Feeling 1040 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used market for a Feeling 1040 means coming to terms with a French Kirie-built Harlé-Mortain design from the mid-1980s that was offered with an unusual variety of keels. The same 35-foot masthead sloop might draw under five feet on a shallow iron keel or over six on a deep lead or fin foil, so the single most important fact about any individual boat is which keel it actually carries. Wooden interiors and fibreglass hulls are uniform across the class, but draft and keel metal vary boat to boat.
Layouts on the Used Market
Because the 1040 was built with deep lead, shallow iron, and two iron fin keel configurations, the used fleet splits less by year than by underwater profile. The shallow-keel boats, at roughly 1.40 to 1.50 metres draft, are the ones that can enter shallow marinas; the deeper variants, from 1.80 to 2.00 metres, are restricted to major ports. A buyer should confirm the as-built keel rather than assume a standard draft, since the model name alone does not fix the number.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Examples in the United Kingdom commonly carry heating, autopilot, and chartplotter as factory or early owner fitments, with AIS often seen as a later addition. For a buyer, the consequential clusters are power and energy — heating and autopilot draw on house capacity — and navigation, where a chartplotter paired with AIS reduces the cost of bringing an older boat up to date. Less critical comforts can be deferred.
What to Inspect
The keel is the inspection focal point. Iron keel options — the shallow and both fin variants — should be checked for corrosion and sound bonding to the hull, while the deep lead keel avoids that concern at the cost of greater draft. Confirm the shaft-drive transmission and note the specific keel draft and material on the boat you view, since the model was produced with four distinct foil configurations.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for these boats is the United Kingdom. A short checklist for viewing:
- Identify the actual keel type and measure draft against the load-dependent ranges
- Inspect iron keels for corrosion; lead deep keel for bonding
- Verify shaft drive and diesel installation
- Confirm heating, autopilot, chartplotter, and AIS operation
- Match draft to intended cruising and marina access
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Feeling 1040. 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 | $39,283 | — |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $29,734 | -24.3% |
| May 26 | 1 | $29,734 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Feeling 1040 listings appear across 1 country. United Kingdom has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $29,734 | 4 | 1 | 100.0% |
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