Bianca 414 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Bianca 414 means chasing a rare Danish fractional sloop: only 22 were built between 1979 and 1982, so every example carries the weight of low production. These are 41-foot teak-interior cruisers with lead fin keels, and the smart buyer reads the scarcity as both charm and a parts-and-survey challenge.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 414 is a single-generation design with no predecessor or successor variant in this size, so what you find is the standard Bianca build: fiberglass hull and deck, teak interior, fractional sloop rig on a lead fin keel drawing about 7.74 to 8.04 feet loaded. With a 9.5-foot beam and a displacement-length ratio of 229, the accommodation favors a slim, sea-kindly hull over wide-body volume. Expect the period layout of a moderate-racer cruiser rather than a beamy charter platform.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the German and French brokerage scenes where these boats typically appear, a well-equipped 414 will commonly carry heating, hot water, lithium batteries, an inverter, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, gennaker, spinnaker, EPIRB, and life raft. For a buyer, that cluster means genuine cold-weather and offshore capability: heat and hot water for livability, lithium and inverter for house power, and the AIS-autopilot-chartplotter chain for short-handed navigation. The spinnaker and gennaker add light-air speed the underrigged SA/D numbers suggest you will want. Less common, and best treated as owner additions rather than standard, are an asymmetric spinnaker, swim platform, teak decks, and cockpit shower.
What to Inspect
The draft of 7.74 to 8.04 feet dependent on load means she anchor can only enter major marinas, so confirm the specific keel and any shoal claims against the measured 2.36–2.46 meter range before purchase. The underrigged status — more rig than only 18% of similar boats — is a design fact worth verifying against the actual sail inventory and halyard dimensions (41 m of 12 mm halyards, 14 mm sheets) so you know what upgrades cost.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up in Germany and France. Given only 22 ever built, patience and a pre-approved surveyor familiar with Danish fiberglass are prerequisites.
- Confirm keel draft against the 2.36–2.46 m loaded range before committing
- Verify sail inventory covers the underrigged SA/D gap (genoa or gennaker)
- Check lithium and inverter systems if liveaboard capability matters
- Budget for scarce spares given the 22-boat production run
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Bianca 414. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $34,771 | — |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $69,542 | +100.0% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $113,740 | +63.6% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $114,745 | +0.9% |
Where they're listed
Bianca 414 listings appear across 2 countries. Germany has the most listings with 3 (50.0%), followed by France.
Comparable models
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4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanse 411 | 40.52' | $ 121,110 | 15 | 4 |
| Salona 41 | 41.01' | $ 164,584 | 8 | 1 |
| Sweden Yachts 41 | 41' | $ 68,729 | 7 | 2 |
| Bianca 414You are here | — | $ 91,139 | 6 | 0 |