Jeanneau Sun Kiss 47 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Jeanneau Sun Kiss 47 means weighing a Philippe Briand cruiser with 315 hulls built between 1982 and 1989, a moderate-displacement 47-footer with a fin keel, spade rudder, and cutter rig that successors later reinterpreted as a sloop. She is a known quantity rather than a rare find, and understanding her layout and upgrade history matters more than chasing a specific hull number.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin configurations appear more often on the market, though both two- and three-cabin versions are available, and ex-charter boats are common. The original factory options were two cabins with a spacious forward owner's stateroom or three cabins with two smaller bow rooms; either way the saloon, galley, and storage are generous. A later derivative, the Sun Odyssey 47, is a different boat with sloop rig and cabin-top traveler, so confirm you are looking at a true Sun Kiss before comparing layouts.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-equipped examples commonly carry autopilot, solar, hot water, EPIRB, inverter, bimini, radar, chartplotter, life raft, teak decks, cockpit shower, watermaker, heating, bow thruster, swim platform, and AIS — a power-and-safety cluster that signals serious cruising intent. Often-seen additions include wind generators, spinnaker or asymmetric spinnaker, electric winches, washing machine, lithium batteries, dinghy davits, and documented transatlantic completions, speaking to owners who extended range and shortened hands-on effort. A dodger is a less common owner upgrade.
What to Inspect
The centerboard version's trunk and pivot should be checked for wear where the board passes through the hull, since it drew 8 feet 8 inches down and 5 feet 0 inches up and that mechanism is a moving interface absent from the fixed-fin hulls. Beyond verifying the cutter rig's standing rigging and the cockpit traveler's mounting against the later cabin-top variant's layout, attention to the centerboard trunk is the main model-specific item.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia. For a shopper, the short list is: confirm true Sun Kiss 47 identity versus Sun Odyssey 47; decide two-/three-cabin versus ex-charter four-cabin based on privacy needs; verify centerboard trunk condition if considering the shoal-draft version; review the autopilot, watermaker, and AIS fit as cruising-readiness evidence; and budget for rigging refresh on a 35-year-old cutter.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Jeanneau Sun Kiss 47. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 11 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 1 | $64,967 | — |
| Aug 25 | 2 | $80,649 | +24.1% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $100,811 | +25.0% |
| Oct 25 | 2 | $111,900 | +11.0% |
| Jan 26 | 5 | $87,053 | -22.2% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $64,967 | -25.4% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $77,288 | +19.0% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $96,940 | +25.4% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $49,900 | -48.5% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $123,213 | +146.9% |
| Sep 26 | 4 | $89,050 | -27.7% |
Where they're listed
Jeanneau Sun Kiss 47 listings appear across 7 countries. France has the most listings with 7 (38.9%), followed by Spain and New Caledonia.
Country view
18 listings · 7 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | $84,009 | 7 | 2 | 38.9% |
| Spain | $89,610 | 3 | 1 | 16.7% |
| New Caledonia | $94,955 | 2 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Netherlands | $111,900 | 2 | 0 | 11.1% |
| Portugal | $123,213 | 2 | 2 | 11.1% |
| Denmark | $97,404 | 1 | 0 | 5.6% |
| United States | $49,900 | 1 | 1 | 5.6% |
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