Voyage 440 Buyer's Guide
The Voyage 440 on the brokerage market is a South African–built performance bluewater catamaran that made history as the first multihull to take Cruising World's Overall Boat of the Year award, and it remains a sought-after used proposition for crews who want a passage-capable platform rather than a bare charter shell. Ex-charter examples are common, and the boat's original Charter and Owners layouts both surface in listings, so a shopper's first task is deciding which interior footprint fits the intended use.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available; ex-charter examples are common. The original Owners version carried three queen-size cabins with a choice of two or three heads/showers, while the Charter version offered four queen-size cabins and four heads/showers with an up galley and four double cabins in the hulls. A Daycruiser version with no coachroof was built for the day-charter trade with seating for 32, though it is the least likely to appear in a cruising resale search. The cockpit is shaded by a Bimini with a hard top walkway aft in all configurations.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used Voyage 440s commonly carry a deep cruising inventory: watermaker, radar, autopilot, chartplotter, air conditioning, solar, lithium batteries, inverter, spinnaker, electric winches, freezer, hot water, EPIRB, gennaker, asymmetric spinnaker, and bimini are all commonly fitted. Often-seen additions include a cockpit shower, AIS, and Starlink. Less common owner upgrades run to a furling main, washing machine, dodger, and life raft. The boat's fractional rig driven by a fathead main originally required a bunch of headsails, so a used boat with a working jib furling to a storm jib plus genoa and asymmetric spinnaker matches the as-designed sail wardrobe.
What to Inspect
The documented construction of the 440 shows a double redundancy in the hull/deck joint and bagged core construction with strong execution of the glass work, and every panel was reinforced with a gusset or bulkhead before spanning too extensive a distance — inspect these joints and bulkhead bonds for any sign of separation or water ingress. The fuel system was built with valving and filters labeled on the bulkhead, and the forward fuel tank installation was described as a fine execution, so verify tank condition and that labeling remains legible for service at sea. The deck layout was designed for shorthanded sailing with all controls led aft to the coach roof winches; confirm winch and line runs are intact. No structural defects are recorded in the source material, but the fathead-main fractional rig's need for multiple headsails means a buyer should account for the full sail inventory on board.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets for the Voyage 440 are the United States and Colombia. For a shopper, the checklist is short and sourced: confirm the hull/deck joint redundancy and bulkhead reinforcement, verify the labeled fuel valving and forward tank, match the sail inventory to the fractional fathead rig, and choose between the more common Owners three-cabin layout or an ex-charter four-cabin boat. A 440 that passes those points is the same breed of passagemaker that judges called seriously made for going to sea.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Voyage 440. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25 | 3 | $ 225,000 | — |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $ 225,000 | 0.0% |
| Feb 26 | 2 | $ 239,999 | +6.7% |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $ 239,999 | 0.0% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $ 260,000 | +8.3% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $ 235,000 | -9.6% |
Where they're listed
Voyage 440 listings appear across 2 countries. United States has the most listings with 9 (69.2%), followed by Colombia.
Country view
13 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 239,999 | 9 | 2 | 69.2% |
| Colombia | $ 235,000 | 4 | 4 | 30.8% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanneau Sun Sun Odyssey 440 | 42.65' | $ 289,583 | 310 | 75 |
| Lagoon 440 | 44.65' | $ 348,120 | 176 | 46 |
| Morgan Morgan 440 | 45.92' | $ 187,000 | 41 | 8 |
| Beneteau Oceanis Oceanis 440 | 44.83' | $ 79,886 | 40 | 7 |
| Island Packet 440 | 45.75' | $ 358,000 | 32 | 4 |
| Voyage Yachts 480 | 49.54' | $ 425,000 | 25 | 9 |
| Najad 440-1 | 43.63' | $ 407,963 | 20 | 4 |
| Vision 444 | 43.04' | $ 1,150,000 | 19 | 12 |
| Island Spirit 40 | 39.66' | $ 204,186 | 16 | 4 |
| Knysna Yacht Company 440 | 44.13' | $ 325,000 | 15 | 4 |
| Voyage Yachts 440You are here | — | $ 239,999 | 13 | 6 |