Wauquiez Gladiateur 33 Boat for Sale

• Manufacturer: Wauquiez
• Price: £22,500
  VAT has not been paid on this boat
• Location: Troon Yacht Haven
• Year: 1981
• LOA: 32'10" (10.01m)
• LWL: 27'3" (8.31m)
• LWL: 27'3" (8.31m)
• Displacement: 4990
• Colour: White with blue band
• Designer: Donald Pye
• Beam: 11' 0'' (3.35m)
• Berths: 6
• Draft: 1.83
• Keel: Fin keel
• ID no.: 8437

• Cabins: 2
• Aircon: No
• Heating: No
• Heads: 1
• Showers: 1
• Watertank Size: 250 Litres
• Engine Make: Volvo Penta D1 30F
• Horsepower: 27hp
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Fuel Tank Size: 75 Litres
• Cruise Speed: 5
• Top Speed: 7
• Engine Hours Port: 560

Broker Remarks

The Wauquiez Gladiateur 33 is a well designed, fast passage maker and a good offshore cruiser. This French registered five berth, fin keel boat has been cruised extensively including a 2025 Scottish cruise. Standing rigging was renewed 2023, new main sail 2023 and the Volvo Penta 27hp engine with 560 hours running was fitted in 2016. Built in France by Henri Wauquiez from a Donald Pye design, with nearly 300 built over 9 years. Note, this Wauquiez Gladiateur 33 is a French registered boat, considered EU VAT paid and is liable for UK VAT.

Accommodation

Forward cabin with V berths and an infill cushion to convert to a double berth. Berth cushion foam renewed 2022. Opening roof hatch, storage. Door leading aft with heads to port and lockers to starboard. Sliding door leading through to the saloon with bench settee to starboard and U shaped settee to port. The port settee can be converted to a double berth. Storage behind and outboard of the settees, both settees foam renewed 2022. Central dining table with drop leaves. Galley aft to starboard, chart table aft to port with quarter berth further aft.
Central companionway with open wet locker at the side. Engine access under the companionway with further access from side panels.

Galley
Flavell Vanessa two burner gas stove with grill and oven
Fridge
Fridge compressor requires servicing
Cold water supply
Foot pump
Electric pump for galley sink and shower

Heads
Raske & Meyde marine toilet, pump changed 2021
Sink
Shower
Cold water supply
Foot pump
Electric pump for shower
Storage

Mechanical and Rigging

Engine

Volvo Penta D1 30F 27hp diesel engine installed in 2016
Engine hours 560 
Serviced April 2025, serviced annually
Shaft drive, new 2022
Maxprop Classic propeller, new in 2022
Uniteck Solar panel 55W installed 2025 with MPPT controller
Solar panel on a swivel mount on the pushpit
Invac battery charger
RCD unit 30mA
Two 105Ah domestic batteries
105Ah engine battery 
Shore power socket
Volvo Penta MDI electronic control unit replaced 


Sails and rigging

Main sail by All Purpose Sails, new 2023
Main sail cover 2023
Lazy jacks
Wichard Gyb'Easy boom brake
Furling genoa by North Sails 2012, serviced 2018 & 2023
Symmetrical spinnaker
Storm jib in good condition 
Intermediate genoa and staysail, elderly, not used
Releasable inner forestay
Meisner 18 and Meisner 10 coachroof winches for lines led aft
Two Barbarossa 44.2 self tailing sheet winches
Note the feeder arms on the Barbarossa winches are broken 
Two Meisner 23 spinnaker winches
Lewmar 18 self-tailing mast winch
Antal self-tailing mast winch
Meisner 18 mast winch
Releasable inner stay
Adjustable back stay
Standing rigging renewed April 2023
Profurl LC42 roller reefing system
Mast steps
Spinnaker pole

Inventory

Instruments

Engine instruments
Raymarine ST60+ close hauled wind in cockpit
Navman Multi page in cockpit
Raymarine ST60+ wind in cockpit
Raymarine ST4000 autopilot in cockpit
NASA Clipper GPS connected to Digital Yachts AIS for position, heading, speed
Two Contest steering compasses bulkhead mounted in cockpit
Navicom RT3 hand held VHF radio 
Simrad RD68 DSC VHF radio at chart table, connected to the AIS
Digital Yacht AIT 5000 Class B + AIS transponder (2025)
Used like a GPS giving position, heading and ground speed by WIFI to Navionic charts on a tablet
No plotter, owner used Navionics on a tablet, not included
Clock, Barometer and Hygrometer
Water, Volts and Amp meters
12v and USB sockets

Cockpit

Sprayhood by Axe Sails 2016, windows renewed 2024
Tiller
Teak straps to seating and cockpit sole
Solar panel
Port and starboard lockers
Two aft lockers
Gas locker with Campingaz bottle plus spare bottle
Mounting bracket beneath sprayhood for a tablet

Deck equipment

Stainless steel pulpit
Stainless steel pushpit
Twin bow roller
10kg Delta anchor with 35m chain and 33m warp
Manual anchor windlass
12kg kedge anchor with 10m chain and 16m warp
Stern boarding ladder
Various warps and fenders

Safety

Plastimo Transocean 6 crew liferaft, serviced 2024, next service due 2027
Liferaft deck mounted cradle
Manual and electric bilge pumps
Two Horseshoe lifebuoys with lights 2025
Danbuoy
Plastimo rescue sling
Five automatic life jackets
Emergency tiller
Sea anchor


Further information 

Zodiac C240 inflatable dinghy included in sale

The last engine service 2025 included
Engine oil filter changed
Engine oil changed
Fuel filter changed
Separator filter changed
Air filter changed
Fuel drained
Impeller changed

As a preventative measure only, hull epoxy treated in 2000 with Gelshield
Through hull fittings changed 2007, 2009, 2016


Comment 

This Wauquiez Gladiateur 33 is a French registered boat and is considered EU VAT paid. It is not UK VAT paid and if keeping within the UK, then a UK VAT payment will be required. The owner will consider reasonable offers for this boat allowing for this VAT payment to be made by the new owner.

Euroyachts disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.