Starlight 46 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Hull type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

46.26' · 14.1 m

Displ.

29,000 lbs · 13,154 kg

First year

2000

The Starlight 46, designed by the acclaimed naval architect Stephen Jones and built by Bowman Yachts (later Rival Bowman), is the rare and highly regarded flagship of the Starlight range. Launched at a time when the British boatbuilding industry was transitioning toward the highend semicustom market, the 46 was intended to compete with elite marques like Swan and Najad. It followed the significant success of the Starlight 35 and 39, which were known for their unique "twoshell" construction where a secondary inner molding was bonded to the hull using injected foam, providing both buoyancy and exceptional thermal and acoustic insulation. Production of the 46 was extremely limited—likely fewer than five hulls were completed—making it a boutique find on the brokerage market today. According to Stephen Jones Design, the model was conceived as a "thoroughbred ocean cruiser" that balanced highperformance hull lines with the heavyduty engineering standards for which the Bowman yard was famous.