HH 55 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used HH55 means entering the world of a low-volume, semi-custom carbon cat built from 2018 onward in China, with Morrelli & Melvin styling a boat conceived as the manageable sister to the HH66. These are not common boats, but the ones that reach brokerage span two distinct interior plans and a mix of digital-era equipment that a buyer should weigh carefully against personal comfort with high-tech systems.
Layouts on the Used Market
Both owner three-cabin and charter four-cabin versions are well represented in the brokerage pool, and ex-charter examples are common. The three-cabin arrangement gives a full-length port master suite, while the four-cabin plan splits the starboard hull into end doubles with separate heads. A forward steering station opens to a forward cockpit where all sail controls live, though some boats carry twin aft wheels instead. The saloon flows through sliding glass to a large aft cockpit with wet bar and sun bed, and the standard plans let an owner choose the balance of private suite versus guest capacity before purchase.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Power and energy are the HH55's signature: a large cabin-top solar array, lithium batteries, and digital switching are commonly fitted, and many boats add a watermaker, inverter, and bow thruster for independent cruising. Sail handling leans on electric winches and an asymmetric spinnaker, both commonly seen, with a furling main often present. Navigation is covered by chartplotter, radar, AIS, EPIRB, and autopilot as standard brokerage fit, and comfort clusters around a freezer, life raft, cockpit shower, and washing machine on commonly fitted boats, with air conditioning and hot water often carried. A self-tacking jib and short-handed setup appear only as occasional owner upgrades rather than fleet norms.
What to Inspect
The known construction points worth a surveyor's eye are the carbon sandwich hull and the curved C-foil daggerboards riding in Vesconite-bearing wells, since board retrieval and well sealing matter on a boat with 10-foot-11-inch draft down. The sacrificial false bows and watertight bow and stern bulkheads are the boat's collision and flooding defense, and should be confirmed intact. With aramid shrouds and no backstay, rig tuning depends on the built-in mast jack and load-pin sensors, so verify the digital readout and CZone interface function as Cruising World described.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The used fleet turns up in the United States, New Zealand, and Spain. For a buyer, the checklist is simple: confirm which of the three- or four-cabin layouts suits your use, verify the hybrid or standalone diesel choice and its saildrive condition, test the solar-lithium-digital network under load, and have a multihull surveyor inspect daggerboard wells, false bows, and bulkhead seals. An HH55 rewards a couple ready for carbon and code, not a buyer seeking a simple legacy cat.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the HH 55. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | 1 | $2,850,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 4 | $2,450,000 | -14.0% |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $2,390,000 | -2.4% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $2,185,000 | -8.6% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $2,450,000 | +12.1% |
Where they're listed
HH 55 listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 5 (45.5%), followed by Spain and New Zealand.
Country view
11 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $2,450,000 | 5 | 0 | 45.5% |
| Spain | $2,390,000 | 3 | 0 | 27.3% |
| New Zealand | $1,980,000 | 3 | 0 | 27.3% |
Comparable models
Similar length, displacement, and era. Open a row to compare that model's market page.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagoon 55 | 54.33' | $ 2,098,000 | 95 | 33 |
| Hudson 66 | 65.94' | $ 3,899,000 | 18 | 1 |
| Outremer 50/55 | 55' | $ 349,900 | 16 | 2 |
| Outremer 55-2 | 54.89' | $ 2,127,139 | 13 | 2 |
| Catana 53 | 53.08' | $ 1,650,000 | 13 | 6 |
| HH Catamarans 55You are here | — | $ 2,450,000 | 11 | 0 |
| C-Catamarans 48 | 49.08' | $ 1,499,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Hallberg-Rassy 55 | 54.72' | $ 1,223,833 | 9 | 1 |
| HH Catamarans 50 | 51.8' | $ 1,549,000 | 5 | 1 |