Solaris 74 RS Sailboats for Sale

Layouts on the Used Market

The Solaris 74 RS was offered in three interior configurations with space for three or four double cabins plus a crew cabin with separate toilet, and all share a huge dinette with port sofa, opposite linear contra-dinette, and a chart table with stowage. Charter four-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The first three hulls delivered placed owner cabins forward with the galley and crew cabin aft, the latter with a dedicated access hatch, and the layout involves multiple levels with the galley four steps down from the saloon. A third configuration instead puts the crew cabin forward of the owner's cabin with a lowered mast-foot galley.

Equipment and Common Upgrades

On the used market these boats commonly carry a full cruising inventory including watermaker, air conditioning, inverter, bow thruster, freezer, hot water, washing machine, radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter, EPIRB and life raft. The standard specification already includes a Volvo Penta D4-175 hp engine, a 1200 l fresh-water and 1400 l fuel capacity, and an aft tender garage for a 4 m dinghy with fold-down sea terrace. The second hull, Plaz, showed the kind of variation to expect: a fixed bimini with integrated Starlink receiver and optional helm-pedestal shading, where the first boat, Luminous III, launched without the fixed bimini. Below the aft cockpit seat a hatch provides ventilation and private crew access, and an Axxon rig with stackpacked V-boom mainsail appeared on later early hulls.

What to Inspect

The documented construction of the Solaris 74 RS uses vinylester resin from an epoxy base with overlapping states and unidirectional reinforcements on the centerline of the hull to incr, and the sandwich is closed-cell PVC with bow-bottom foam at 130 kg per cubic meter over 35 mm to increase wave impact resistance (sl). The engine compartment sits under the salon dunnage with a neoprene-sealed hatch and 45 mm acoustic barrier, and the saloon soleboards lift for full engine and machinery access below, with quick access also through the hinging aft steps. Confirm that the two independent rudder guidance systems and the tie-rod linkage between rudder axles are intact, and verify the female-mould hull and deck, the resin-infused inner skin, and the rounded-stern twin-rudder structure show no undocumented modification.

Availability and Buyer's Takeaway

Typical markets for the Solaris 74 RS are France and Italy. Because the model is young and semi-custom, buyers should treat each hull as an individual specification exercise rather than a repeatable build.

• Confirm which of the three layouts is fitted and whether it is an ex-charter four-cabin example
• Verify the presence of commonly fitted systems: climate control, power conversion, thrusters, cooling, and safety electronics as listed above
• Inspect the centerline hull reinforcement and bow foam density evidence for impact-related repair
• Test both independent rudder systems and the tie-rod steering linkage
• Check machinery access via lifting saloon soleboards and hinging aft steps