Westerly Oceanquest 35 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used brokerage market for a Westerly Oceanquest 35 means weighing a scarce Dubois-designed cruiser built in solid fiberglass with either bilge or fin keel. Most boats you will encounter in the United Kingdom are ex-charter or privately owned three-cabin layouts, and the model's heavy-cruiser displacement and above-average headroom make it a plausible liveaboard candidate for the right buyer.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts appear more often than charter-derived two-cabin versions, though both exist, and ex-charter examples are a common sight in the brokerage pool. The teak interior and above-average headroom carry through regardless of layout, so the principal difference is cabin count and saloon configuration rather than build standard. A bilge-keel hull will draw under 4.25 feet, while a fin-keel example sits nearer 4.5 to 4.8 feet, a distinction that should guide your berth choices if you favor shallow estuaries.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Used Oceanquest 35s commonly carry heating, teak decks, autopilot, spinnaker, chartplotter, bimini, and radar as factory or early fitted gear. Often-seen additions include wind generators, asymmetric spinnakers, cockpit showers, AIS, life rafts, bow thrusters, and dodgers. For buyer consequence, focus on the power and energy cluster: heating and a wind generator suggest a boat set up for extended shoulder-season use, while a bow thruster eases close-quarters handling on the 14,080-pound hull. Navigation and safety kit like chartplotter, radar, AIS, and life raft reduce your commissioning cost if present. Less common but valuable owner upgrades sometimes seen are solar panels, inverters, gennakers, furling mains, electric winches, and swim platforms, which signal a refit-minded previous owner.
What to Inspect
The Oceanquest 35 has a solid fiberglass hull and deck, with fewer than 100 boats built. The bilge-keel and fin-keel structures differ in grounding exposure; inspect keel-to-hull joints and the shaft-drive transmission alignment on any example. Because the design has been built with different keel alternatives, verify which keel is fitted and whether draft matches the stated 3.94 to 4.79 feet range for load condition keel alternatives with shallow draft.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The typical market for the Oceanquest 35 is the United Kingdom, where ex-charter and owner boats surface periodically. Check the keel type and draft against your cruising grounds. Confirm heating and autopilot are operational if liveaboard use is intended. Survey the shaft drive and fiberglass hull for age-related issues. Verify AIS and life raft currency before offshore passage planning.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Westerly Oceanquest 35. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 11 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $59,552 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $77,503 | +30.1% |
| Jan 26 | 1 | $86,888 | +12.1% |
| Mar 26 | 2 | $60,280 | -30.6% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $59,552 | -1.2% |
| May 26 | 1 | $76,774 | +28.9% |
| Jun 26 | 2 | $60,943 | -20.6% |
| Jul 26 | 6 | $63,526 | +4.2% |
| Aug 26 | 5 | $56,306 | -11.4% |
| Sep 26 | 1 | $72,866 | +29.4% |
| Oct 26 | 2 | $72,204 | -0.9% |
Where they're listed
Westerly Oceanquest 35 listings appear across 2 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 21 (95.5%), followed by Spain.
Country view
22 listings · 2 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $63,526 | 21 | 11 | 95.5% |
| Spain | $58,207 | 1 | 1 | 4.5% |
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