Alo 33 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an Alo 33 means chasing a small, Norwegian-built fiberglass sloop that never sold in volume. With under 100 constructed and some finished by their owners, each boat on the used market is a study in individual history rather than a uniform production class, so the shopping brief is as much about hull-specific condition as model traits.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Alo 33 comes with one cabin and eight berths, a galley, and a toilet, finished in teak below. Fresh water is 120 liters with an 80-liter waste capacity, and the fuel tank carries 90 liters of diesel. That single-cabin, eight-berth plan suits groups or families coastal cruising, but offers little private separation. Because some hulls were home-completed, the joinery and systems routing can differ noticeably from one boat to another even when the core layout is the same.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the Croatian used market, radar, chartplotter, life raft, and cockpit shower are commonly fitted, while inverter, hot water, teak decks, and autopilot are often seen. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are navigation and safety—radar with chartplotter and a life raft speak to ready coastal or offshore use—and comfort systems such as hot water and a cockpit shower that make liveaboard time easier. Teak decks, where present, are an often-seen cosmetic and traction upgrade but demand careful inspection for age.
What to Inspect
The central used-market caveat is the home-completion route, which means the quality of each boat may vary and demands a close survey of structural and finish work home-completed which means quality may vary. Beyond that, confirm the Volvo Penta MD2B diesel and shaft drive are intact, check the iron fin keel for corrosion at 5.58 to 5.88 feet draft, and verify the teak interior and any owner-fitted systems against the original specification.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Alo 33 is typically found in Croatia. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm hull completion quality, verify the MD2B and shaft drive, inspect the iron keel, and assess the commonly fitted navigation and safety gear. Accept that rarity means slow comparisons and judge each boat as a unique specimen.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic 33 | 32.58' | $ 21,453 | 14 | 6 |
| C&C 33 | 32.87' | $ 19,000 | 7 | 2 |