Rapido 40 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Rapido 40 means looking at a 2020-onward all-carbon folding trimaran built for unrestricted ocean use, a 39-foot 6-inch multihull whose floats fold to 19 feet 3 inches so it can take a single marina berth. These boats are offered across the United States, Spain, Thailand, and France, and the standard equipment and common upgrades below reflect what a buyer is likely to encounter.
Layouts on the Used Market
Every Rapido 40 shares the raised saloon with 360-degree visibility and 6-foot-6 headroom, an inline starboard galley, and a forward owner's stateroom with a port-offset double berth. The aft cabin is the variable: some boats keep the standard double, others carry the twin-single option, and later hulls received a cockpit sole raised 3 inches with an expanded aft cabin adding 6 inches of headroom. A double berth beneath the cockpit is standard, reached by hatch or from below. Cork flooring and lightweight carbon furniture run through the line.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Brokers' listings commonly describe these boats as set up for short-handed sailing with a self-tacking jib and electric winches for the foils. Power and energy are well covered: lithium batteries are standard, and a watermaker and electric propulsion option are commonly fitted for extended offshore use. Off-wind capability comes from a spinnaker commonly seen in the inventory, while navigation and safety kits on most boats include radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, EPIRB, and life raft as commonly fitted items.
What to Inspect
The structural story is strong: the hull and deck use a carbon-foam matrix with bulkheads sealed watertight and nothing penetrating the hull below the waterline. Check that the main hull and amas retain their watertight bow crash compartments and that the fully contained, watertight engine compartment is intact. The high-load components — bulkheads, boom, mast, C foils, structural beams, and T-foil rudder — are prepreg autoclave-cured and made in-house, so inspect the C foils and folding mechanism for proper operation, since electric winches raise the foils and gravity lowers them. Confirm the folding system still holds full stability and the amas fold without compromise.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Rapido 40s on the used market appear in the United States, Spain, Thailand, and France. For a buyer, the short checklist is: verify folded beam and float operation, confirm watertight compartmentation below the waterline, check the aft cabin configuration and headroom variant, and review the electric propulsion and watermaker installation if offshore range matters.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Rapido 40. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | 1 | $678,000 | — |
| Sep 25 | 1 | $678,000 | 0.0% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $839,909 | +23.9% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $750,000 | -10.7% |
| May 26 | 2 | $838,752 | +11.8% |
Where they're listed
Rapido 40 listings appear across 4 countries. Spain has the most listings with 2 (33.3%), followed by United States and France.
Country view
6 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | $838,752 | 2 | 2 | 33.3% |
| United States | $750,000 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| France | $839,909 | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Thailand | $678,000 | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
5 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nautitech 40 | 39.67' | $ 225,000 | 21 | 3 |
| Pogo 40 | 39.96' | $ 172,378 | 15 | 0 |
| Robertson & Caine 40 (2015-2020) | 39.34' | $ 375,000 | 11 | 3 |
| C-Catamarans 48 | 49.08' | $ 1,499,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Rapido 40You are here | — | $ 794,376 | 6 | 2 |