Grand Soleil 37 Race Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Grand Soleil 37 means looking at a Botín & Carkeek–designed performance racer-cruiser built by Cantiere del Pardo and brought to America late in the year before its stateside test season. These are Italian-built yachts with a race-proven pedigree, and the used fleet offers a realistic path to ownership for sailors who want speed without abandoning cruising comfort.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts appear more often in the brokerage pool, though the two-cabin owner’s version remains available, and ex-charter examples are common. The three-cabin model trades the large storage space under the cockpit seats for berths accommodating another couple, while the two-cabin layout keeps that storage and reads as a more open owner’s boat. Either layout carries the same strongly built hull and steel-grid structure beneath the joinery.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most used Grand Soleil 37s will commonly carry a bimini, chartplotter, cabin heating, spinnaker, hot water, cockpit shower, autopilot, and a sail inventory built around that spinnaker for reaching legs. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy—heating and autopilot draw on the standard 70-Ah starting and 100-Ah house batteries, so verify charging health—and sail handling and navigation, where the chartplotter and spinnaker setup define how the boat is raced or daysailed. Canvas such as the bimini and the cockpit shower speak to Mediterranean-style cruising use rather than bare-racing spec.
What to Inspect
The deep fin keel with lead ballast and the bonded hull-to-deck joint are sound by construction, but the boat’s draft—up to seven feet eleven inches on the deep version—will limit anchorage choice and should shape where you plan to sail anchor. Reviewers found the systems shipshape with substantial through-hull fittings, yet noted the wire bundling appeared not tinned; inspect the electrical runs and panel for corrosion or upgrade need.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for these yachts is Croatia. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm layout (three-cabin more common, two-cabin available, ex-charter frequent); verify heating, autopilot, and battery condition; inspect non-tinned wiring; and accept the deep-draft anchorage constraint. The Grand Soleil 37 remains a well-built, quick yacht that rewards a careful used-boat survey.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Grand Soleil 37 Race. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 1 row
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 | 1 | $103,670 | — |
Where they're listed
Grand Soleil 37 Race listings appear across 1 country. Croatia has the most listings with 1.
Country view
1 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | $103,670 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
5 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Soleil 39 | 40.03' | $ 243,449 | 19 | 5 |
| Grand Soleil 37 | 38.06' | $ 101,782 | 15 | 6 |
| Elan 37 | 37.17' | $ 108,329 | 13 | 3 |
| Grand Soleil 44 | 47.08' | $ 512,524 | 10 | 1 |
| Grand Soleil 37 RaceYou are here | — | $ 103,670 | 1 | 0 |