Archambault A 35 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Archambault A 35 means looking at a Joubert-Nivelt-designed fractional sloop built between 2006 and 2013, a vacuum-infused foam-sandwich racer-cruiser with a carbon mast and tiller.
Layouts on the Used Market
The A 35 carries her beam aft, giving a large cockpit and a sleeping cabin set under it, while the bow is narrow with a V-berth set off from the saloon by an arch bulkhead and curtain. Below, the simple glass-module interior uses doorless galley cabinets and minimal joinerwork, and the cabin is lit by clamshell-shaped deadlights in the trunk. An open transom is standard. Some boats will have the optional sprit for an asymmetric spinnaker, and a built-in fridge is part of the accommodation spec.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, spinnakers and asymmetric spinnakers are commonly fitted, often flown off the optional bow sprit. Buyers will commonly find electric winches, an autopilot, a chartplotter, an EPIRB, and a life raft as standard inventory on offered boats. For a sailing buyer, the presence of the carbon mast and tiller is original equipment rather than an upgrade, but the spinnaker gear and safety electronics are the items to confirm in the inventory.
What to Inspect
The construction method itself — vacuum-infused PVC foam sandwich with vinylester resin for the hull and resin transfer molded deck — is the principal fact a surveyor should verify against the builder's stated method resin-infusion construction. Given the open transom and minimal-joinerwork interior, a buyer should satisfy themselves that the aft berth and cockpit structure remain dry and that the doorless galley cabinets show no impact damage from the simplified fit-out.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The A 35 appears on the used market in Italy and Australia. For a buyer, the checklist is straightforward: confirm the vacuum-infused foam sandwich hull and vinylester resin construction, verify the carbon mast and tiller are original and undamaged, check that the optional sprit and asymmetric spinnaker are present if downwind performance matters, and confirm the commonly fitted safety gear — life raft, EPIRB, autopilot, chartplotter — is aboard and serviced. The narrow bow and minimal interior joinerwork are design facts, not faults, and should be weighed against the boat's wide-aft volume and IRC-derived performance.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Archambault A 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | 1 | $86,196 | — |
Where they're listed
Archambault A 35 listings appear across 1 country. Australia has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | $86,196 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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5 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneteau First 35 | 35.17' | $ 68,691 | 52 | 14 |
| J-Boats J/35 | 35.5' | $ 25,179 | 22 | 5 |
| X-Yachts X-35 | 34.81' | $ 102,388 | 10 | 5 |
| Baltic 35 | 34.83' | $ 67,221 | 3 | 0 |
| Archambault A 35You are here | — | $ 86,196 | 1 | 0 |