Trintella 42 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Trintella 42 means looking at a Van de Stadt-designed, Anne Wever-built bluewater sloop with 42 hulls produced starting in 1981. These are boats conceived for offshore work rather than weekend coastal hopping, and the used fleet reflects that intent: ex-charter examples are common, and both owner and charter-derived layouts appear.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available. The three-cabin arrangement gives fixed berths for six across three cabins, with two saloon settees adding space for two more. Below, the U-shaped galley sits forward to port with double sink and outboard fridge-freezer, opposite a starboard navigation station facing outboard. A u-shaped dinette to port and curved starboard sofa anchor a salon whose table extends to seat eight or more, while the aft head sits securely at the companionway to starboard and a sea berth occupies the aft cabin to port.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, these yachts commonly carry chartplotter, autopilot, radar, AIS, air conditioning, and teak decks, with many also offering a self-tacking jib, hot water, bimini, dodger, and dinghy davits. For a buyer, the navigation cluster (chartplotter, autopilot, radar, AIS) means a turnkey offshore cockpit, while air conditioning and hot water speak to livability at anchor. Canvas and sail-handling upgrades such as a self-tacking jib and davits reduce crew workload; an inverter appears only as a less common owner addition.
What to Inspect
The deck is built with fiberglass sandwich construction and a teak overlay embedded in rubber, and the yacht greets you with a teak deck and wide side decks OceanWaveSail.Com description of the Trintella 42 deck. Given that one owner renewed a teak deck in 2005 and undertook a full bottom treatment with epoxy coating and Coppercoat, inspect the teak overlay for degradation and confirm any bottom coating history. Also verify the cockpit drains and pad eyes for safety harnesses are intact, and check the companionway hatch boards, manual bilge pump, and MOM switch are present and serviceable.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically appear in the United States, Netherlands, New Zealand, and French Polynesia. For a shopper, the checklist is brief: confirm the layout type and berth count, verify teak deck and bottom treatment history, test the navigation and sail-handling upgrades, and confirm safety gear at companionway and cockpit. A well-kept example rewards the buyer with a sturdy, sociable bluewater platform.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Trintella 42. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25 | 1 | $124,999 | — |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $99,000 | -20.8% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $87,462 | -11.7% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $99,000 | +13.2% |
| May 26 | 5 | $98,748 | -0.3% |
| Aug 26 | 1 | $99,000 | +0.3% |
Where they're listed
Trintella 42 listings appear across 4 countries. United States has the most listings with 7 (53.8%), followed by Netherlands and New Zealand.
Country view
13 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $99,000 | 7 | 1 | 53.8% |
| Netherlands | $98,748 | 4 | 0 | 30.8% |
| New Zealand | $75,924 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
| French Polynesia | $52,278 | 1 | 0 | 7.7% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valiant 42 | 42' | $ 299,999 | 18 | 3 |
| Trintella 42You are here | — | $ 99,000 | 13 | 1 |
| Tartan 42 | 42' | $ 89,000 | 13 | 11 |
| Moody 42 | 41.79' | $ 61,948 | 12 | 1 |
| Comfortina 42 | 42.19' | $ 196,334 | 11 | 4 |
| Rustler 42 | 42' | $ 474,341 | 9 | 3 |
| Van De Stadt 44 | 44.33' | $ 254,421 | 9 | 1 |
| Oyster Yachts 42 | 41.83' | $ 200,981 | 7 | 2 |
| Trintella 44 | 43.96' | $ 63,896 | 4 | 0 |