Hans Christian Christina 40 Buyer's Guide
The Hans Christian Christina 40 is a Scott Sprague-designed, Taiwan-built bluewater cutter that Hans Christian Yachts launched in 1986, with the model running through the late 1980s and into the early 1990s in limited numbers. For a buyer scanning the brokerage market, she offers a center-cockpit cruiser with a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder—a more modern hull than the traditional full-keel Hans Christian cruisers—and a documented cutter sail plan with storm sails specified.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts appear more commonly on the used market, though both owner and charter-style arrangements are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The center cockpit configuration is consistent across the class, and the relatively limited production run means a buyer should expect variation in interior woodwork and systems rather than a standardized production interior.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, radar and dinghy davits are commonly fitted, reflecting the boat's offshore intent. Air conditioning, an inverter, a dodger, and autopilot are often seen, speaking to liveaboard comfort and short-handed passage-making. A watermaker and a freezer sit in the sometimes-or-owner-upgrade tier, so a buyer should treat those as negotiable rather than standard. For a cruiser of this displacement, the power-and-energy cluster—inverter and often-seen autopilot—matters more than cosmetic additions, and the canvas cluster (dodger) protects the center-cockpit companionway.
What to Inspect
The solid fiberglass hull and deck with a fin keel call for confirmation of the skeg-hung rudder's bearing play and the hull-to-deck joint integrity on any example. The cutter rig's chainplate slots and the center-cockpit sole around deck penetrations deserve a moisture check, since robust fiberglass construction does not by itself rule out age-related deck issues.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Christina 40 typically appears in the United States and Fiji. For a shopper, the checklist is short: confirm the layout variant (owner three-cabin is common), verify the commonly fitted radar and davits are present and serviced, test the autopilot and inverter, and survey the rudder, chainplates, and keel joint. She rewards a buyer who wants a limited-production bluewater cutter with modern handling and a full storm-sail inventory.
- Prefer an owner three-cabin layout but accept either
- Confirm radar and dinghy davits are fitted and working
- Check autopilot, inverter, dodger as often-seen equipment
- Survey skeg-hung rudder, chainplates, and fin-keel joint
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hans Christian Christina 40. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 8 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 | $49,999 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $79,500 | +59.0% |
| Oct 25 | 5 | $79,500 | 0.0% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $95,000 | +19.5% |
| Feb 26 | 4 | $99,000 | +4.2% |
| Mar 26 | 3 | $225,000 | +127.3% |
| May 26 | 2 | $104,500 | -53.6% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $97,250 | -6.9% |
Where they're listed
Hans Christian Christina 40 listings appear across 2 countries. United States has the most listings with 17 (94.4%), followed by Fiji.
Country view
18 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $99,000 | 17 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Fiji | $95,000 | 1 | 0 | 5.6% |
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