helm, so one of you drives while the other loads the sheet, and setting a kite stays a two-person job rather than a reason to call friends. The mast sits aft of the saloon, pushing the foretriangle forward and giving the self-tacking jib a base wide enough to make real power on every point of sail. Three line honours in a single season is what that looks like when the gun goes.

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02RACE DNA

Light, carbon, most of the weight in the keel

The Shogun 43 performs like a racer because Oscar and Håkan Södergren drew it that way: a full carbon-epoxy hull, a fractional carbon rig, and 42 per cent of its 6,100 kg displacement hung as a lead bulb on a carbon fin. That ratio trades form stability for righting moment, so the boat stays powered up and drives hard through the heel rather than wallowing wide. You feel all of it through the wheel, a boat that leans into pressure and asks for more.

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03BELOW DECKS

More than a carbon cave

The Shogun 43 is engineered to be quiet below, with wood-veneer joinery, deep cushions and large portlights running the length of the saloon. Even the corner details are cut to a hexagonal profile that halves the weight of conventional joinery without the hollow look of a stripped-out race boat. Fast passage or a long night at anchor, it never feels like a compromise.

Full specifications

Every number,
on one page.

Length over all (LOA)
13.1 m (43 ft)
Length waterline (LWL)
12.3 m (40.4 ft)
Beam
3.7 m (12.1 ft)
Beam waterline (BWL)
2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Draft
2.4 / 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Displacement
6,100 kg
Bulb weight
2,660 kg (42%)

FAQ

Common Shogun 43 questions, answered.

The Shogun 43 took consecutive line honours doublehanded across the 2025 European season, including the Princess Sofia Cup, Gotland Runt, and ORC Doublehanded European Championships. The self-tacking jib, the mast-aft sail plan and the deck layout engineered around two-person operation are what make that result repeatable, not just possible.

Below the carbon deck the Shogun 43 has a full interior: galley, shower, cabins, generous cushions and a wood-veneer finish developed, in Shogun's own words, to feel 'quiet and cosy' rather than spartan. The interior structure uses a flax-fibre laminate sandwich to keep weight down without the cold, hollow feel of a bare race boat.

The Shogun 43 is offered with two rig configurations and two keel options: a fixed 2.7 m blade for maximum upwind performance, or a carbon lifting keel developed with Marstrom Composites that retracts to 1.5 m for access to shallower anchorages. Both options carry the same 65 m2 mainsail and self-tacking jib combination.

Since September 2025 the Shogun 43 has been built by Ocean Quality Systems (OQS) in Jakobstad, Finland, a facility that shares its harbour address with Nautor Swan and Baltic Yachts. The hull and deck are full carbon-epoxy, vacuum-infused and cured to the same standard OQS applies to its own bluewater multihull programme.

The Shogun 43 carries a CE Category A ocean certification, the highest classification under the European recreational craft directive, meaning it is formally rated for sailing in any sea state and wind conditions. That rating, on a 6,100 kg all-carbon hull, is not a paperwork formality: it reflects the structural margin built into every laminate.

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