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Sheet 0601 · recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

8.2 m sailing yacht by Catalina Yachts · built 1971–1994 (boats seen)

Catalina 27 used price guide

Gauge Value
Firm · 25+ boats
£9,000€10,500$10,500

Middle half £7,000€8,500$8,500 – £10,500€12,000$14,000

median asking price of 30 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices · asking, not sold

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8.21 mbeam 2.69 mdraft 1.22 mfull specification

A used Catalina 27 asks a median of £9,000€10,500$10,500 across 30 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices. Half sit between £7,000€8,500$8,500 and £10,500€12,000$14,000, and age makes about the same difference year to year.

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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. The orange line is the model's middle price for its age; the shaded band holds the middle half. Tap a number to see the boat behind it. The price scale is logarithmic: each step up is the same percentage.

30 boats by year built · asking prices in £ thousands, in today's prices · listed since Sep 2020 · asking, not sold · log scale · middle line fitted on 30 boats
30 boats · fill in Your boat below to place yours on the field.
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Your boat

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

Listed in
optional, in pounds
Gauge Estimate · Indicative
£7,500€8,500$10,000

Likely range £7,000€8,000$8,500 – £10,000€12,000$13,000

20 comparable boats built 1983–1989 · hours not given · all markets · asking, not sold

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

The 1986 page: every 1986 boat and its estimate
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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
19941—too few boats
1991–19930—none listed
19901—too few boats
19893—too few boats
19883—too few boats
19872—too few boats
19866£9,000€10,500$12,000too few boats
19852—too few boats
19842—too few boats
19832—too few boats
19821—too few boats
19811—too few boats
19800—none listed
19791—too few boats
19781—too few boats
19770—none listed
19761—too few boats
19750—none listed
19741—too few boats
1972–19730—none listed
19712—too few boats

Across boats built 1971 to 1994, age makes about the same difference year to year.

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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

Age makes about the same difference year to year.

levelper year of age · fitted on 30 boats
Diesel or petrol

Diesel boats ask about 8.0% less than petrol ones, age for age.

−8.0%Diesel 14 boats · against petrol 12

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

259days

listed so far: the median of 9 boats seen on two or more dates

33%

have cut their asking price: 2 of 6 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£00.1% a year of age on the fitted curve, at the Gauge Value
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£7005% to 10% of a value of £9,000 a year (maintenance, older boats) · Boatsetter
Lift-out and antifoul£4008.2 m at the cited rate per metre (Lake Yard: lift, hold, pressure wash, relaunch, plus antifoul labour) · Lake Yard price list 2026
Insurance£1000.5% to 1.5% of a value of £9,000 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£6,200 £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 Catalina 27

How much is a used Catalina 27 worth?

The median asking price is £9,000, from 30 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices; half sit between £7,000 and £10,500. Age makes about the same difference year to year. For a specific boat, use Your boat above.

How long does a Catalina 27 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 259 days so far. 33% of 6 boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price.

How fast does a Catalina 27 lose value?

Age makes about the same difference year to year, fitted on 30 boats built 1971 to 1994.

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 Catalina 27

The boats behind this page were built between 1971 and 1994 and have been listed since Sep 2020, most often in the US market. 33% 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 30 boats here were listed in the US. Full methodology

Length overall
8.21 mfrom listings · 25 boats
Beam
2.69 mfrom listings · 25 boats
Draft
1.22 mfrom listings · 18 boats
Built
1971–1994from listings · 30 boats
Type
Sailing yachtour classification