Beneteau Figaro 3 Buyer's Guide
The Beneteau Figaro 3 entered production in 2018 as a one-design foiling monohull built for the Solitaire du Figaro and shorthanded racing, and used examples now turn up well beyond the race's French home. At 35 feet 9 inches overall with a 2.5-meter draft and a ballast-free 3,175-kilogram hull, she is a purpose-built racer rather than a cruiser, and any buyer should approach her as a carbon-and-foam racing machine with bare accommodations.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Figaro 3 is a one-design class boat, so the hull, keel, and foil package are essentially fixed: a cast-iron keel with iron-encased lead bulb, twin rudders, and two arcing carbon side foils set in topside slots. Below the low-slung deck the interior is a cavernous, white fiberglass space with two adjustable Class A-compliant piper berths that most owners use for stowage. There is no cruising comfort by design; the boat is built to crash exhausted between watches, not to lounge. The deck layout centralizes all controls around the cockpit so a short crew stays protected.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used Figaro 3s commonly carry an autopilot, a short-handed setup, and an EPIRB as standard shorthanded gear. Less commonly, buyers will find owner-added downwind options such as a gennaker or spinnaker, electric winches, and AIS. The standard class wardrobe pairs J2 and J3 headsails with a furling code zero and A5- plus A2-size Airex kites, and foil-adjustment lines are led to winches with halyards through jammer banks. For a shopper, the consequential clusters are navigation and safety (autopilot and EPIRB as common fits; AIS as an upgrade) and sail-handling power (electric winches where fitted ease the centralized control loads).
What to Inspect
The most important structural point is the keel: it is cast iron with an iron-encased lead bulb and has no fiberglass shell for protection anchor, so inspect the bare metal for corrosion or impact damage that a shell would otherwise hide. The side foils are carbon with inward-facing profiles and about five inches of fore-and-aft adjustment through block-and-tackle to the cockpit; confirm they deploy fully off the dock and that the purchase and winch leads are intact. Beneteau claims rudder variance under a kilogram and rig variance of 50 grams in the first 20 boats, so check for any outlier wear or repair in those components.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Figaro 3s typically appear in Australia, Hungary, and China. For a buyer, the checklist is short and specific: verify the unprotected iron keel's condition, confirm foil and rudder integrity, confirm one-design sail inventory and any added shorthanded electronics, and accept that belowdecks is gear storage, not accommodation. She rewards a racing-minded owner and penalizes anyone seeking comfort.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Beneteau Figaro 3. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 4 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26 | 1 | $350,000 | — |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $215,485 | -38.4% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $141,223 | -34.5% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $251,787 | +78.3% |
Where they're listed
Beneteau Figaro 3 listings appear across 3 countries. Australia has the most listings with 4 (57.1%), followed by Hungary and China.
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