Amel 50 Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The aft owner’s cabin sits behind a passageway galley and carries a large island bed, writing desk, and en-suite, while a forward double shares a heads with a bunk-bedded cabin to starboard. The saloon’s U-shaped dinette and mini-office navigation desk define the living space, and all bunks come with leeboards or cloths for sea berths. The starboard twin is the smallest cabin and its top bunk folds away.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

On the used market, chartplotter, electric winches, autopilot, AIS, inverter, radar, bow thruster, furling main, watermaker, life raft, solar, washing machine, heating, air conditioning, self tacking jib, dinghy davits, gennaker, lithium batteries, and a swim platform are commonly fitted or often seen alongside freezer, bimini, dodger, cockpit shower, and hot water. A hardtop, teak decks, Starlink, EPIRB, short-handed setup, or circumnavigation rigging are less commonly seen owner upgrades; the same holds for code zero, spinnaker, or asymmetric spinnaker additions. The standard double-headsail rig with electric furlers and joystick in-mast mainsail is the boat’s native arrangement, and a substantial jib pole and manual secondary winches are part of the self-handling philosophy.

What to Inspect

Documented known issues are few but worth a look. The open passage forward from the companionway steps across the saloon has few grab handles, though more recent builds lengthened the stainless steel grabrail on the folded dining table-top and added holds at the bottom of the steps. Verify the direct propeller sightlines — a clear plastic port under the aft berth and a spyglass in the hull bottom — are intact, and confirm the gray water pan at the companionway foot and the float-switched grey water tank under the cockpit sole drain as intended. Check that internal bulkheads still clamp watertight with their special seals and that the secondary sleeping-quarter doors close.

Availability and Buyer's Takeaway

Used Amel 50s typically appear in France, the United States, Türkiye, Italy, Spain, and Croatia. When inspecting, confirm the later-build grab-handle additions if buying a newer example, test the electric furling timeout feature under load, and verify the watertight bulkhead clamps and direct prop viewing ports. Expect a thoroughly installed, overhead-wired boat with minimal through-hulls and a spacious watertight engine room below the cockpit.