One year of the Catalina 42 run, 1989–2007
1990
Catalina 42 value
A 1990 Catalina 42 is worth about £54,500€63,500$70,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £51,500€59,500$60,500 and £62,500€72,500$79,000. Based on 23 comparable boats built between 1989 and 1993, 8 of them in 1990.
Likely range £51,500€59,500$60,500 – £62,500€72,500$79,000
8 boats built 1990 · 23 built 1989–1993 · listed since Aug 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 2,204 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1990 boats
Every Catalina 42 built in 1990 that we have observed since Sep 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
5 of 8 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 1990
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 37 years old, so we stop there rather than extrapolate.
Keeping this boat one more year costs about £3,000 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Catalina 42: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 12.80 mfrom listings: median of 28
- Beam
- 4.22 mfrom listings: median of 26
- Draft
- 1.83 mfrom listings: median of 18
- Engines
- Singlefrom listings: 18 of 18
- Engine power
- 44 hpfrom listings: median of 18
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 23 of 24
- Build years seen
- 1989–2007from listings: 29 boats
Questions about the 1990 Catalina 42
How much is a 1990 Catalina 42 worth?
A 1990 Catalina 42 is worth about £54,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £51,500 and £62,500. Based on 23 comparable boats built between 1989 and 1993, 8 of them in 1990.
What do 1990 Catalina 42s ask?
The 8 boats built in 1990 that we observed asked a median of £55,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1990 Catalina 42 cheaper than a 1991?
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 £3,000, or 5.1%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 29 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.