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Sheet 0446 · recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

16.5 m motor yacht by Bertram · built 1981–2001 (boats seen)

Bertram
54 Convertible used price guide

Gauge Value
Indicative · 8–24 boats
£205,000€236,000$271,000

Middle half £124,000€143,000$171,500 – £281,000€333,000$379,500

median asking price of 20 boats listed since Oct 2020, in today's prices · asking, not sold

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16.46 mbeam 5.16 mdraft 1.57 mfull specification

A used Bertram 54 Convertible asks a median of £205,000€236,000$271,000 across 20 boats listed since Oct 2020, in today's prices. Half sit between £124,000€143,000$171,500 and £281,000€333,000$379,500.

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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.

20 boats by year built · asking prices in £ thousands, in today's prices · listed since Oct 2020 · asking, not sold · log scale
These 20 boats scatter too widely by age to draw a middle line we can stand behind.
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Your boat

Estimated from the boats above. No email, no broker call.

Listed in
optional, in pounds
Gauge Estimate · Indicative
£156,000€181,500$196,000

Likely range £102,000€118,500$136,500 – £234,000€269,500$325,000

13 comparable boats built 1982–1988 · hours not given · all markets · asking, not sold

Add your asking price to see where it sits among boats like yours.

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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.

YearBoatsMedianMiddle halfSpread
20011—too few boats
1999–20000—none listed
19981—too few boats
19971—too few boats
19961—too few boats
1992–19950—none listed
19911—too few boats
19900—none listed
19891—too few boats
19881—too few boats
19871—too few boats
19862—too few boats
19854—too few boats
19842—too few boats
19831—too few boats
19822—too few boats
19811—too few boats

These boats scatter too widely by age to fit a rate we can stand behind.

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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.

Age

These boats scatter too widely by age to fit a rate.

—a fit on 20 boats is too loose to publish
Other factors

Too few boats to compare factors yet: we need five on each side of a split.

—engine hours, VAT, where it's listed, engines, fuel and hull, each age for age

Asking prices, not sold. Factors can overlap, so treat these as a guide to what the market asks, not a formula.

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Time to sell

211days

listed so far: the median of 17 boats seen on two or more dates

6.3%

have cut their asking price: 1 of 16 boats seen at least 14 days apart

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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.

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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.

Depreciation—not estimated: no published depreciation curve for this model
Berthing—not estimated: no cited berthing figure for that region for a boat of 15 m or more
Maintenance and repairs£15,4005% to 10% of a value of £205,000 a year (maintenance, older boats) · Boatsetter
Lift-out and antifoul£80016.5 m at the cited rate per metre (Lake Yard: lift, hold, pressure wash, relaunch, plus antifoul labour) · Lake Yard price list 2026
Insurance£2,0500.5% to 1.5% of a value of £205,000 a year · Velos Insurance; Admiral Yacht Insurance
Engine servicing—not estimated: labour rates are cited, but no source publishes the hours a service takes
A year of ownership, before depreciation£18,250 £1,520 a month

Fuel is not included: no cited source gives the engine hours a typical owner runs in a year.

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Questions about the Bertram 54 Convertible

How much is a used Bertram 54 Convertible worth?

The median asking price is £205,000, from 20 boats listed since Oct 2020, in today's prices; half sit between £124,000 and £281,000. For a specific boat, use Your boat above.

How long does a Bertram 54 Convertible stay on the market?

We do not measure time to sell yet. Across 17 boats seen on two or more dates, the median time between first and last sighting is 211 days so far. 6.3% of 16 boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price.

How fast does a Bertram 54 Convertible lose value?

These boats scatter too widely by age to fit a rate we can stand behind, so we do not publish one.

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.

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About the Bertram 54 Convertible

The boats behind this page were built between 1981 and 2001 and have been listed since Oct 2020, most often in the US market. 6.3% 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 20 boats here were listed in Europe and the US. Full methodology

Length overall
16.46 mfrom listings · 20 boats
Beam
5.16 mfrom listings · 16 boats
Draft
1.57 mfrom listings · 9 boats
Built
1981–2001from listings · 20 boats
Type
Motor yachtour classification