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9.1 m sailing yacht by Catalina Yachts · built 1975–1996 (boats seen)

Catalina 30 used price guide

Gauge Value
Firm · 25+ boats
£13,500€15,500$17,000

Middle half £11,000€13,000$14,500 – £17,000€19,500$21,500

median asking price of 84 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices · asking, not sold

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9.14 mbeam 3.30 mdraft 1.60 mfull specification

A used Catalina 30 asks a median of £13,500€15,500$17,000 across 84 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices. Half sit between £11,000€13,000$14,500 and £17,000€19,500$21,500, and each year of age takes about 5.1% off.

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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.

82 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 82 boats
82 boats · fill in Your boat below to place yours on the field. 1 boat off the scale is marked ↑ or ↓ at the edge. 2 boats without a build year are 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 · Firm
£13,500€15,500$17,000

Likely range £12,000€14,000$15,500 – £17,000€19,500$21,000

50 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.

The 1985 page: every 1985 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
19961—too few boats
19950—none listed
19942—too few boats
19933—too few boats
1991–19920—none listed
19905£17,000€19,500$23,000too few boats
19891—too few boats
19888£18,500€21,500$24,000too few boats
19877£17,000€19,000$20,500too few boats
19863—too few boats
19857£12,500€14,500$16,500too few boats
198414£15,500€17,500$20,000£12,500€14,500$16,500 – £17,000€19,500$21,000
19838£12,500€14,500$16,500too few boats
19823—too few boats
19814—too few boats
19802—too few boats
19795£11,000€12,500$13,500too few boats
19783—too few boats
19775£7,000€8,500$8,500too few boats
19760—none listed
19751—too few boats

Across boats built 1975 to 1996, each year of age takes about 5.1% off the asking price.

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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

Each year of age takes about 5.1% off the asking price.

−5.1%per year of age · fitted on 82 boats
Diesel or petrol

Diesel boats ask about 30% more than petrol ones, age for age.

+30%Diesel 65 boats · against petrol 8
Engine hours

Boats with fewer hours than usual for their age ask about 2.4% more than those with more.

+2.4%Lower hours for age 14 boats · against higher hours 13

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

147days

listed so far: the median of 20 boats seen on two or more dates

31%

have cut their asking price: 4 of 13 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£7005.1% 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£1,0005% to 10% of a value of £13,500 a year (maintenance, older boats) · Boatsetter
Lift-out and antifoul£4509.1 m at the cited rate per metre (Lake Yard: lift, hold, pressure wash, relaunch, plus antifoul labour) · Lake Yard price list 2026
Insurance£1500.5% to 1.5% of a value of £13,500 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£7,300 £610 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 30

How much is a used Catalina 30 worth?

The median asking price is £13,500, from 84 boats listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices; half sit between £11,000 and £17,000. Each year of age takes about 5.1% off. For a specific boat, use Your boat above.

How long does a Catalina 30 stay on the market?

We do not measure time to sell yet. Across 20 boats seen on two or more dates, the median time between first and last sighting is 147 days so far. 31% of 13 boats seen at least 14 days apart have cut their asking price.

How fast does a Catalina 30 lose value?

About 5.1% of its asking price for each year of age, fitted on 82 boats built 1975 to 1996. On a boat at the median that is about £700 a year.

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 30

The boats behind this page were built between 1975 and 1996 and have been listed since Sep 2020, most often in the US market. 31% 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 84 boats here were listed in the US. Full methodology

Length overall
9.14 mfrom listings · 79 boats
Beam
3.30 mfrom listings · 75 boats
Draft
1.60 mfrom listings · 43 boats
Built
1975–1996from listings · 82 boats
Type
Sailing yachtour classification