One year of the Catalina Yachts 38 run, 1979–1997
1979
Catalina Yachts 38 value
A 1979 Catalina Yachts 38 is worth about £19,500€22,000$24,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £17,000€19,500$21,000 and £25,000€29,000$30,000. Based on 12 comparable boats built between 1979 and 1982, 5 of them in 1979.
Likely range £17,000€19,500$21,000 – £25,000€29,000$30,000
5 boats built 1979 · 12 built 1979–1982 · listed since Aug 2020, in today's prices · any hours · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1979 boats
Every Catalina Yachts 38 built in 1979 that we have observed since Sep 2020, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
3 of 5 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 1979
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.
The curve is fitted on boats up to 47 years old, so we stop there rather than extrapolate.
Specification
What the listings say about the Catalina Yachts 38: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 11.63 mfrom listings: median of 24
- Beam
- 3.61 mfrom listings: median of 20
- Draft
- 2.06 mfrom listings: median of 13
- Engines
- Singlefrom listings: 14 of 14
- Engine power
- 30 hpfrom listings: median of 12
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 18 of 18
- Build years seen
- 1979–1997from listings: 25 boats
Questions about the 1979 Catalina Yachts 38
How much is a 1979 Catalina Yachts 38 worth?
A 1979 Catalina Yachts 38 is worth about £19,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £17,000 and £25,000. Based on 12 comparable boats built between 1979 and 1982, 5 of them in 1979.
What do 1979 Catalina Yachts 38s ask?
The 5 boats built in 1979 that we observed asked a median of £19,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1979 Catalina Yachts 38 cheaper than a 1980?
Yes, usually by about 4.3%: 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.
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.