Hylas 70 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Hylas 70 means looking at a German Frers-designed 70-foot centerboard cruiser built in Taiwan by Queen Long from 1995 onward, with a lifting keel that gives her shoal-draft flexibility rare in a yacht this size. Most used examples trace to charter histories, and the four-cabin charter layout is the more common one afloat, though private two-cabin versions also appear.
Layouts on the Used Market
Ex-charter boats are common, and the charter four-cabin arrangement predominates on the used market; both layouts remain available to a buyer who keeps looking. The centerboard matters here: with the board up she draws just over eight feet and with it down reaches 11 feet 10 inches, so a shoal anchorage or a lift-shed limitation should shape which layout and which berth count you tolerate. At the heart of the belowdecks plan is a shared chart table and office nook, and the pale bamboo cabin sole is a recognizable interior cue on these hulls.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used 70s commonly carry a watermaker, air conditioning, bow thruster, electric winches, furling main, autopilot, and chartplotter — the systems that matter for independent cruising and easy handling. Often-seen additions include solar, a freezer, and dinghy davits, which extend off-grid range. Less common owner upgrades run to an asymmetric spinnaker, swim platform, teak decks, or an EPIRB. The original deck gear is already heavily hydraulic: all winches, windlasses, and furlers are hydraulic, the mainsail furls into a Leisure Furl boom driven by a hydraulic motor, and two central hydraulic pumps back the system — so a buyer should weigh added electrical gear against the boat's hydraulic backbone rather than assume a simple 12-volt upgrade path.
What to Inspect
The winches on these boats cannot be operated remotely, a point to verify if a seller claims push-button sail handling from the cockpit. Redundant systems are part of the design — note the two central hydraulic pumps and two pressure-water pumps as backups — and any survey should confirm both banks are live and unmodified. The Leisure Furl boom mandrel and its hydraulic motor deserve close inspection for weepage or seal wear, since the mainsail furls into that boom and a failure strands the primary driver.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for used Hylas 70s is the United States. For a shopper, the short list is: confirm centerboard operation and draft limits; verify both hydraulic and pressure-water backup pumps; check the Leisure Furl boom hydraulics; accept that winches are not remote-operated; and decide between the common charter four-cabin layout and the less common private layout based on intended use.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Hylas 70. 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 | 2 | $664,500 | — |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $659,000 | -0.8% |
| Nov 25 | 2 | $972,000 | +47.5% |
| Dec 25 | 3 | $895,000 | -7.9% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $949,000 | +6.0% |
| Mar 26 | 3 | $899,000 | -5.3% |
| May 26 | 1 | $949,000 | +5.6% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $727,000 | -23.4% |
Where they're listed
Hylas 70 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 15.
Country view
15 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $899,000 | 15 | 2 | 100.0% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hylas 70You are here | — | $ 899,000 | 15 | 2 |
| Solaris 58 | 57.25' | $ 1,153,245 | 13 | 0 |
| Hylas 63 | 63' | $ 1,370,000 | 12 | 7 |
| Swan 80 | 81.69' | $ 2,318,080 | 7 | 2 |
| Swan 70 | 70.05' | $ 1,726,970 | 5 | 0 |
| Santa Cruz 70 | 68' | $ 299,000 | 5 | 1 |