Feeling 346 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Feeling 346 means choosing among late-eighties-to-1997 Kirie cruisers designed by Vaton & Cadro, offered in several keel variants and in both owner and charter histories. The boat's 34-foot length, roughly 11.4-foot beam, and solid fibreglass hull make for a low-maintenance prospect, but the keel choice you inherit drives where you can take her.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, though both owner and alternative plans appear, and ex-charter examples are common. The beamy hull — beamier than 76 percent of similar designs by length-to-beam measure — carries that volume into the lived space, but the specific berth and galley arrangement should be confirmed aboard.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Chartplotters and autopilots are commonly fitted, the sort of gear a buyer can expect already mounted. AIS and life rafts are often seen, reflecting a safety baseline on many boats. Less universal are heating, inverter, bimini, swim platform, cockpit shower, and radar — these turn up as owner upgrades rather than standard. For a shopper, the meaningful clusters are navigation (chartplotter, autopilot, AIS) and safety (life raft), with comfort and canvas items like heating and bimini as negotiable extras.
What to Inspect
The hull is solid fibreglass requiring minimal in-season maintenance, but the keel is where variant-specific checks matter. A drop-keel example should be verified for its vertical lift mechanism and iron keel condition, since that option draws as little as 3.15 feet and depends on the lifting gear working; fin-keel boats carry lead at 5.58 to 5.88 feet and shallow-keel iron at 4.59 to 4.89 feet. Inspection centers on keel type, rigging lengths (mainsail halyard 101.5 feet of 3/8-inch, for example), and general hull integrity rather than known fault zones.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found in the Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany. For the buyer, the short checklist is: confirm keel variant and its draft against your cruising grounds, expect chartplotter and autopilot as baseline, verify drop-keel gear if fitted, and treat heating or radar as owner-added rather than standard. The Feeling 346 rewards the shopper who matches keel to waterline.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Feeling 346. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 1 | $48,790 | — |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $50,071 | +2.6% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $40,631 | -18.9% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $46,462 | +14.4% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $8,733 | -81.2% |
Where they're listed
Feeling 346 listings appear across 5 countries. Netherlands has the most listings with 4 (40.0%), followed by France and United Kingdom.
Country view
10 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $27,597 | 4 | 2 | 40.0% |
| France | $33,769 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
| United Kingdom | $47,527 | 2 | 1 | 20.0% |
| Germany | $48,790 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Italy | $50,071 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanneau Sun Sun Odyssey 349 | 33.92' | $ 151,876 | 317 | 87 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 34 | 33.92' | $ 95,055 | 75 | 20 |
| Project 346 | 34.5' | $ 50,272 | 55 | 10 |
| Beneteau First 345 | 36.09' | $ 34,351 | 21 | 7 |
| KIRIE 326 | 32' | $ 40,699 | 14 | 6 |
| Kirie 346You are here | — | $ 46,978 | 10 | 3 |
| Scanmar 345 | 34.45' | $ 40,756 | 5 | 3 |