8.8 m sailing yacht by Beneteau · built 1986–1990 (boats seen)
Beneteau
First 285 used price guide
Middle half £11,500€13,500$15,500 – £21,000€24,500$29,500
median asking price of 11 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices · asking, not sold
8.77 mbeam 2.92 mfull specification
A used Beneteau First 285 asks a median of £14,500€17,000$20,000 across 11 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices. Half sit between £11,500€13,500$15,500 and £21,000€24,500$29,500.
The field
Each number is one boat: its asking price in thousands of pounds, at today's market level, set above the year it was built. Tap a number to see the boat behind it. The price scale is logarithmic: each step up is the same percentage.
Your boat
Estimated from the boats above. No email, no broker call.
Likely range £11,000€13,000$14,500 – £16,500€19,000$22,500
10 comparable boats built 1986–1992 · hours not given · all markets · asking, not sold
Add your asking price to see where it sits among boats like yours.
By year built
Median from five boats; middle half from ten. Below that we print nothing rather than a guess. Linked years have their own page with that year's boats. The spread is drawn on the field's logarithmic scale, in pounds.
| Year | Boats | Median | Middle half | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | — | too few boats | |
| 1989 | 4 | — | too few boats | |
| 1988 | 2 | — | too few boats | |
| 1987 | 1 | — | too few boats | |
| 1986 | 2 | — | too few boats |
Too few boats to fit a depreciation rate yet. We fit one once 20 boats span six build years.
What moves the price
Each factor compares boats of the same age, so a newer boat's premium isn't counted twice. Five boats or more on each side, or we say so.
Too few boats to fit an age rate yet.
Boats listed in the UK market ask about 43% more than the same age elsewhere.
Asking prices, not sold. Factors can overlap, so treat these as a guide to what the market asks, not a formula.
Time to sell
listed so far: the median of 9 boats seen on two or more dates
have cut their asking price: 1 of 8 boats seen at least 14 days apart
median size of a cut · withheld: fewer than five cuts to measure
These are asking prices, and asking is not selling. Days listed so far is not time to sell: a boat still listed has not sold, and we do not yet record when a listing ends. We have not measured how far sale prices land below asking; the methodology says what we can and cannot measure.
Cost to keep
A year on a South Coast marina berth, insured at the Gauge Value, in pounds. An estimate from published rates, not a quote.
Fuel is not included: no cited source gives the engine hours a typical owner runs in a year.
Questions about the First 285
How much is a used Beneteau First 285 worth?
The median asking price is £14,500, from 11 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices; half sit between £11,500 and £21,000. For a specific boat, use Your boat above.
How long does a Beneteau First 285 stay on the market?
We do not measure time to sell yet. Across 9 boats seen on two or more dates, the median time between first and last sighting is 173 days so far. 13% of 8 boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price.
How fast does a Beneteau First 285 lose value?
Too few boats have been listed to fit a rate yet. We fit one once 20 boats span six build years.
Are these sold prices?
No. They are asking prices observed on public listings, restated at today's market level. We have not yet measured how far sale prices land below asking, so we do not publish a figure for it.
About the First 285
The boats behind this page were built between 1986 and 1990 and have been listed since Sep 2020, most often in the UK market. 13% of the boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price.
How we measure: we read public listings from brokers and marketplaces, count a boat once when it appears on several sites, store its asking price each time it changes, and restate older asking prices at today's market level. We never republish a listing, a photograph or a seller. Every figure is recomputed nightly and dated; below five boats we publish nothing. The 11 boats here were listed in the UK, Europe and the US. Full methodology
- Length overall
- 8.77 mfrom listings · 9 boats
- Beam
- 2.92 mfrom listings · 6 boats
- Built
- 1986–1990from listings · 11 boats
- Type
- Sailing yachtour classification