Winga 860 Buyer's Guide
The Winga 860 is a late-seventies Swedish design by Rolf Eliasson, built by Winga Marin AB in fewer than 200 examples, and offered today across a handful of European brokerage regions. She is a 28-foot fibreglass fractional sloop with an iron fin keel, a boat whose documented ratios reward the shopper who verifies condition against the known design parameters rather than against market gloss.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Winga 860 carries 4 berths within a hull whose length-to-beam ratio of 2.95 places her among the more spacious of similar designs — a fact that informs the used-boat interior without implying a specific saloon plan. The fibreglass hull and iron keel are consistent across the class; no alternative layouts or keel variants are documented in the source record. Buyers should expect the beam of 9.58 feet to read wider inside than many contemporaries, though the Motion Comfort Ratio of 18.6 suggests a firm motion rather than a pillowed one.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the brokerage market the Winga 860 commonly carries heating, solar, autopilot, self-tacking jib, furling main, hot water, bimini, teak decks, AIS, and chartplotter as fitted equipment. The base design may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta 2001 diesel at 9 hp, and the rigging schedule calls for 25.6-meter halyards at 8 mm and sheets up to 21.5 meters at 10 mm — parameters an owner matches when renewing running rigging. No owner-upgrade tier items are documented beyond the commonly fitted list above.
What to Inspect
The available record documents no structural defects, drainage faults, or flooding paths for the Winga 860. The verifiable limits are performance-bound: the capsize screening value of 2.14 means the boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races, and the Relative Speed Performance of 34 places her ahead of 34 percent of similar designs. Confirm the draft of 4.92 to 5.22 feet dependent on load and the immersion rate of 709 lbs/inch when assessing any added equipment weight.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Winga 860 typically appears in Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, and Switzerland. She is a small Scandinavian cruiser whose overrigged fractional sloop rig and broad beam are her documented strengths.
- Verify the Volvo Penta 2001 diesel and its 4.3-knot calculated max speed under power
- Check rigging to documented 25.6 m / 8 mm halyard and 10 mm sheet specs
- Confirm 4-berth count and 9.58 ft beam match the listed layout
- Note capsize screening 2.14 excludes ocean-race use
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Winga 860. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 4 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 33,631 | — |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $ 26,204 | -22.1% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $ 30,912 | +18.0% |
| Jul 26 | 1 | $ 27,552 | -10.9% |
Where they're listed
Winga 860 listings appear across 4 countries. Switzerland has the most listings with 1 (25.0%), followed by Germany and Denmark.
Country view
4 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | $ 30,912 | 1 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Germany | $ 26,204 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Denmark | $ 27,552 | 1 | 1 | 25.0% |
| United Kingdom | $ 33,631 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
3 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxi 84 | 28.02' | $ 12,092 | 19 | 7 |
| Sweden Yachts 340 | 34' | $ 62,364 | 15 | 4 |
| Winga 860You are here | — | $ 29,232 | 4 | 2 |