Knysna 440 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Knysna 440 means considering a 44-foot Angelo Lavranos-designed catamaran from a builder that started with St. Francis 44 tooling and reshaped the layout and weight balance into its own cruising model. These are semi-custom boats, so individual histories and fit-out vary, but the core design and known structural decisions are consistent across the fleet.
Layouts on the Used Market
Charter four-cabin layouts appear more often on the resale market, though private-style arrangements are also available, and ex-charter boats are a common sight. Knysna offered buyers the option of a down-galley or up-galley plan to meet charter or private needs, and the semi-custom program let original buyers pick among cabin, hull, head, and saloon configurations. Below, the styling carries beachfront-living colors rather than a traditional marine interior.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-found 440s on the market commonly carry circumnavigation-grade setups, spinnaker or asymmetric spinnaker packages, electric winches, and a freezer. Often-seen additions include solar arrays, lithium batteries, an inverter, wind generator, dinghy davits, cockpit shower, radar, autopilot, and an EPIRB. A watermaker, gennaker, chartplotter, or short-handed sailing configuration shows up less consistently as an owner upgrade. For a buyer, the energy cluster (solar, lithium, inverter, wind) determines off-grid range, while electric winches and davits reduce deck labor; the canvas and downwind sail packages shape light-air passage speed.
What to Inspect
The original St. Francis 44 placed engines center-hull; Knysna moved them aft with a stern scoop, so confirm the aft engine bays and scoop structure for integrity and prior grounding damage. The hull is Airex-foam-cored, hand-laid, vacuum-bagged vinylester, and the 24-inch bridge deck clearance is low by class standards, with flanged surfaces under the bridge deck meant to disrupt wave shape—inspect that underside for impact cracking. One owner logged over 4,000 days without hard slamming, but a low bridge deck still draws reviewer comment, so survey the clearance and any prior reinforcement.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These cats typically appear in the United States, Greece, Portugal, Australia, and South Africa. For a buyer, the short checklist is: verify aft-engine and stern-scoop condition, survey bridge-deck underside flanges, confirm layout matches charter or private intent, and assess energy and sail-handling upgrades for your cruising plan.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Knysna 440. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $244,033 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $173,510 | -28.9% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $500,000 | +188.2% |
| Jan 26 | 5 | $325,000 | -35.0% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $325,000 | 0.0% |
| Jul 26 | 4 | $279,295 | -14.1% |
| Aug 26 | 9 | $690,000 | +147.1% |
| Oct 26 | 1 | $278,735 | -59.6% |
Where they're listed
Knysna 440 listings appear across 5 countries. United States has the most listings with 8 (33.3%), followed by Greece and Portugal.
Country view
24 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $325,000 | 8 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Greece | $690,000 | 7 | 6 | 29.2% |
| Portugal | $279,295 | 5 | 1 | 20.8% |
| Australia | $348,970 | 3 | 0 | 12.5% |
| Albania | $278,735 | 1 | 1 | 4.2% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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