Alubat Ovni 43 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for an Alubat Ovni 43 means looking at a Philippe Briand-designed aluminium lifting-keeler built in France between 1991 and 2000, with 68 hulls in the wild. These are proven coastal and offshore cruisers whose centreboard and spade rudder lift to turn a 8-foot-3-inch draft into under 3 feet, but the used fleet carries its own quirks that a buyer should weigh before committing.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin arrangements are the more common version afloat, though both layouts appear. Ex-charter examples are common, so a prospective owner should verify whether a candidate spent time in a fleet rather than private hands. Below, the standard plan gives three cabins and two heads: a forward double with ensuite, two aft doubles sharing a saloon head, a port-side U-settee saloon, and a proper aft-facing navigation station. The aluminium hull and deck are shared across all layouts.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most Ovni 43s on the market carry a strong cruising fit: solar, autopilot, bimini, chartplotter, inverter, wind generator, AIS, heating, watermaker, gennaker, spinnaker, dodger, dinghy davits, cockpit shower, and life raft are commonly fitted. Often-seen additions include an asymmetric spinnaker, radar, electric winches, and hot water. A bow thruster, hardtop, swim platform, or Starlink appear only as occasional owner upgrades. For a buyer, the consequential clusters are power and energy — solar, wind generator, inverter, and watermaker mean longer autonomous stays — and sail handling and canvas, where a gennaker or asymmetric spinnaker plus dodger and bimini shape light-air performance and cockpit shelter.
What to Inspect
The centreboard's lead bulb weighs about 100 kilograms, which is too light to right the boat in a capsize centreboard ballast is insufficient for self-righting. Confirm the hydraulic lift system for the board and the winch-operated rudder raise operate smoothly and lock at their intermediate drafts (0.8–2.5 m board, 0.8–1.6 m rudder). A capsize screening figure of 2.1 puts the design outside the usual sub-2.0 ocean-passage band, so assess your intended voyage profile accordingly.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically turn up in Martinique, France, Guatemala, French Polynesia, Honduras, and Italy. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm ex-charter history where relevant, exercise the lifting centreboard and rudder hydraulics, verify the aluminium hull shows no structural corrosion, and match the fitted equipment — especially power, watermaking, and sail-handling gear — to your cruising plan.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Alubat Ovni 43. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $205,000 | — |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $138,143 | -32.6% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $161,991 | +17.3% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $210,000 | +29.6% |
| Apr 26 | 8 | $151,502 | -27.9% |
| May 26 | 3 | $168,983 | +11.5% |
| Aug 26 | 3 | $161,991 | -4.1% |
Where they're listed
Alubat Ovni 43 listings appear across 8 countries. Martinique has the most listings with 4 (26.7%), followed by France and Greece.
Country view
15 listings · 8 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinique | $151,502 | 4 | 0 | 26.7% |
| France | $174,810 | 3 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Greece | $165,487 | 2 | 1 | 13.3% |
| Guatemala | $210,000 | 2 | 0 | 13.3% |
| Germany | $168,983 | 1 | 0 | 6.7% |
| United Kingdom | $203,828 | 1 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Italy | $151,502 | 1 | 0 | 6.7% |
| French Polynesia | $137,857 | 1 | 1 | 6.7% |
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2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alubat Ovni 43You are here | — | $ 161,974 | 16 | 3 |
| Alubat Ovni 435 | 43.83' | $ 262,187 | 15 | 2 |