Privilège 580 Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

Owner three-cabin and charter four-cabin layouts are both well represented on the used market; ex-charter examples are common. Where a boat has the three-cabin plan, the galley is a separate unit set into the starboard hull and linked to a skipper's berth with pullman bunks and its own wet room. The four-cabin layout houses the galley in the saloon as usual. Either way, each double cabin has its own bathroom, and the boat never appears with five or six cabins. A forward cockpit opens straight from the saloon for a protected lounge space, while the flybridge and the mid-level helm between cockpit and flybridge define the outdoor social zones.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

Electric winches are commonly fitted, and the two large primary winches were electric as standard from the yard. Often-seen navigation equipment includes radar, autopilot, and chartplotter. Less commonly, buyer-relevant upgrades appear as owner additions: air conditioning, an inverter, AIS, lithium batteries, hot water, a cockpit shower, and a freezer fall into the sometimes-fitted or owner-upgrade tier. For a cruising buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy — lithium banks and inverters where fitted ease anchoring without a generator — and comfort systems such as air conditioning and a watermaker-class freezer that signal extended liveaboard intent. Canvas and sail-handling upgrades beyond the standard electric winches are not a market hallmark here.

What to Inspect

The keel stubs are firmly laminated to the hulls and reinforced with an integrated steel frame anchor, so confirm the hull appendage joints and any corrosion at the steel frame during a haulout, since the boat is designed to stand on those appendages when dry. Hydraulic steering is standard and testers noted it offers hardly any feeling for the helmsman anchor; check for leaks or pump wear, and verify autopilot alignment given the lack of tactile feedback. The on-board technology is very easily accessible anchor, but inspect electrical multiplex nodes and connections for loose fittings. Otherwise, the vacuum-infused GRP sandwich with vinyl ester exterior needs only standard osmosis and delamination surveys.

Availability and Buyer's Takeaway

Typical markets for the 580 are the United States and France. For a buyer, the checklist is straightforward: confirm layout intent (private three-cabin versus ex-charter four-cabin), verify keel-stub and steel-frame integrity on the hard, test hydraulic steering and autopilot function, and assess which owner upgrades — lithium, air conditioning, inverter — are present versus planned. A clean, dry-standing 580 with its original electrical accessibility intact rewards the experienced cruiser who wants a quiet, well-built owner catamaran rather than a charter platform.