Dehler 43 Cws Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Dehler 43 Cws means looking at a 1995-onward Judel/Vrolijk-generation cruiser-racer that replaced the Dehler 38 in 1992 and remains the largest of the CWS designs. The used fleet mixes privately owned and ex-charter histories, and the documented known issues are narrow enough that inspection should focus on rig and sea-handling character rather than widespread structural faults.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The three-cabin arrangement places two cabins aft for crew or guests with an owner's suite forward, while below decks the boat carries a dinette oriented across the boat rather than along it, a moulded bath, and a spacious working and wet area at the foot of the companionway that includes a good chart table. The galley is small, a consistent trait across the model rather than a refit variable.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted equipment on the used fleet includes bimini, electric winches, autopilot, chartplotter, swim platform, hot water, cockpit shower, teak decks, and radar. The boat itself has two independent steering positions, each with an electrically operated winch and engine controls, and a cockpit arch to which the main is sheeted. Often-seen safety and handling gear includes EPIRB, life raft, and short-handed setup. Less common owner additions run to heating, solar, spinnaker, dodger, and AIS; the rig's non-overlapping but non-self-tacking headsail fitted with a vertical batten is standard rather than an upgrade.
What to Inspect
The sourced record flags one handling criticism rather than a construction defect: editorial reviewers found the Dehler 43 Cws lacked power to drive through a lumpy sea. Inspect the cockpit arch mainsheet attachment and the twin steering stations' electric winches and engine controls for service history, since those integrated systems are load-bearing to short-handed control. No documented structural or flooding-path defects appear in the known-issue scope, so survey effort can concentrate on rig wear and the across-boat dinette and moulded bath for past water ingress at the companionway wet area.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets for the used Dehler 43 Cws are Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. For a buyer, the takeaway is straightforward: confirm the three-cabin layout suits your plans, verify the electric winch and twin-helm controls function, and accept the documented lumpy-sea power limitation as a design character rather than a fixable fault.
- Prefer owner three-cabin layouts but expect ex-charter examples
- Check cockpit arch and twin helm electric systems
- Note the small galley and across-boat dinette trade-off
- Plan for the non-self-tacking headsail handling
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Dehler 43 Cws. 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 | $ 120,151 | — |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 97,051 | -19.2% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $ 132,166 | +36.2% |
| Apr 26 | 6 | $ 128,115 | -3.1% |
Where they're listed
Dehler 43 Cws listings appear across 3 countries. Portugal has the most listings with 5 (62.5%), followed by United Kingdom and Sweden.
Country view
8 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | $ 132,166 | 5 | 1 | 62.5% |
| United Kingdom | $ 97,051 | 2 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Sweden | $ 123,931 | 1 | 0 | 12.5% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehler 36 CWS | 36.09' | $ 51,493 | 43 | 9 |
| Dehler 38 SQ | 39.6' | $ 304,955 | 22 | 0 |
| Dehler 46 | 48.43' | $ 341,001 | 20 | 7 |
| Dehler 41 CR | 40.85' | $ 125,301 | 20 | 12 |
| Dehler 39 | 39' | $ 131,594 | 19 | 2 |
| Dehler 36 | 35.92' | $ 89,255 | 16 | 1 |
| Dehler 43 CwsYou are here | — | $ 124,635 | 9 | 1 |