Cervetti sailboats for sale

Buying a used Cervetti: the same boat under two names

A used Cervetti isn't a boat from an independent yard with its own separate track record -- it's JJL Catamarans' production sold under an export label, with the identical hull marketed as Dufour Catamarans in France and Italy. That matters for research: a given hull's history, reviews and prior listings may turn up filed under the Dufour Catamarans name rather than Cervetti, so a buyer should search both before assuming one name has more of a paper trail than the other. The condition and configuration of a specific boat, not which of the two names is on the transom, is what should drive comparison between listings.

Which era to target

The Cervetti name only came into use after JJL Catamarans changed ownership in 2020, so any boat carrying it postdates that change by definition -- there's no older "Cervetti" generation to date against. The yard's earlier catamaran, the Dufour 48, stayed in production at the same facility afterward but kept the Dufour Catamarans name rather than taking on Cervetti, and it was designed by Umberto Felci rather than Skyron, the studio credited on the newer 44. Buyers should confirm which architect and generation a specific hull belongs to instead of treating the yard's whole output as one continuous line.

Navigating the lineup

The lineup so far is anchored by the 44, sized by the builder's own design team as a smaller companion to the earlier Dufour 48 rather than a replacement for it. Because that 48 never carried the Cervetti name, a Cervetti-badged listing in the size range near it is worth double-checking against the Dufour Catamarans directory rather than assumed to be a variant of the same model. The full model directory on this page breaks out the 44's dimensions for comparison against other catamarans in its size class.