Wauquiez Centurion 45S Buyer's Guide
The Wauquiez Centurion 45S on the brokerage market is a Dubois-designed, French-built cruiser of just under forty-six feet, with a solid fibreglass hull, lead-ballasted fin keel, and skeg-hung rudder. She belongs to the Centurion series and appeals to shoppers wanting volume below decks without a racer's narrow hull. Because the available record documents no model-specific defect, the used-boat conversation turns on layout variety, typical equipment tiers, and the rigging baselines an inspector can verify.
Layouts on the Used Market
Both owner three-cabin and charter four-cabin arrangements are well represented among used Centurion 45S examples, and ex-charter boats are common. The documented spaciousness ranking — more spacious than 62% of similar designs — and the 13.67-foot beam with a 3.28 length-to-beam ratio explain why the hull supports both private and charter interior footprints without feeling cramped. A buyer choosing between the two should weigh the wear profile of ex-charter use against the simpler history of a private three-cabin boat, but both layouts draw on the same broad hull form.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The Centurion 45S carries a masthead rig with 91.4 square meters (983.8 square feet) of mainsail-plus-jib area, and the estimated rigging lengths are fixed reference points: 40.3-meter, 14 mm halyards for mainsail, jib/genoa, and spinnaker; 13.7-meter, 16 mm jib and genoa sheets; a 34.1-meter, 16 mm mainsheet; and 30.0-meter, 16 mm spinnaker sheet. Air conditioning, furling main, hot water, bimini, dodger, teak decks, autopilot, chartplotter, and life raft appear as occasional or owner-fitted items rather than standard equipment, so a given boat may or may not include them. None of these are documented as commonly fitted, and a shopper should confirm each as present or budget for it as an upgrade.
What to Inspect
The consulted record flags no documented structural defect, flooding path, or systemic known issue for the Centurion 45S. The solid fibreglass hull and lead-ballasted fin keel are stated construction facts rather than problem areas, and the skeg-hung rudder is a documented configuration. An inspector should still verify rigging against the documented estimates — 40.3 m halyards at 14 mm, 16 mm sheets scaled to the 34.1 m mainsheet — since worn or undersized running rigging is a typical used-boat catch, but the sources record no model-specific failure mode to target.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Used Centurion 45S examples are found in the United States, Spain, Italy, Saint Martin (French part), and Australia. For a shopper, the practical checklist is brief: confirm whether the boat is a three-cabin owner or four-cabin ex-charter layout; verify which of the occasional upgrades (furling main, autopilot, life raft, and the like) are actually fitted; check running rigging against the documented length-and-diameter estimates; and inspect the solid hull and skeg-hung rudder as normal used-cruiser due diligence. The boat's documented spaciousness and clean known-issue record make it a straightforward used-cruiser search within those regional markets.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Wauquiez Centurion 45S. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 5 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $ 188,209 | — |
| Sep 25 | 2 | $ 142,236 | -24.4% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $ 176,392 | +24.0% |
| Apr 26 | 2 | $ 216,430 | +22.7% |
| May 26 | 4 | $ 151,950 | -29.8% |
Where they're listed
Wauquiez Centurion 45S listings appear across 5 countries. United States has the most listings with 4 (50.0%), followed by Australia and Spain.
Country view
8 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 151,950 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Australia | $ 176,392 | 1 | 0 | 12.5% |
| Spain | $ 185,928 | 1 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Italy | $ 273,860 | 1 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Saint Martin | $ 125,473 | 1 | 0 | 12.5% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden Yachts 45 | 46.42' | $ 317,875 | 24 | 7 |
| Wauquiez Centurion 40S | 41.17' | $ 153,989 | 17 | 8 |
| Swan 45 | 45.37' | $ 315,000 | 15 | 1 |
| Contest 45 CS | 44.95' | $ 458,480 | 11 | 2 |
| Wauquiez Centurion 45SYou are here | — | $ 159,000 | 9 | 5 |
| Wauquiez Centurion 48 S | 48.88' | $ 147,145 | 7 | 1 |
| Frers 45 | 45' | $ 57,456 | 6 | 0 |