Tartan 395 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Tartan 395 means looking at a Tim Jackett-designed 39-foot 6-inch cruiser built from 2019 onward, with a carbon rig, lead ballast, and a traditional American profile that sets it apart from European imports. The boat carries a 40 hp Volvo saildrive and three keel options, and its construction details give a used-boat buyer clear things to verify at the dock.
Layouts on the Used Market
The 395 is a two-cabin, seven-berth layout with a forward double and an aft starboard double, flanking a central saloon with settees and a dining table. A forward-facing nav station sits to port near the companionway, with the galley opposite, and a head with separate enclosed shower to port. The coachroof is relatively long and the cockpit deep and cozy, with twin helms and a center walkway to a fold-down transom step and modest swim platform. Keel choice changes the numbers: deep fin draws 6 ft 2 in at 16,000 lb, Beavertail 4 ft 10 in at 17,000 lb, centerboard 4 ft 3 in up at 17,300 lb—all with lead ballast of 5,500, 6,500, or 6,800 lb.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted gear on used Tartan 395s includes watermaker, air conditioning, and a freezer alongside bimini, dodger, and swim platform. Often-seen upgrades are electric winches, dinghy davits, and short-handed setups. Less common owner additions include heating, solar, inverter, self-tacking jib, bow thruster, radar, AIS, autopilot, and chartplotter. For a buyer, the meaningful clusters are power and energy—watermaker and air conditioning draw on the 40-gallon fuel and 100-gallon water baseline, so verify battery banks if solar or inverter were added—and sail handling, where davits and electric winches reduce loads but the Leisure Furl boom and CCR rig need correct calibration.
What to Inspect
The deck is balsa cored and bonded to the hull with hardware and adhesives, so check the hull-to-deck joint for uniform seal and no weeping at fasteners anchor. Through-hulls are Marelon; confirm none are cracked or stressed. Wiring is tinned and in conduit—pull a panel and look for chafe-free runs. The spade rudder has a carbon stock; test for play at the wheel and inspect the shaft log. The Volvo saildrive sits beneath the cabin steps: confirm the snug access and look for oil traces at the leg. Match declared keel draft and ballast to the variant figures above.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Tartan 395 is typically found on the used market in the United States. A short checklist for viewing:
- Verify hull-deck joint bonding and balsa core soundness
- Inspect Marelon through-hulls for cracks or movement
- Confirm tinned wiring runs chafe-free in conduit
- Check spade rudder carbon stock for play
- Review saildrive seal and snug engine access
- Match keel draft and ballast to declared variant
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Tartan 395. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25 | 2 | $379,000 | — |
| Jun 25 | 1 | $536,000 | +41.4% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $525,000 | -2.1% |
| Sep 25 | 3 | $549,000 | +4.6% |
| Jan 26 | 4 | $484,500 | -11.7% |
| May 26 | 1 | $399,900 | -17.5% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $539,000 | +34.8% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $539,000 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Tartan 395 listings appear across 1 country. United States has the most listings with 11.
Country view
11 listings · 1 country| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $535,000 | 11 | 3 | 100.0% |
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| Tartan 395You are here | — | $ 535,000 | 11 | 3 |