Catana 522 Buyer's Guide
A 56-foot 9-inch performance-cruising catamaran from the drawing board of Christophe Barreau and the build sheds of Catana SA, the Catana 522 measures just over 56 feet long and close to 28 feet wide, with a 20-tonne displacement. For a shopper on the brokerage market, she represents a large daggerboard fractional sloop with serious provisioning capacity and twin independent propulsion — a boat built to cross oceans rather than weekender locally.
Layouts on the Used Market
Individual hulls vary in their fitted interiors, so judge each one on its own. The constant across the class is the external envelope: 17.30 meters overall, 8.60-meter beam, and factory-split tankage of 2 x 400 liters water and 2 x 500 liters fuel.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The only equipment confirmed at the specification level is the twin 78-horsepower drivetrain and the paired water and fuel tanks. Beyond those, nothing can be assumed standard versus owner-added on any given listing. A buyer should treat generators, watermakers, rig upgrades, and navigation suites as items to verify hull-by-hull rather than expect by default.
What to Inspect
The technical record for the Catana 522 provides verifiable as-built specifications rather than flagged problem areas. At a viewing, confirm the as-built specification against the hull's papers and physical layout: overall length of 17.30m, beam of 8.60m, displacement of 20.00t, mast height of 21.00m, mainsail area of 102m², twin 78 cv drivetrain, and the 2 x 400 liter water and 2 x 500 liter fuel tanks.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
For any hull you consider, work through a short checklist:
- Confirm LOA, beam, and displacement against the specification record.
- Verify both 78 cv drivetrains run independently.
- Check the 2 x 400 L water and 2 x 500 L fuel tanks for condition.
- Measure mast height and mainsail area before assuming sail-plan matches.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Catana 522. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 | $550,000 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $574,000 | +4.4% |
Where they're listed
Catana 522 listings appear across 1 country. Grenada has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenada | $574,000 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Outremer 50/55 | 55' | $ 349,900 | 16 | 2 |
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| Catana 53 | 53.08' | $ 1,650,000 | 13 | 6 |
| Catana 522You are here | — | $ 574,000 | 1 | 0 |