Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 47 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 47 means looking at a Berret/Racoupeau aft-cockpit pilothouse cruiser with a raised saloon and a wide, aft-carried beam. She pairs a 9/10 rig with a seven-foot-nine-inch standard lead bulb keel and a shallow draft version saving 22 inches. Most buyers will be choosing between owner three-cabin layouts and ex-charter examples, both of which turn up on the used market.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin arrangements are the more common find, though two-cabin or charter-style layouts are available. The raised saloon centers on a three-sided dinette lit by windows and hatches, with the nav station to port across from it for crew-involved passage planning. Three cabins and two heads sleep six, and the aft-carried 15-foot-two-inch beam gives the saloon and quarters real volume rather than tight pilothouse proportions.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Well-equipped boats commonly carry electric winches, a bow thruster, lithium batteries, an inverter, and solar for autonomous power, often joined by a watermaker and heating for extended living aboard. Canvas and sail handling usually include a bimini, dodger, asymmetric spinnaker, and dinghy davits, with teak decks and a swim platform frequent for cockpit comfort. Navigation tends to center on a chartplotter, autopilot, and radar, and a life raft is a common safety fit. Less uniform are wind generators, AIS, and shorthanded setups, which appear as owner upgrades rather than standard spec.
What to Inspect
Verify the keel version — standard seven-foot-nine lead bulb or the 22-inch-shallower option — as draft affects where you can anchor. Confirm the composite arch overhead is intact and that the mainsheet leads are clear of the cockpit as designed, since that arch is central to the deck plan. Check the dual steering stations operate smoothly and give the intended transom access.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically appear in the Seychelles, France, Italy, Slovenia, Germany, and Hong Kong. For a buyer, the checklist is straightforward: confirm keel draft versus your cruising grounds, verify the arch and twin-helm layout are sound, and assess whether the common equipment suite — power, water-making, canvas, and navigation — matches your plans or needs adding.
- Decide standard vs shallow draft for your waters
- Inspect composite arch and mainsheet lead
- Confirm twin helm and transom access function
- Check three-cabin owner vs ex-charter layout
- Review lithium, watermaker, and canvas fit-out
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 47. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 10 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $285,467 | — |
| Apr 25 | 1 | $296,662 | +3.9% |
| Aug 25 | 1 | $200,000 | -32.6% |
| Oct 25 | 8 | $395,000 | +97.5% |
| Nov 25 | 1 | $268,675 | -32.0% |
| Jan 26 | 3 | $313,391 | +16.6% |
| Apr 26 | 4 | $395,000 | +26.0% |
| May 26 | 1 | $379,000 | -4.1% |
| Aug 26 | 2 | $387,000 | +2.1% |
| Sep 26 | 1 | $379,000 | -2.1% |
Where they're listed
Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 47 listings appear across 6 countries. Seychelles has the most listings with 3 (25.0%), followed by Germany and France.
Country view
12 listings · 6 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | $395,000 | 3 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Germany | $476,559 | 2 | 0 | 16.7% |
| France | $307,825 | 2 | 0 | 16.7% |
| Italy | $270,892 | 2 | 0 | 16.7% |
| United States | $379,000 | 2 | 1 | 16.7% |
| British Virgin Islands | $395,000 | 1 | 0 | 8.3% |
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