Felci sailboats for sale

Buying a used Felci: a design credit, not a factory promise

A listing under "Felci" is not a factory promise the way "Beneteau" or "Catalina" would be -- it is Umberto Felci's naval-architecture credit on a boat someone else built. In this catalog that credit belongs to a single boat, a Grand Soleil 58, built by Cantiere del Pardo and co-designed by Felci together with Nauta Yachts. The studio's wider reputation was built mostly elsewhere, above all through Dufour, but none of that history changes what a buyer here is actually evaluating: one Cantiere del Pardo hull, on its own construction and condition.

Which era to target

The Grand Soleil 58's design dates to 2016, the same year it won Vela e Motore/Edisport's "Boat of the Year" award, and a boats.com review credits it with selling an impressive twelve boats within eight months of the design being announced -- a strong signal of how the market received it at launch. Because Felci's catalog under this make is a single design rather than a range with earlier and later generations, the useful question isn't which year to target but confirming that the specific hull for sale matches that one design and launch window.

What to inspect across the range

Boats.com's review of the Grand Soleil 58 credits its hull design with maximizing sailing length and interior volume without giving up handling at sea, aided by open areas aft that keep weight out of the ends of the boat. The design also offers a choice of three keels, letting an owner match the boat to a sailing style or to draught restrictions in a given cruising ground -- worth confirming against your own sailing plans rather than assuming one configuration fits. The same review flags a tradeoff worth test-sailing for yourself: with the boat heeled, the open cockpit can leave some sailors feeling exposed, with little to brace against.

Navigating the lineup

Because this catalog carries only the one Grand Soleil 58 under the Felci name, there's no size band or generation to weigh against another -- the real decision is the specific hull's keel configuration and condition. The full model directory on this page will confirm what's actually listed.