Meta JPB 52 Buyer's Guide
The Meta JPB 52 on the brokerage market is the largest yacht in the JPB range, a Jean-Pierre Brouns-designed aluminum expedition vessel built around an integral centerboard and rated Category A offshore. Shopping one means weighing the base specification — 15.70 m overall, 17 t displacement, 5 t lifting-keel ballast, twin rudders, and a 147 m² upwind rig — against the individual history of a boat whose builder openly offered custom layouts from its Port Saint-Louis du Rhône workshop.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The documented base plan carries a double owner's cabin, a bunk-bed cabin, and a single cabin for 10 to 11 berths, with two heads and a cockpit offering multiple aft and front access points. Two living zones define the interior: a central saloon with kitchen and chart table, and a large rear lounge with a bar, sofas, and two single berths. Because META Yachts built custom layouts, a given used boat may show deviations from that three-cabin norm without being non-original.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used JPB 52s commonly carry a watermaker, heating, inverter, wind generator, electric winches, bimini, radar, AIS, autopilot, life raft, and solar. Often seen additions include lithium batteries, an asymmetric spinnaker, a furling main, dodger, dinghy davits, and an EPIRB. The base mechanical specification is a Nanni diesel N4.65 SD engine at 65 cv and 2700 rpm, with 800 L fuel and 640 L water tanks — capacities that frame how much cruising equipment a buyer can add without stressing the 17 t hull.
What to Inspect
The available record shows no documented defects for the JPB 52. The builder states the Strongall aluminum hull guarantees great resistance to impacts and exceptional longevity, and the integral centerboard is described as allowing the boat to run aground at will without apprehension. A buyer should therefore focus inspection on the centerboard trunk and retraction mechanism, the most exposed elements given that stated use, and on the twin-rudder bearings and any custom-layout joinery executed in the Port Saint-Louis du Rhône workshop. No flooding paths, drainage failures, or equipment faults are recorded in the source material.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Typical market availability is France. For a shopper, the JPB 52 rewards a check of the centerboard system, rudder bearings, and layout originality against the builder's custom-work history, plus confirmation of the commonly fitted offshore equipment list above.
- Confirm centerboard trunk and lift mechanism condition
- Inspect twin-rudder bearings for wear
- Verify layout matches or documents custom META Yachts work
- Check for watermaker, heating, inverter, solar, AIS, autopilot, life raft
- Note ex-charter history where three-cabin owner layouts are less common
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Meta JPB 52. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 1,121,411 | — |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $ 1,121,411 | 0.0% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $ 1,118,701 | -0.2% |
Where they're listed
Meta JPB 52 listings appear across 1 country. France has the most listings with 3.
Country view
3 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | $ 1,121,411 | 3 | 1 | 100.0% |
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