Najad 360 Buyer's Guide
The Najad 360 on the used market is a Thorwald Karlsson-designed, Swedish-built cruiser from the mid-1980s, a 35-foot fin-keel masthead sloop whose 15,400-pound displacement and iron keel make her a steady, traditional offshore candidate rather than a light-air sprinter. Shoppers cross-checking her against a Hallberg-Rassy 352, Hallberg-Rassy 36, or Malö 36 will find the same Nordic restraint, but her particulars — a 43 percent ballast ratio, 387 square feet of wetted surface, and a shaft-drive Volvo Penta 2003 diesel — are what separate the example in front of you from the listing photo.
Layouts on the Used Market
Expect the familiar cruiser footprint of a 35-footer with an 11.2-foot beam, finished below in mahogany as was standard for the type. The deck is a fibreglass sandwich, which the original design intended to temper the cabin climate as the review noted, while the hull itself is solid fibreglass around an iron fin keel. Broker descriptions will vary in how they present sleeping and galley arrangements, but the constant is the mahogany interior and the enclosed, temperate cabin the sandwich deck promotes.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, autopilots, teak decks, chartplotters, heating, solar, radar, inverters, AIS, spinnakers, furling mains, bow thrusters, biminis, dinghy davits, and Starlink are commonly fitted, meaning a buyer can usually find a well-equipped example without hunting for rare refits. Often-seen additions include hot water, a swim platform, and a life raft. For buyer consequence, the power-and-energy cluster — heating, solar, inverter — determines whether the boat is ready for extended anchoring or needs a rebuild of her electrical foundation; the navigation cluster — chartplotter, radar, AIS — speaks to offshore readiness as delivered or retrofitted; and canvas-and-sail-handling items such as furling main, bimini, and dinghy davits shape day-to-day comfort. A cockpit shower appears only as a less common owner upgrade.
What to Inspect
The one composite structure is the sandwich deck, which the design used to improve the indoor climate — survey it for the usual deck-core concerns even though the hull below is solid fibreglass. The iron keel and solid hull remove cored-bottom worries, but the shaft-drive Volvo Penta 2003 series is the original power plant, and its condition should be assessed on its own merits. Running rig is well documented: halyards about 103 feet at half-inch, jib and genoa sheets 35 feet at 0.55 inch, mainsheet 88 feet, so mismatched or undersized replacements are a tell of careless prior ownership.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats turn up across Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Malaysia, giving a shopper a broad geographic spread to work with. For the buyer, the checklist is short: confirm the sandwich deck's integrity, verify the Volvo Penta 2003 shaft drive, and check that running rig matches the dimensions above. A 360 that passes those points and carries the commonly fitted equipment cluster is a sound, traditional cruiser with no structural surprises.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Najad 360. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 12 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 4 | $98,464 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $122,361 | +24.3% |
| Nov 25 | 2 | $83,961 | -31.4% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $98,471 | +17.3% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $116,534 | +18.3% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $139,724 | +19.9% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $99,054 | -29.1% |
| Apr 26 | 7 | $103,676 | +4.7% |
| May 26 | 1 | $132,849 | +28.1% |
| Jun 26 | 1 | $109,750 | -17.4% |
| Jul 26 | 4 | $116,539 | +6.2% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $104,123 | -10.7% |
Where they're listed
Najad 360 listings appear across 8 countries. Italy has the most listings with 7 (29.2%), followed by Spain and United Kingdom.
Country view
24 listings · 8 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | $110,707 | 7 | 2 | 29.2% |
| Spain | $87,919 | 6 | 0 | 25.0% |
| United Kingdom | $145,486 | 3 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Netherlands | $138,675 | 3 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Denmark | $100,673 | 2 | 0 | 8.3% |
| Belgium | $75,164 | 1 | 0 | 4.2% |
| Malaysia | $122,361 | 1 | 0 | 4.2% |
| Slovenia | $113,038 | 1 | 0 | 4.2% |
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