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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Catalina Yachts 30 MkII run, 1986–1997

1988
Catalina Yachts 30 MkII value

A 1988 Catalina Yachts 30 MkII is worth about £17,500€20,500$22,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £14,000€16,000$19,000 and £20,500€24,000$25,500. Based on 16 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1991, 7 of them in 1988.

Gauge Estimate · 1988
Indicative · 16 comparable boats
£17,500€20,500$22,500

Likely range £14,000€16,000$19,000 – £20,500€24,000$25,500

7 boats built 1988 · 16 built 1986–1991 · listed since Oct 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 1,128 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold

in pounds

VAT is not measured for this model yet (0 of 16 boats state it paid, 0 not paid), so it does not move the estimate.

Enter the asking price from a listing to see where it sits against the 1988 boats and the likely range.

likely rangeestimateyour price, off the scale£, today's prices
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The 1988 boats

Every Catalina Yachts 30 MkII built in 1988 that we have observed since Apr 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $15,900 ≈ £12,000lying in the US · 1,223 h · seen Nov 2021, below the likely range
asked $19,900 ≈ £15,000lying in the US · 1,826 h · seen Jan 2026, inside the likely range
asked CAD 37,000 ≈ £22,000 listed 24 monthslying in Canada · seen May 2023, inside the likely range
asked $29,900 ≈ £24,000lying in the US · 410 h · seen Sep 2023, inside the likely range
asked $35,000 ≈ £26,000lying in the US · 1,128 h · seen Jan 2022, above the likely range
asked $34,500 ≈ £30,500lying in the US · 765 h · seen Oct 2022, above the likely range
asked $41,000 ≈ £31,000lying in the US · seen Nov 2021, above the likely range

3 of 7 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.

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Either side of 1988

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.

1986–1987—4 boats · fewer than five a year
1988£20,5007 boats
1989–1997—8 boats · fewer than five a year

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Catalina Yachts 30 MkII has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 19 boats across 9 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Catalina Yachts 30 MkII: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
9.14 mfrom listings: median of 19
Beam
3.30 mfrom listings: median of 17
Draft
1.60 mfrom listings: median of 14
Engines
Singlefrom listings: 15 of 15
Engine power
23 hpfrom listings: median of 12
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 17 of 17
Build years seen
1986–1997from listings: 19 boats
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Questions about the 1988 Catalina Yachts 30 MkII

How much is a 1988 Catalina Yachts 30 MkII worth?

A 1988 Catalina Yachts 30 MkII is worth about £17,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £14,000 and £20,500. Based on 16 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1991, 7 of them in 1988.

What do 1988 Catalina Yachts 30 MkIIs ask?

The 7 boats built in 1988 that we observed asked a median of £20,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.

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.

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