Grand Soleil 45 Performance Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Grand Soleil 45 Performance means looking at a tightly dated design: Cantiere del Pardo built her only from 2004 through 2010 under Judel/Vrolijk & Co., so every example afloat shares the same core specification and the same foam-PVC-cored fiberglass hull with fin-and-bulb keel. She is a 45-foot fractional-sloop performance cruiser with a 40-horsepower Volvo Penta diesel, and the used fleet is small enough that individual history matters more than model-year nuance.
Layouts on the Used Market
The boat was sold with three keel drafts from the factory — a standard 2.3-meter fin, a 2.7-meter deep bulb, and a 1.95-meter shallow keel — so the first question for any candidate is which keel it carries, since that dictates where you can anchor and how she stands up to sail. The 4.26-meter beam and 12-meter waterline give a roomy midsection for a performance hull, and the 400-liter water and 230-liter diesel tanks are built into that volume. A single 40 hp Volvo Penta diesel drives a shaft installation sized for the 9,600 kg displacement; layout differences between boats will be owner-driven rather than factory-generational.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
With no equipment brief to lean on, the consequential factory items are the power and energy backbone — the Volvo Penta diesel and its 230-liter tank — and the sail-handling rig itself, a 105-square-meter fractional sloop on a foam-core hull. A buyer should verify the sail plan's condition and the engine's service record before weighing stereo or galley upgrades. Navigation and canvas are secondary to whether the keel is the deep or shallow variant and whether the core hull is sound.
What to Inspect
The foam-PVC-cored fiberglass hull with a fin-with-bulb profile and spade rudder hull material of FG with foam PVC sandwich demands a moisture-meter survey across hull and deck, since core saturation is the failure mode that matters most on this construction. The spade rudder and bulb fin are loaded structures on a performance hull; check for hull-to-keel joint integrity and rudder stock play. The 40 hp Volvo Penta should be run cold and hot to confirm compression and cooling, given the 230-liter diesel capacity implies serious motoring range when healthy.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Availability is a matter of watching the general used market rather than targeting a specific region. For the shopper, the short checklist is: confirm which of the three factory drafts the boat has, meter the foam core for moisture, exercise the spade rudder and keel joint, and service-check the Volvo Penta. A clean example of this Judel/Vrolijk performance cruiser rewards the buyer who prizes sailing ability over passive comfort.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Grand Soleil 45 Performance. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26 | 1 | $215,423 | — |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $215,423 | 0.0% |
| May 26 | 1 | $215,423 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Grand Soleil 45 Performance listings appear across 1 country. Belgium has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | $215,423 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
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| Grand Soleil 45 PerformanceYou are here | — | $ 215,423 | 4 | 0 |