Feeling 850 Buyer's Guide
The Feeling 850 on the brokerage market is a Philippe Briand-designed, Kirie-built 27-foot 10-inch light-displacement sloop produced from 1985 through 1988, with 313 hulls completed across Racing, Club, and Cruising versions. Most buyers will meet the Cruising model: a tiller-steered daysailer with a cut-down rig, an open-plan interior, and a sugar-scoop transom rather than a stripped race boat.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Cruising version is the one to shop for as a family boat. It carries an airy, open-plan interior in light elm joinery with berths for six, a good galley, and a reasonably sized chart table, but very limited stowage. A relatively large, comfortable cockpit and sugar-scoop bathing platform make the aft end livable. The Racing and Club versions exist but will show sportier, likely taller rigs and less domestic fit-out; the Cruising model's rig is explicitly much cut down from those.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
With no equipment summary available for this model, the only safe observations are from the design record. The meaningful buyer-consequence items are the keel choice — fin or lifting centreboard — and the rig configuration, since at least three rigs were available from the factory (masthead with overlapping genoa, fractional with non-overlapping jib, fractional with overlapping genoa). A lifting-keel example reduces draught to about 3 feet 1 inches, a real advantage for shallow berths. Lines led aft to the cockpit and tiller steering are standard, so any buyer gets manageable single-helmsman control without aftermarket modification.
What to Inspect
Inspection should follow normal used-sailboat practice for a 1980s French fibreglass sloop. Verify the keel version and its mechanism: the lifting-keel or centreboard pivot and trunk on a board boat, and the fin-keel bond and fasteners on a fixed-keel example. Confirm which of the three factory rigs is fitted and whether the mast, spreaders, and standing rigging match that configuration. Check the open-plan Cruising interior for the limited stowage it was born with, and inspect the sugar-scoop transom and cockpit drain paths for age-related cracking.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
No regional market data is supplied for this model, so availability should be confirmed through normal brokerage channels. For a shopper, the short list is: choose fin or lifting keel by your draft needs; prefer the Cruising version for family use; confirm the actual rig among the three offered; and budget for the minimal stowage by adding removable storage. Yachting Monthly found her a sound first boat for a four-person household, strongest on daytime coastal use rather than long offshore work.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Feeling 850. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 1 | $13,168 | — |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $13,168 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Feeling 850 listings appear across 1 country. Germany has the most listings with 2.
Country view
2 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | $13,168 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
3 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beneteau First 285 | 28.16' | $ 17,672 | 47 | 13 |
| Feeling 286 | 27.07' | $ 20,975 | 11 | 0 |
| Feeling 850You are here | — | $ 13,168 | 2 | 0 |