One year of the Catalina 30 run, 1972–2007
1985
Catalina 30 value
A 1985 Catalina 30 is worth about £13,500€15,500$17,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £12,000€14,000$15,500 and £17,000€19,500$21,000. Based on 50 comparable boats built between 1982 and 1988, 7 of them in 1985.
Likely range £12,000€14,000$15,500 – £17,000€19,500$21,000
7 boats built 1985 · 50 built 1982–1988 · listed since Aug 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 768 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1985 boats
Every Catalina 30 built in 1985 that we have observed since Dec 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
2 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.
Either side of 1985
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.
Keeping this boat one more year costs about £500 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Catalina 30: 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 79
- Beam
- 3.30 mfrom listings: median of 75
- Draft
- 1.60 mfrom listings: median of 43
- Engines
- Singlefrom listings: 63 of 63
- Engine power
- 21 hpfrom listings: median of 45
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 65 of 75
- Build years seen
- 1975–1996from listings: 82 boats
Questions about the 1985 Catalina 30
How much is a 1985 Catalina 30 worth?
A 1985 Catalina 30 is worth about £13,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £12,000 and £17,000. Based on 50 comparable boats built between 1982 and 1988, 7 of them in 1985.
What do 1985 Catalina 30s ask?
The 7 boats built in 1985 that we observed asked a median of £12,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1985 Catalina 30 cheaper than a 1986?
Yes, usually by about 5.4%: each newer build year of this model asks that much more, all else equal. 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?
About £500, or 5.1%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 82 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.