Excess 11 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Excess 11 means looking at a 37-foot cruising cat that Excess Catamarans launched in 2020 as its first clean-sheet design, drawn by VPLP with interiors by Nauta Design. She is the smallest in the line and a uncommon find under 40 feet, so the used boats you meet are mostly recent and lightly evolved from the original specification.
Layouts on the Used Market
Both owner three-cabin and charter four-cabin versions are well represented, and ex-charter examples are common. The three-cabin arrangement most private owners chose gives sleeping cabins at both ends of the port hull with a heads between, while the starboard hull is a full-length owner's suite shut off by a sliding door. The four-cabin layout adds guest berths and keeps two heads. Either way the saloon has an L-shaped settee and a starboard nav station, and the bow lockers can be converted to extra berths for a stated capacity of up to twelve. A modest galley and chart table suit a couple or friends, and the clear glazing in the saloon permits a sightline from the helm to the opposite hull corner.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Power and energy systems on these boats commonly include a chartplotter, autopilot, solar, and life raft, while many carry an inverter, watermaker, and lithium batteries as frequent upgrades. The hard-top cockpit canopy that can be walked on and carry solar panels is a popular owner choice, and a folding canvas targa top appears often for those wanting more light. Sail handling usually shows a self-tacking jib as standard with electric winches and dinghy davits often seen, and a Code Zero or gennaker turns up as a less common performance addition. Navigation and safety gear such as AIS and radar are often fitted, with a Starlink or EPIRB a rarer owner upgrade.
What to Inspect
The known issues on this model are mostly topside and mechanical. The non-skid finish on the hardtop anchor should extend to the edges because testers found those edges slippery when wet, and the two small cabintrunk handrails are a weak point versus a single long rail. The optional soft sunroof makes bagging reefing lines awkward since it cannot be stepped on. Forward, the anchor weight sits well up toward the bows, not ideal for motion. Mechanically, the saildrive-aft engine mounting tucks the alternator, impeller, and water strainer forward and hard to reach anchor, and the Dyneema steering cables run right above the engine with a 70°C operating limit against hotter running, a risk to note in any fire survey.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These cats turn up across Greece, France, Spain, the United States, Italy, and Martinique. For a buyer, the checklist is simple: confirm whether you want ex-charter four-cabin or owner three-cabin, check the hardtop edge non-skid and handrail layout, verify engine service access and steering-cable routing above the motors, and decide which sail-handling and power upgrades matter for your cruising. A clean three-cabin owner boat with the hard-top solar canopy and self-tacking jib is the sweet spot for most private use.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Excess 11. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 19 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 3 | $425,032 | — |
| Mar 25 | 3 | $436,677 | +2.7% |
| Apr 25 | 2 | $521,101 | +19.3% |
| May 25 | 1 | $370,302 | -28.9% |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $390,000 | +5.3% |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $511,203 | +31.1% |
| Aug 25 | 2 | $367,000 | -28.2% |
| Sep 25 | 13 | $487,913 | +32.9% |
| Oct 25 | 5 | $419,210 | -14.1% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $464,624 | +10.8% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $314,407 | -32.3% |
| Jan 26 | 9 | $420,000 | +33.6% |
| Feb 26 | 6 | $506,562 | +20.6% |
| Mar 26 | 10 | $441,335 | -12.9% |
| Apr 26 | 38 | $441,992 | +0.1% |
| May 26 | 16 | $441,471 | -0.1% |
| Jun 26 | 8 | $501,541 | +13.6% |
| Jul 26 | 14 | $529,904 | +5.7% |
| Aug 26 | 9 | $466,143 | -12.0% |
Where they're listed
Excess 11 listings appear across 18 countries. Greece has the most listings with 21 (16.8%), followed by Spain and France.
Country view
125 listings · 18 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | $407,565 | 21 | 2 | 16.8% |
| Spain | $464,624 | 19 | 3 | 15.2% |
| France | $526,702 | 18 | 7 | 14.4% |
| United States | $485,000 | 13 | 6 | 10.4% |
| Italy | $440,000 | 12 | 4 | 9.6% |
| Martinique | $370,302 | 8 | 4 | 6.4% |
| Portugal | $541,479 | 7 | 2 | 5.6% |
| French Polynesia | $464,735 | 6 | 0 | 4.8% |
| Australia | $628,863 | 4 | 1 | 3.2% |
| Croatia | $388,933 | 4 | 0 | 3.2% |
| Turkey | $279,473 | 3 | 0 | 2.4% |
| Belgium | $380,782 | 2 | 1 | 1.6% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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