USED BOATS Five must-have bargains from 30 to 40 feet

We continue to explore the best used boat bargains on our classifieds marketplace. Here you can sell and buy used boats, accessories, berths, find the right idea for your vacation, and even look for and offer jobs! Today we have scouted for you five boats, ranging from 30 to 40 feet, that are certainly worth a look. A safe used car: guarantees the Sailing Newspaper! Here they are, in ascending order of size.

FIVE USED BOATS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 FEET

THE MOTORSAILER EMBLEM

The first of the used boats we offer is a treat for true connoisseurs and lovers of long sailing. This is a Nauticat 33 visible in Latisana (loc. Aprilia Marittima, Udine): the model, 9.95 m long (and therefore unregistered, a nice bureaucratic advantage!) dates back to 1977 and is being sold at an attractive price, considering that these boats hold the market very well.

3.25 m wide and ketch-rigged, the Nauticat 33 has been an extremely long-lived boat: the design by Finland’s W. Aarnipalo dates back to 1967, but production continued until 1996 for a total of 1,160 hulls sold, a lot. The secret of success? Being a motorsailer with a “pirate” look, it looks like a miniature vessel, but most of all the great seafaring. Accomplice also to an all-too-contained sail plan, there is no gale that the Nauticat 33 cannot handle. The model we offer is equipped with Ford 80hp engine, 2 cabins, 1 bathroom, teak deck, battery charger, wind generator, inverter, electric windlass.

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NOT ONLY COMFORT

We continue with a fresh announcement about a Dufour 350 Grand Large (2015 design by Felci, 10.28 x 3.54 m). The boat, from 2016, is half-new and fully equipped.

A worthy heir to the 335, it was developed in perfect harmony with the dictates of the La Rochelle shipyard’s Grand Large range, characterized by the search for maximum comfort without sacrificing performance (as evidenced, for example, by the choice of a rather long mast and a fairly large sail plan, 55 sq. m.). Particular attention has been paid to ease of handling while underway, with maneuvers deferred to the cockpit (where there is room for dual steering) and the presence of the self-tacking jib as standard equipment.

The interior is marked by ergonomics and functionality: the square has an L-shaped galley and starboard and port sofas running either side of the central table.

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AND WHY NOT A CATAMARAN?

The third of the used boats in this review is peculiar. We are talking about an Antigua 37 Maestro catamaran (11.30 m in length by 6 in maximum hammers), built by Fountaine Pajot in 1992 to a 1990 design by Flahault Design Joubert/Nivelt. The multihull is the predecessor of the better-known Athena 38: but it is an opportunity not to be missed because it makes seaworthiness and comfort its main assets.

The model we offer, which can be seen in Latisana (loc. Aprilia Marittima, Udine), has two Volvo Penta 27hp engines, four cabins, two bathrooms, two solar panels, battery charger, gangway, rollbar, electric windlass, swim ladder, outboard motor mount, tender, winch, windex. Everything you need to go on a cruise!

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THE SWAN ACCORDING TO HOLLAND

The fourth of the boats used in the review is a Swan 371 (11.28 x 3.46 m). One of the first designs, this is 1979, by Ron Holland for Nautor, after Sparkman&Stephens and before German Frers who still signs the Swan boats. A distinctive and connoisseur boat, you can tell that Holland adapted to the requirements of the Swan construction and aesthetic canon of that period: with good success. 87 hulls were made. The model for sale is from 1981.

It is equipped with Volvo Penta 40hp engine, two double cabins, one bathroom, reversible air conditioning, teak deck, fully battened mainsail, electric anchor windlass, jib furler, lazy bag, lazy jack…

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A YOUNG 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

We close our review of used boats with a Dehler 39 (11.86 x 3.30 m), a 1988 design by Van De Stadt. The model we offer here (12.10 m long for the addition of a comfortable stern platform), visible in Monfalcone (Gorizia), is from 1992.

It is offered at a good price considering it went through a full refit between 2016 and 2019 and is equipped with Volvo Penta 43hp engine, 3 double cabins, one bathroom, spray hood, bimini, top, lazy bag, battery charger, solar panels, battery charger, electric anchor windlass, winch, windex.

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