Outbound 44/46 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Outbound 44/46 means looking at a Carl Schumacher voyager built first as the 44 in 1999 and later stretched to the 46 with hull nine, with the 44 still available as a build option. These are offshore-minded boats whose used examples reflect a range of owner cruising histories, so the wise buyer focuses on the structural and layout facts that distinguish the class rather than any single boat's shine.
Layouts on the Used Market
The interior centers on a semi-raised salon with a U-shaped settee and a straight or bench settee opposite, and a forward-facing navigation station that holds full-size charts. The galley is U-shaped with a centerline or double sink and gimbaled or three-burner stove, and a head with a stall shower sits near the companionway — a larger version was added in 2012. Forward is a master cabin with island or centerline queen berth, while an aft guest or quarter berth provides a second sleeping space; a dedicated workroom aft of the shower stall is accessible from the cockpit and can take a washer-dryer. Early boats differ from later ones, as the sink moved into the master cabin in 2013.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used boats commonly carry solar, electric winches, a watermaker, dodger, air conditioning, lithium batteries, inverter, wind generator, chartplotter, heating, life raft, radar, swim platform, AIS, furling main, and often dinghy davits, autopilot, bimini, and freezer. A hard dodger with safety glass and integrated hand rails is an option most owners opt for, and the optional lithium ion battery package modernizes power usage. Less common but seen as owner upgrades are a code zero, spinnaker, hot water, cockpit shower, Starlink, short-handed setup, and EPIRB; the boat was offered with Glendinning joystick controls, Selden in-mast furling, and Starlink from the factory.
What to Inspect
Documented known issues are few but worth a look. The companionway is protected from flooding by a 9-inch bridge-deck and two forward scuppers, and the aft cockpit is self-bailing aft through a wide open-ended sole self-bailing cockpit. The well-limbered bilges are gelcoated and drain into an 18-inch sump, and manual bilge pumps are located at the helm and navigation station. Check the hull/deck joint bonded with 5200 and through-bolts every 4 inches, and confirm the watertight crash bulkhead 7 feet aft of the stem is intact. The fuel and water tanks sit low and central in the bilge, with range-extending tanks carrying 160 gallons of fuel in some records alongside 200 of water — sources differ on fuel capacity.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in the United States, Georgia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Canada, and New Zealand. A used Outbound 44/46 should be checked for the bridge-deck and scupper drainage, the crash bulkhead, bilge sump and pump access, and whether the 2012 or 2013 interior revisions are present. Confirm tankage configuration and the presence of the hard dodger and lithium option if those matter to your cruise.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Outbound 44/46. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 13 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $ 445,000 | — |
| Apr 25 | 1 | $ 295,000 | -33.7% |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $ 655,000 | +122.0% |
| Aug 25 | 3 | $ 498,000 | -24.0% |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $ 587,000 | +17.9% |
| Oct 25 | 6 | $ 579,950 | -1.2% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $ 329,000 | -43.3% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $ 454,000 | +38.0% |
| Jan 26 | 7 | $ 498,000 | +9.7% |
| Feb 26 | 9 | $ 405,000 | -18.7% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $ 382,000 | -5.7% |
| Apr 26 | 12 | $ 400,000 | +4.7% |
| May 26 | 3 | $ 498,000 | +24.5% |
Where they're listed
Outbound 44/46 listings appear across 6 countries. United States has the most listings with 36 (83.7%), followed by Georgia and French Polynesia.
Country view
43 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 474,000 | 36 | 2 | 83.7% |
| Georgia | $ 498,000 | 2 | 1 | 4.7% |
| French Polynesia | $ 359,900 | 2 | 2 | 4.7% |
| Canada | $ 799,000 | 1 | 0 | 2.3% |
| Fiji | $ 397,000 | 1 | 0 | 2.3% |
| New Zealand | $ 410,000 | 1 | 0 | 2.3% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hylas 46 | 46.25' | $ 420,000 | 57 | 19 |
| Outbound 44/46You are here | — | $ 469,000 | 47 | 9 |
| Hallberg-Rassy 46 | 48.5' | $ 375,463 | 31 | 8 |
| Tartan 4600 | 46.2' | $ 212,400 | 18 | 7 |
| X-Yachts X-46 | 45.96' | $ 284,736 | 18 | 8 |
| Peterson 46 | 45' | $ 69,900 | 11 | 4 |
| Oyster Yachts 46 | 46' | $ 492,702 | 10 | 1 |
| J Boats J/46 | 46' | $ 287,000 | 10 | 1 |
| Contest 46 | 46.42' | $ 273,324 | 7 | 4 |
| Moody 46 | 46.13' | $ 215,692 | 7 | 1 |