Boreal 47 Buyer's Guide
The Boreal 47 on the brokerage market is an aluminum expedition cruiser built from 2017 by Boreal SARL, designed by Jean-François Delvoye as a 47-foot evolution of the Boreal 44. Its defining used-market identity is the ground-takeable centerboard hull and a heated pilothouse command module, aimed at long-distance high-latitude voyaging rather than coastal day sailing.
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 interior steps down from a pilothouse with a watertight door and portside nav station at cockpit level into a saloon with a raised port table and in-line starboard galley divided by the centerboard trunk. Forward owner's cabin and optional aft doubles give the liveaboard footprint; the deep cockpit and hard dodger shelter two at its forward end.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted equipment on the used fleet centers on self-sufficient passage-making. Power and energy clusters include wind generators, solar panels, an inverter, and a diesel heating system with hot water — together meaning a buyer can expect off-grid house-power and warm cabin comfort without immediate overhaul. Navigation and safety commonly pair a chartplotter, autopilot, AIS, radar, EPIRB, and life raft, so the boat usually arrives with a full offshore instrument and abandon-ship suite. Sail handling commonly shows a furling main, electric winches, and an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker, with a bimini and cockpit shower rounding out deck livability; a bow thruster remains an option rather than standard.
What to Inspect
The aluminum hull below the waterline should show the builder's epoxy barrier coat applied within eight hours of sandblasting to prevent oxidation anchor, and the three sacrificial anodes — rudder, centerboard, and a 5-kilogram hull unit near the engine — should be present and not depleted. A hull-potential meter at the pilothouse is fitted to flag galvanic issues before material loss; verify it reads and that custom plastic and anodized bushings still isolate dissimilar metals throughout. The centerboard is a NACA foil for lateral stability only, housed in a skeg with the lead ballast in a deeper keel embryo, so check the board's pivot and the keel embryo for ground-contact scoring if the boat has been beached. The pilothouse trailing edge extends over the cockpit benches and the house can obstruct seated visibility, a point testers noted when they often stood to steer anchor.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for these boats is the United States. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm the epoxy barrier and anode strategy are intact, verify the centerboard and keel embryo for ground wear, exercise the pilothouse watertight door and nav-station systems, and confirm the commonly fitted offshore power and navigation suite is operational. A Boreal 47 that passes those points is a turnkey expedition platform rather than a project.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Boreal 47. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 2 | $625,000 | — |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $599,000 | -4.2% |
Where they're listed
Boreal 47 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 6.
Country view
6 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $599,000 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
2 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Exploration 45 | 48.82' | $ 1,001,838 | 18 | 4 |
| Boreal 47You are here | — | $ 599,000 | 6 | 0 |