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Sheet 0478 · recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

8.7 m motor boat by Boston Whaler · built 2020–2025 (boats seen)

Boston Whaler
280 Vantage used price guide

Gauge Value
Indicative · 8–24 boats
£179,000€209,000$240,000

Middle half £177,500€206,000$236,000 – £198,000€234,500$264,500

median asking price of 17 boats listed since Jun 2023, in today's prices · asking, not sold

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8.68 mbeam 2.90 mfull specification

A used Boston Whaler 280 Vantage asks a median of £179,000€209,000$240,000 across 17 boats listed since Jun 2023, in today's prices. Half sit between £177,500€206,000$236,000 and £198,000€234,500$264,500.

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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.

16 boats by year built · asking prices in £ thousands, in today's prices · listed since Jun 2023 · asking, not sold
16 boats is too few to draw a middle line. We draw one once 20 boats span six build years. 1 boat without a build year is not drawn.
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Your boat

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

Listed in
optional, in pounds
Gauge Estimate · Indicative
£179,000€209,000$240,000

Likely range £170,500€199,000$228,000 – £212,500€247,500$284,500

16 comparable boats built 2020–2026 · 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 scale, in pounds.

YearBoatsMedianMiddle halfSpread
20251—too few boats
20242—too few boats
20233—too few boats
20224—too few boats
20214—too few boats
20202—too few boats

Too few boats to fit a depreciation rate yet. We fit one once 20 boats span six build years.

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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

Too few boats to fit an age rate yet.

—we fit one once 20 boats span six build years
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

35days

listed so far: the median of 15 boats seen on two or more dates

47%

have cut their asking price: 7 of 15 boats seen at least 14 days apart

13%

median size of that cut, from the highest earlier ask

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£5,000annual band for the region, Lake Yard marina berth, 8-10 m; Marina berth, South Coast · Lake Yard price list 2026 · BerthFinder
Maintenance and repairs£6,2502% to 5% of a value of £179,000 a year (maintenance, newer boats) · Boatsetter
Lift-out and antifoul£4008.7 m at the cited rate per metre (Lake Yard: lift, hold, pressure wash, relaunch, plus antifoul labour) · Lake Yard price list 2026
Insurance£1,8000.5% to 1.5% of a value of £179,000 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£13,450 £1,120 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 Boston Whaler 280 Vantage

How much is a used Boston Whaler 280 Vantage worth?

The median asking price is £179,000, from 17 boats listed since Jun 2023, in today's prices; half sit between £177,500 and £198,000. For a specific boat, use Your boat above.

How long does a Boston Whaler 280 Vantage stay on the market?

We do not measure time to sell yet. Across 15 boats seen on two or more dates, the median time between first and last sighting is 35 days so far. 47% of 15 boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price, by a median of 13%.

How fast does a Boston Whaler 280 Vantage 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.

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About the Boston Whaler 280 Vantage

The boats behind this page were built between 2020 and 2025 and have been listed since Jun 2023, most often in the US market. 47% 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 17 boats here were listed in the US. Full methodology

Length overall
8.68 mfrom listings · 14 boats
Beam
2.90 mfrom listings · 11 boats
Built
2020–2025from listings · 16 boats
Type
Motor boatour classification