One year of the Catalina 27 run, 1971–1994
1986
Catalina 27 value
A 1986 Catalina 27 is worth about £7,500€8,500$10,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £7,000€8,000$8,500 and £10,000€12,000$13,000. Based on 20 comparable boats built between 1983 and 1989, 6 of them in 1986.
Likely range £7,000€8,000$8,500 – £10,000€12,000$13,000
6 boats built 1986 · 20 built 1983–1989 · listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices · any hours · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1986 boats
Every Catalina 27 built in 1986 that we have observed since Nov 2020, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
4 of 6 sit inside the likely range (hollow diamonds). Each boat is placed at its ask in today's prices and labelled with the price as asked and the month we saw it; a cut shows its size, and how long we have seen the boat listed so far. How we measure.
Either side of 1986
The rest of the run on the same scale, in today's asking prices. The bar is each year's middle half (from ten boats), the tick its median (from five). Years with a page of their own are linked.
The next three years
This boat's estimate carried forward along the model's age curve, if the market holds where it is today. The range is today's spread of boats, carried forward.
On this model's age curve one more year moves its asking price by less than £500, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Catalina 27: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 8.21 mfrom listings: median of 25
- Beam
- 2.69 mfrom listings: median of 25
- Draft
- 1.22 mfrom listings: median of 18
- Engines
- Singlefrom listings: 19 of 19
- Engine power
- 14 hpfrom listings: median of 13
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 14 of 26
- Build years seen
- 1971–1994from listings: 30 boats
Questions about the 1986 Catalina 27
How much is a 1986 Catalina 27 worth?
A 1986 Catalina 27 is worth about £7,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £7,000 and £10,000. Based on 20 comparable boats built between 1983 and 1989, 6 of them in 1986.
What do 1986 Catalina 27s ask?
The 6 boats built in 1986 that we observed asked a median of £9,000 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1986 Catalina 27 cheaper than a 1987?
About the same: on this model's age curve a year of age moves the asking price by less than 1% (fitted on 30 boats). The gap between individual boats is often larger, because hours, VAT status and where the boat lies move the price too.
How much will it lose next year?
Nothing measurable: on our curve a year of age moves the asking price by less than 1%. That rate is fitted on 30 boats across the whole run, not a forecast of the market.
Are these sold prices?
No. Every figure here is built from asking prices seen on public listings. Boats usually sell for less than they ask; we do not yet measure by how much, so we never print a sold price as ours.