Regina 43 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Regina 43 means looking at a design by Carl Beyer that entered production in 1997, a 43.5-foot masthead sloop with a solid fiberglass hull and a lead-ballasted fin keel. These are boats built as serious cruisers rather than charter queens, and the used fleet tends to reflect that original intent through both factory specification and owner investment.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Regina 43 is offered as a single-hull configuration with a fixed 5.91-foot draft and a skeg-hung rudder, so there is no shoal-draft variant to compare. The interior brief centers on a 396-gallon water tank against a 14-gallon fuel tank — an unusual split that tells you these boats were conceived for living aboard on the hook, not for long engine legs. A buyer should calibrate tankage expectations accordingly and view the small fuel figure as inherent rather than a deleted option.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The used fleet commonly carries heating, a furling main, autopilot, chartplotter, life raft, radar, bow thruster, electric winches, swim platform, teak decks, cockpit shower, air conditioning, inverter, bimini, dinghy davits, and a generator-class energy setup. That is a heavily equipped baseline. Often-seen additions include watermakers, spinnakers, freezers, hot water, and short-handed sail-handling rigging. Less common owner upgrades run to solar, lithium batteries, wind generators, self-tacking jibs, gennakers, asymmetric spinnakers, washing machines, dodgers, and AIS. For a buyer, the power-and-energy cluster — generator, inverter, often a watermaker, sometimes lithium and solar — determines whether the boat is ready for off-grid cruising or needs a refit spend. Canvas and sail-handling gear such as furling main, bimini, davits, and short-handed rigging speak to how easily a small crew can manage her.
What to Inspect
The Regina 43's known documentation centers on her systems ratios rather than structural defects, but the fuel-to-water tankage imbalance is the one figure that should shape a viewing. Verify the actual fuel tank condition and the 14-gallon sum against the hull — a corroded or partially blocked small tank on a boat with an 85 hp diesel is a real constraint, not a cosmetic note. Confirm the solid fiberglass hull and deck show no impact damage at the skeg-rudder junction, since the rudder on a skeg is a defined structural point aft that tolerates less casual grounding than a full keel would.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Regina 43s typically appear in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, the United States, Greece, and Norway. For a buyer, the practical checklist is brief:
- Confirm the 14-gallon fuel tank integrity and capacity
- Inspect the skeg-rudder attachment for impact or repair
- Verify generator and inverter function if off-grid cruising is planned
- Check teak decks for soft spots if fitted
- Confirm furling main and electric winches operate smoothly
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Regina 43. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 8 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 2 | $312,991 | — |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $354,508 | +13.3% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $332,082 | -6.3% |
| Apr 26 | 6 | $331,841 | -0.1% |
| May 26 | 2 | $341,959 | +3.0% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $339,211 | -0.8% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $253,690 | -25.2% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $314,223 | +23.9% |
Where they're listed
Regina 43 listings appear across 6 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 5 (41.7%), followed by Greece and Sweden.
Country view
12 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $331,841 | 5 | 0 | 41.7% |
| Greece | $341,974 | 2 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Sweden | $324,118 | 2 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Denmark | $310,144 | 1 | 0 | 8.3% |
| Norway | $267,053 | 1 | 0 | 8.3% |
| countries.Sweden | $314,223 | 1 | 1 | 8.3% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
5 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallberg-Rassy 43 Mk I | 44.52' | $ 382,547 | 32 | 7 |
| Vindo 43You are here | — | $ 331,962 | 16 | 4 |
| Swan 43 | 42.78' | $ 92,739 | 15 | 2 |
| Contest Yachts 43 | 42.65' | $ 185,478 | 13 | 4 |
| Baltic 43 | 43.34' | $ 144,904 | 9 | 0 |