Seawind 1190 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Seawind 1190 means looking at a catamaran conceived as the sportier, lighter sibling of the cruising-oriented 1160 line, with the Sport variant stretching that performance brief further. On the used market these boats turn up mostly as ex-charter examples, and owner three-cabin layouts are the more common configuration though both owner and charter-style layouts are available. Australia is the typical market where these boats are found.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 1190 keeps Seawind’s unusual galley-down arrangement, with the galley amidships in the starboard hull and cabins fore and aft for extended voyaging; the port hull places the owner cabin forward with an athwartship bunk. The Sport review layout carried three cabins plus a toilet in each hull, with two double cabins forward in each hull and a smaller one on the starboard aft quarter, while the standard description offers an option for a second head in the starboard hull. The saloon opens forward through removable tempered-glass windows and a trademark trifold door that lifts to store under the bimini, and the Sport’s Lite interior uses rounded GRP bulkheads with lighter laminated timber and hard-wearing Sunbrella fabrics rather than the older wood-centric finish.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used 1190s commonly carry a deep inventory. Solar, lithium batteries, inverter, asymmetric spinnaker, electric winches, bimini, dinghy davits, cockpit shower, radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, gennaker, spinnaker, furling main, and short-handed setup are commonly fitted, as are the standard carbon-fiber sprit, twin wheels, Doyle sails, Lewmar and B&G hardware, and the sailaway-spec two 125-watt solar panels with AGM batteries. The Sport came with two solar panels as standard and the review boat had four on an enlarged cockpit roof; a wide transom bench with optional barbecue and davits, horizontal Lewmar windlass with 45lb Delta anchor, and composite steering wheels are part of the as-found equipment picture. The review hull also showed upgraded Yamaha 25hp outboards against the standard Honda 20hp, and an electric Lewmar winch by the port helm that doubled as the mainsheet winch.
What to Inspect
Documented known issues are limited but worth a close look. Judges noted the fuel hoses leading from the gasoline tank to the engine were not up to U.S. specs, so verify hose rating and routing on any gasoline-outboard example. The Sport does not have escape hatches as standard, unlike European boats complying to CE standards, so confirm emergency egress provisions if that matters to your plans. Also check the daggerboard housings in the resin-infused hulls: they use some internal space and block one external window in the galley, a detail to confirm against the specific layout you view.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats are typically found on the Australian market, often as ex-charter with owner three-cabin layouts the more common of the two. A short inspection checklist: confirm fuel-hose compliance to U.S. specs, verify escape-hatch absence on Sport models, and inspect daggerboard casing intrusion and galley window blocking. Otherwise the used 1190 presents as a well-equipped, light, daggerboard-equipped cat with a galley-down voyaging interior and tilt-up outboards.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Seawind 1190. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 2 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | 3 | $ 418,064 | — |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $ 419,622 | +0.4% |
Where they're listed
Seawind 1190 listings appear across 1 country. Australia has the most listings with 4.
Country view
4 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | $ 418,843 | 4 | 1 | 100.0% |
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