2006 Tiara Yachts 4300 Sovran

2006/2025 Tiara Sovran 4300

Every System- Completely Updated * Ready To Cruise anywhere- The day after closing.

• 2006/2025 Tiara Sovran 4300 — Repowered, Refit, and Ready
• Two Stateroom, Two Head Luxury Express Cruiser 
• Volvo D6-440 IPS 
• E4 Electronics

This is not a typical 20-year-old Tiara. This 2006 Sovran 4300 has been comprehensively repowered and modernized over the last two model years to compete head-to-head with current production express cruisers — at a fraction of the price. Between the late-model Volvo D6 IPS drivetrain, the cutting-edge Volvo E4 electronic vessel control package, a top-to-bottom electronics refresh, and a cabin that genuinely presents in 10-out-of-10 condition, this Sovran offers turn-key cruising with warranty coverage that even most new boats don’t carry.

The Tiara Sovran 4300 has long been regarded as one of the best-built American Express cruisers of its era — solid hull, balanced layout, two private staterooms, two heads, and a salon and cockpit that flow as one. What this boat brings on top of that pedigree is a modern propulsion and electronics package that simply did not exist when these hulls left Holland, Michigan.

Performance

• Cruise: 28 knots at 3000 RPM, 85% load, ~30 GPH

• Top end: 34 knots

• Notable: Cruises faster than other sisterships of this vintage, which were factory-delivered with smaller engines. The repower fundamentally changes how this boat performs.

The Repower — 2015 Volvo Penta D6-440 IPS

The heart of this refit is a fresh pair of Volvo Penta D6-440 HP engines installed in 2025 with only 100 hours, fully serviced in 2026. Pod-drive details:

• Starboard pod: Replaced new in August 2025 under Volvo factory warranty (two-year coverage in effect)

• Port pod: Resealed, shafts replaced, both pods fully serviced in 2026

• New T6 props installed 2025

The Volvo E4 System — What It Is and Why It Matters

Installed in August 2025 under Volvo Penta’s factory warranty (two-year coverage active), the EVC-E4 (Electronic Vessel Control, 4th generation) is Volvo Penta’s current-generation integrated control platform — the same architecture going into brand-new IPS yachts today. The refit included:

• All 5 new ECUs with the latest software

• Fly-by-wire digital throttles and joystick control

• Garmin digital gauges and navigation integrated to the E4 backbone

In plain terms, the E4 system is the digital nervous system that ties the engines, pods, helm controls, and displays together. It enables and supports:

• Joystick docking — move the boat in any direction, including sideways, and pivot it in its own length with one hand. Removes the intimidation from tight marinas, crosswinds, and current.

• Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) capability — the boat can hold a precise GPS location and heading hands-off, ideal for waiting on a bridge, a fuel dock, or a slip.

• Autopilot, cruise control, single-lever mode, and PowerTrim Assist built into the base E4 software.

• Full engine and drivetrain monitoring and diagnostics through a clean, modern glass-cockpit display.

• Future-proofing — the E4 platform is what Volvo is building toward for the next decade, including additional software features that can be activated over time.

For a buyer, this means you are operating a 2025-current control platform on a proven 2006 Tiara hull — with active factory warranty until August 2027.

Electronics & Navigation

• Dual Raymarine Axiom 19” MFDs

• Raymarine autopilot

• Raymarine radar

• Raymarine engine room camera

• Garmin VHF (2025)

• Garmin digital gauges & navigation (2025, integrated with E4)

Interior — 10/10 Condition

The two-stateroom, two-head cabin presents in genuine 10-out-of-10 condition. It has been kept meticulously and is ready to step aboard and use today — no projects, no deferred cosmetics, nothing on a list. Comfort and entertainment upgrades include:

• 3 new Roku smart TVs (2025)

• Starlink installed (2025)

• New JL Audio stereo system — amps, subs, 11 speakers, replaced 2025

• New hot water heater (2025)

• Updated cell phone chargers at helm and passenger stations (2025)

Exterior & Cosmetic Updates

• Full hull wrap installed 2026

• New bottom paint and Prop Speed 2026

• New SeaDek 2026

• Full-cover rear canvas 2025

• New windshield wipers 2025

• Underwater lighting

Mechanical & Systems

• 6 new batteries plus alternators installed 2026

• 12.5 kW Onan generator — full major service 2026; housing repainted and sound suppression installed

• New duckbill flaps on Vacuflush system (2025)

Summary

You are looking at a 2006 Tiara hull with a 2025/2026 drivetrain, 2025/2026 electronics, a 2025/2026 cosmetic package, and active Volvo Penta factory warranty on the pods and E4 system through August 2027. The cabin is immaculate. The boat cruises faster than her larger-engined sisters and docks like a new IPS yacht thanks to the joystick and E4 architecture.

This is a rare opportunity to own a proven American-built express cruiser with all the heavy lifting — and all the capital expenditure — already completed.

Serious inquiries welcome. Sea trials by appointment.

Extended List of Refit Items/Ugrades

• Volvo D6 440HP engines installed in 2025 with 100 hours
• 2025 Starboard Pod Replaced under factory 2-year warranty started August of 2025
• 2026 Port Pod resealed, shafts replaced
• New T6 Props installed 2025
• Both Pods Serviced 2026
• 6 new batteries installed 2026
• 12.5 KW Ohnan Generator full major service complete 2026
• Volvo E4 system installed under Volvo factory Warrantee started Aug 2025All 5 New ECU’s with software update
• Fly by wire throttles
• Fly by wire joystick
• Pod servos
• Alternators
• New Hot Water heater 2025
• New Sea deck 2025
• Full cover rear canvas 2025
• Full hull wrap installed 2026
• New Bottom Paint 2026
• Prop speed installed 2026
• Both engines fully serviced 2026
• Dual Ray Marine Axiom 19’ navigation
• Garmin VHF 2025 replaced
• Garmin digital gauges / navigation 2025 with E4 upgrade
• Raymarine Auto pilot
• Raymarine Radar
• Raymarine Engine room camera
• New duckbill flaps installed vacuflush 2025
• New windshield wipers 2025
• New JL audio stereo system with amps & subs 11 speaker replaced 2025
• Updated cell phone chargers helm & passenger added 2025
• Generator Housing repainted and sound deadening installed 2026
• Underwater lighting

Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

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.

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