Duncanson 35 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Duncanson 35 means looking at a design by Allen Blackburne with about 400 examples afloat since 1973, built in Australia by John Duncanson. She is a 34-foot-10-inch solid-fiberglass masthead sloop with a fin keel and skeg rudder, a moderate-displacement coastal cruiser rather than a long-range voyager, and the used fleet reflects that original brief.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Duncanson 35 carries the same core accommodation: one cabin plus a saloon sleeping six, with a single head. The original fuel capacity is small at 26.42 gallons, so most boats on the market will show an owner-added or enlarged tank if extended motoring was ever intended. The saloon berths do the heavy lifting for guest sleepers, and the interior is a straightforward coastal layout rather than a multi-cabin charter plan.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used boats commonly carry a short-handed setup, inverter, watermaker, heating, solar, wind generator, hot water, dodger, autopilot, chartplotter, and EPIRB as fitted equipment. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster — inverter, solar, wind generator, watermaker, and heating — determines whether the boat can sit comfortably on a mooring or cruise without shore power. Canvas and sail-handling gear such as the dodger and short-handed rigging speak to how easily one or two people manage her masthead sloop, while navigation and safety items like the chartplotter, autopilot, and EPIRB are baseline modern cruising kit rather than luxuries.
What to Inspect
The originally small fuel capacity of 26.42 gallons anchor means a buyer should verify what tankage a specific hull now holds and how it was installed. Inspection should follow normal used-sailboat practice.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Duncanson 35 is typically found in Australia. For a shopper, the checklist is brief: confirm the real fuel capacity against the original small tank, check that the common energy and sail-handling upgrades are present and serviced, and judge the single-cabin six-berth layout against your crew needs. She is a stiff, light-wind-quick coastal cruiser with a known build count.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Duncanson 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 1 | $68,003 | — |
| May 26 | 1 | $35,433 | -47.9% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $68,003 | +91.9% |
Where they're listed
Duncanson 35 listings appear across 1 country. Australia has the most listings with 3.
Country view
3 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | $68,003 | 3 | 1 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dufour 35 | 35.25' | $ 30,000 | 25 | 1 |
| Tradewind 35 | 35.01' | $ 60,925 | 21 | 3 |
| Nauticat 35 | 34.92' | $ 104,779 | 18 | 2 |
| Pearson 35 | 35' | $ 19,000 | 17 | 7 |
| Hinterhoeller Niagara 35 | 35' | $ 25,000 | 14 | 4 |
| Nicholson Nicholson 35 | 35.25' | $ 39,246 | 10 | 2 |
| Nicholson 35-1 | 35.25' | $ 40,960 | 10 | 3 |
| Duncanson 35You are here | — | $ 68,003 | 3 | 1 |