One year of the Catalina Yachts 38 run, 1979–1997
1983
Catalina Yachts 38 value
A 1983 Catalina Yachts 38 is worth about £22,500€26,000$28,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £20,000€23,000$27,000 and £25,500€29,500$32,000. Based on 17 comparable boats built between 1980 and 1986, 5 of them in 1983.
Likely range £20,000€23,000$27,000 – £25,500€29,500$32,000
5 boats built 1983 · 17 built 1980–1986 · listed since Aug 2020, in today's prices · any hours · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1983 boats
Every Catalina Yachts 38 built in 1983 that we have observed since Jul 2022, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
2 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 1983
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 £1,000 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
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 1983 Catalina Yachts 38
How much is a 1983 Catalina Yachts 38 worth?
A 1983 Catalina Yachts 38 is worth about £22,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £20,000 and £25,500. Based on 17 comparable boats built between 1980 and 1986, 5 of them in 1983.
What do 1983 Catalina Yachts 38s ask?
The 5 boats built in 1983 that we observed asked a median of £25,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1983 Catalina Yachts 38 cheaper than a 1984?
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.
How much will it lose next year?
About £1,000, or 4.1%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 25 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.