Wauquiez Opium 39 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Wauquiez Opium 39 means looking at a Marc Lombard–derived performance cruiser that began life around 2009 as the design group's first collaboration with the yard. She is an 11.47-metre masthead sloop with a solid fiberglass hull, a 40-horsepower diesel, and a spade rudder — a boat that rewards the buyer who wants open-class speed without giving up a conventional, comfortable interior.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The conventional interior offers almost full cruiser comfort with only a few compromises, and the widest beam carried aft with a flat stern means the aft cabins benefit from real volume rather than a pinched transom. A buyer choosing between the two layouts should weigh charter history against the cleaner ownership record of a private three-cabin boat.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used Opium 39s commonly carry heating, lithium batteries, a bimini, cockpit shower, autopilot, chartplotter, life raft, gennaker, and AIS — a cluster that speaks to self-sufficient coastal and offshore cruising without heavy owner intervention. Often-seen additions include a spinnaker, furling main, and dodger, which round out the sail-handling and weather protection for short-handed sailing. The gennaker and spinnaker options matter most for a buyer who wants the easy-planing hull to show its speed off the wind, while lithium batteries and heating make the conventional interior livable year-round.
What to Inspect
The Opium 39 is offered both as a fixed-keel sloop and as a swivelling keeler, so confirm which configuration is on the specific boat and inspect the pivot mechanism and hull penetrations accordingly. A standard pre-purchase survey remains the buyer's safeguard on any individual hull.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical markets for these boats are Spain and France. For a buyer, the short checklist is: confirm keel type and its condition, verify charter history on ex-charter examples, and confirm the commonly fitted cruising equipment (heating, lithium, autopilot, chartplotter, AIS, life raft) is present and serviced. The Opium 39 rewards the shopper who wants a roomy, conventionally laid-out cruiser with genuine open-class speed and a directly steered feel.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Wauquiez Opium 39. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $278,723 | — |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $212,680 | -23.7% |
| Dec 25 | 2 | $211,561 | -0.5% |
| Apr 26 | 3 | $211,561 | 0.0% |
| Sep 26 | 1 | $218,277 | +3.2% |
Where they're listed
Wauquiez Opium 39 listings appear across 2 countries. Spain has the most listings with 5 (83.3%), followed by France.
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