Faurby 363 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Faurby 363 means looking at a Danish-built 36-foot cruiser designed by Niels Peter Faurby and built from 1998, with a lead fin-bulb keel and solid glass construction. These boats turn up across Germany, Spain, Denmark, and the United Kingdom and reward a buyer who knows which configurations and upgrades matter.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 363 is a fractional sloop with a teak interior and above-average headroom, a couple-oriented layout rather than a charter bunkroom. Her 53-gallon water and 20-gallon diesel capacities are fixed by design, so liveaboard range depends on how the previous owner managed systems. Because the builder offered more than one fractional rig and different engine alternatives — including a Volvo Penta MD2030 and a Yanmar with saildrive — no two boats will be rigged or powered identically.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, teak decks, chartplotter, heating, inverter, spinnaker, autopilot, electric winches, and cockpit shower are commonly fitted, which tells you most boats arrive turnkey for European coastal cruising. Often-seen additions include lithium batteries, wind generator, radar, and life raft — meaningful for off-grid time and safety. A code zero or Starlink appears only as an occasional owner upgrade. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster (heating, inverter, lithium, wind generator) determines winter and anchor-out comfort, while navigation kit (chartplotter, radar, autopilot) defines shorthanded ease; sail-handling electric winches and a spinnaker shape her light-air performance.
What to Inspect
The keel is a lead fin with bulb drawing about 5.9 to 6.2 feet loaded, so confirm the bulb and keel-bolt integrity and note the draft limits her to major marinas. Verify which engine and transmission are installed — the Volvo Penta MD2030 shaft drive versus a Yanmar saildrive imply different seal and service regimes. Check the actual rig against the documentation, since multiple fractional rigs were offered from new.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical markets are Germany, Spain, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. For a buyer, the short list is: confirm keel type and draft limits, verify engine and rig configuration, prioritise boats with heating and lithium-based energy, and treat code zero or Starlink as bonus not baseline.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Faurby 363. 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 | $127,333 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $114,146 | -10.4% |
| Feb 26 | 2 | $170,933 | +49.7% |
| Apr 26 | 9 | $127,333 | -25.5% |
Where they're listed
Faurby 363 listings appear across 4 countries. Germany has the most listings with 7 (53.8%), followed by Spain and Denmark.
Country view
13 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $170,933 | 7 | 0 | 53.8% |
| Spain | $120,740 | 4 | 0 | 30.8% |
| Denmark | $104,479 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
| United Kingdom | $127,333 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody 336 | 33.42' | $ 54,038 | 27 | 6 |
| Beneteau First 36 | 39.33' | $ 384,461 | 26 | 2 |
| Dehler 36 | 35.92' | $ 90,238 | 17 | 3 |
| Legend E33 | 33.05' | $ 95,000 | 16 | 6 |
| Faurby 363You are here | — | $ 128,410 | 13 | 0 |
| Finngulf 36 | 35.89' | $ 67,854 | 9 | 2 |