Amel Maramu 46 Buyer's Guide
The Amel Maramu 46 is a ketch-rigged French cruiser built between 1978 and 1989, with 288 hulls produced. On the used market she presents as a beamy, heavy-displacement offshore boat whose appeal rests on volume, privacy, and a serious factory fit-out rather than speed.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Maramu 46 carries the same essential plan: two cabins with seven to eight berths and en suite heads at each end of the hull. The aft cabin is the standout, reached by a walk-through from the saloon and large enough to hold a small settee and a dressing table. Two couples can live aboard for long periods with reasonable privacy, and the saloon's big table seats the full crew. A proper nav station sits by the companionway, and the galley is arranged to be workable under way. Headroom is above average for the class.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Brokerage examples commonly carry a watermaker, heating, solar, an inverter, a bow thruster, a freezer, hot water, radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, EPIRB, and life raft — a cluster of systems that speaks to self-sufficient cruising. For a buyer, the meaningful groupings are power and energy (solar, inverter, watermaker, bow thruster), navigation and safety (radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, EPIRB, life raft), and comfort at anchor (heating, freezer, hot water). The presence of these systems is normal rather than exceptional on this model; verify each one's service history rather than treating them as bonuses.
What to Inspect
At a viewing, check the hull laminate and fin-keel attachment for signs of past repair or movement, and exercise the skeg-hung rudder for any play at the post. The hull is fiberglass and the keel is a fin type; routine pre-purchase survey covers these items.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically appear in Antigua and Barbuda, New Zealand, Italy, and Spain. For a shopper, the practical shortlist is:
- Confirm the ketch rig and shaft-drive Perkins diesel service history
- Verify the en suite end cabins and walk-through aft cabin match the standard plan
- Test all cruising systems: watermaker, heating, solar, inverter, bow thruster
- Check navigation and safety electronics are operational
- Survey keel bond and rudder post as routine for a fin-keeled 1980s hull
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Amel Maramu 46. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 1 | $219,000 | — |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $145,667 | -33.5% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $127,022 | -12.8% |
Where they're listed
Amel Maramu 46 listings appear across 3 countries. Spain has the most listings with 1 (33.3%), followed by Italy and New Zealand.
Country view
3 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | $127,022 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Italy | $145,667 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| New Zealand | $219,000 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
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