Dehler 42 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Dehler 42 means entering a field of boats built from 2015 to 2024 as a Judel/Vrolijk-designed performance cruiser with in-house Dehler interiors. The range of factory keel, rig and accommodation variants is wide, so the used buyer is less hunting for a single model than for a specific configuration that matches cruising or club-racing intent.
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 Dehler 42 was offered with either a three-stateroom or a two-stateroom layout, each available with one or two head compartments, and all variants share the same spacious saloon, galley and navigation station. The port-side cabin can be configured as a sail locker or a third double, and the forecabin takes either a semi-peninsula bed with hanging lockers or a conventional v-berth with en suite heads. The two-cabin arrangement gains a huge walk-in storage area aft of the main heads compartment, a useful differentiator for liveaboard-minded buyers.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, commonly fitted equipment includes AIS, chartplotter, heating, autopilot, spinnaker, bow thruster, electric winches, swim platform, asymmetric spinnaker, bimini, teak decks. Often seen are hot water, cockpit shower, solar, inverter, code zero, radar, life raft. Less common owner upgrades include lithium batteries, gennaker, furling main, dodger. The factory options themselves included an optional composite bowsprit with anchor roller, an optional large hinge-down bathing platform, and a fixed bowsprit; deck gear as supplied featured Dyneema halyards and under-deck headsail furling, with twin wheels in the cockpit.
What to Inspect
The documented source material for the Dehler 42 records no structural defects, flooding paths, or safety-relevant known issues requiring inspection. The hull is vacuum-infused foam sandwich with vinylester in the first layer and highly stressed areas reinforced with woven rovings or unidirectional fibres, and the carbon-reinforced inner hull structure is engineered to withstand grounding loads. The deck is balsa sandwich. A buyer should simply confirm the specific keel and rig variant matches the spec plate, since the competition model’s deeper keel and larger rig are materially different from the standard.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets for the Dehler 42 are Germany, United Kingdom, France, United States, Netherlands, Sweden. Because owner three-cabin layouts are more common but two-cabin versions exist, and ex-charter examples are common, a buyer should shortlist by cabin count and charter history first.
- Confirm whether the boat is standard or competition variant (keel depth, rig size, displacement).
- Verify cabin count and head configuration against intended use.
- Check for commonly fitted gear (heating, autopilot, bow thruster) versus owner upgrades (lithium, furling main).
- Inspect the hull-to-deck joint and balsa deck as on any foam/balsa sandwich yacht, with no documented Dehler 42-specific defects to date.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Dehler 42. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 10 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 2 | $ 330,000 | — |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $ 322,762 | -2.2% |
| Sep 25 | 5 | $ 340,531 | +5.5% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $ 354,490 | +4.1% |
| Jan 26 | 5 | $ 337,507 | -4.8% |
| Mar 26 | 3 | $ 383,202 | +13.5% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $ 317,587 | -17.1% |
| May 26 | 1 | $ 330,529 | +4.1% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $ 322,762 | -2.3% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 308,799 | -4.3% |
Where they're listed
Dehler 42 listings appear across 9 countries. Germany has the most listings with 5 (22.7%), followed by United Kingdom and France.
Country view
22 listings · 9 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $ 359,761 | 5 | 0 | 22.7% |
| United Kingdom | $ 322,762 | 5 | 1 | 22.7% |
| France | $ 320,012 | 4 | 1 | 18.2% |
| Netherlands | $ 307,655 | 3 | 1 | 13.6% |
| Australia | $ 383,202 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
| Belgium | $ 296,218 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
| Italy | $ 308,799 | 1 | 1 | 4.5% |
| Sweden | $ 340,531 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
| United States | $ 385,000 | 1 | 0 | 4.5% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria Yachts C42 | 40.62' | $ 337,963 | 146 | 56 |
| Bavaria Yachts Vision 42 | 41.99' | $ 257,333 | 54 | 21 |
| Dehler 38 | 38.71' | $ 235,000 | 49 | 23 |
| Dehler 42You are here | — | $ 322,788 | 22 | 4 |
| Dehler 46 | 48.43' | $ 340,823 | 20 | 7 |
| Dehler 41 CR | 40.85' | $ 125,235 | 20 | 11 |
| Palmer Johnson J/42 | 42' | $ 144,900 | 19 | 5 |
| Sabre 42 | 41.75' | $ 99,900 | 15 | 3 |
| Dehler 36 | 35.92' | $ 89,209 | 15 | 1 |
| Baltic 42 | 42.43' | $ 69,500 | 5 | 1 |