Allures 45.9 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an Allures 45.9 means looking at a French-built aluminum bluewater cruiser that began production in 2018, with nearly 60 hulls afloat; it is offered as a centerboarder or in a lifting-keel Sport form, and the used fleet spans owner and family layouts with both ex-charter and private examples in play.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both owner and family versions are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The builder offered three accommodations plans built around two or three cabins and one or two heads, with a luxurious forward stateroom in every version. A distinguishing feature is the aft technical room — accessible from the cockpit and below — where the generator lives and a washing machine can be fitted; some boats substituted bunk beds for that space. The standard galley is to port with a small step-down from the saloon, and the centerboard trunk doubles as a backrest for the cook.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used 45.9s commonly carry a watermaker, heating, solar, inverter, radar, AIS, autopilot, and chartplotter as factory or early fitted gear. Often-seen additions include air conditioning, electric winches, hot water, a washing machine, cockpit shower, code zero, bow thruster, and a bimini. For buyer consequence, the power and energy cluster matters most: a watermaker and inverter with solar let you stay off-grid, while a bow thruster and electric winches ease short-handed docking and sail handling. A code zero on a furler extends light-air range, and the aft arch on these boats typically supports solar and antennas while serving as dinghy davits. Less common owner upgrades run to a gennaker or asymmetric spinnaker, freezer, dodger, swim platform, dinghy davits, teak decks, Starlink, EPIRB, life raft, or full circumnavigation kit.
What to Inspect
The construction itself is straightforward: hull and transom are welded aluminum with a foam-cored fiberglass deck, and an aluminum watertight bulkhead at the bow plus a crash-bulkheaded sail locker are part of the structure. Check the centerboard trunk and the wide stub keel that carries the boat's weight at rest, since the twin rudders are not load-bearing on the hard. On the deck, the faux-teak Marinedeck is a cork-and-resin composite that doubles as nonskid, so inspect its bond and wear. Below, the hull is insulated with foam and neoprene for sound and weather; verify that liner and insulation remain dry and odor-free around the technical room where the generator and optional washing machine sit.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in Sweden, Germany, France, Greece, the United States, and Türkiye. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm centerboard and stub-keel condition, verify the technical room and its generator, check the Marinedeck bond, and match the layout — owner three-cabin versus family — to your use, noting ex-charter history where present.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Allures 45.9. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 7 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 1 | $744,363 | — |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $640,688 | -13.9% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $617,390 | -3.6% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $615,175 | -0.4% |
| Apr 26 | 5 | $553,322 | -10.1% |
| May 26 | 5 | $576,619 | +4.2% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $642,553 | +11.4% |
Where they're listed
Allures 45.9 listings appear across 6 countries. Sweden has the most listings with 4 (33.3%), followed by Germany and France.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outremer 45 | 44.95' | $ 660,000 | 48 | 8 |
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| Allures 45.9You are here | — | $ 576,413 | 13 | 1 |
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