Standfast 33 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used Standfast 33 means taking home a Frans Maas cruiser from Standfast Yachts, built from the late seventies as a solid-GRP hull with a sandwich deck. These 33-foot masthead sloops are found in the Netherlands and Spain, and the well-supported boats make a sensible target for a buyer who wants a beamy, heavy-displacement cruiser with a slightly overrigged sail plan.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 33 carries her volume well: a length-to-beam ratio of 3.12 puts her roomier than 58 percent of similar designs, and the cabin shows above-average headroom with mahogany joinery throughout. The deck is a fiberglass sandwich that insulates against cold water and reduces condensation, a genuine comfort point on a boat that may have spent winters in Dutch or Spanish waters. With a fin keel drawing 6.14 to 6.44 feet by load and a 38-percent ballast ratio, the hull sits in the "heavy cruiser" class at a displacement-length ratio of 297.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Buyers on this model will commonly find an inverter, cabin heating, AIS, autopilot, and an EPIRB already fitted — a cluster that speaks to powered comfort and offshore readiness rather than barebones sailing. The presence of heating and an inverter means the previous owner likely used her beyond fair-weather day sails, while AIS and EPIRB point to navigational and safety intent. No other equipment tiers are notable in the used fleet, so treat anything else as owner-specific.
What to Inspect
The one area a surveyor should weigh is the deck sandwich's condition, since its insulating role depends on an intact bond and core; a soft or delaminated deck would erase the condensation-control benefit the design relies on. Otherwise the known facts describe a conventional shaft-drive Bukh diesel and standard rigging sizes, so check those as you would any 1970s sloop.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Standfast 33 turns up in the Netherlands and Spain. For a buyer, the shortlist is: confirm the deck sandwich is sound, verify the heating and electrical upgrades are properly installed, and accept the fin keel's trade of directional stability for maneuverability. She is a comfortable, beamy cruiser with ocean-race screening numbers and a practical used-market equipment baseline.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Standfast 33. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 | 3 | $14,340 | — |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $14,340 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Standfast 33 listings appear across 2 countries. Netherlands has the most listings with 3 (75.0%), followed by Spain.
Country view
4 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $14,340 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% |
| Spain | $17,782 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van De Stadt 34 | 33.63' | $ 35,315 | 19 | 1 |
| Olympic 33 | 32.58' | $ 24,999 | 15 | 3 |
| Conyplex 33 | 32.25' | $ 24,500 | 13 | 2 |
| Standfast 33You are here | — | $ 14,340 | 4 | 1 |