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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Defever 53 POC run, 1986–1988

1988 Defever
53 POC value

A 1988 Defever 53 POC is worth about £261,000€310,500$345,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £242,500€284,500$323,000 and £363,000€423,500$486,500. Based on 8 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1988, 6 of them in 1988.

Gauge Estimate · 1988
Indicative · 8 comparable boats
£261,000€310,500$345,500

Likely range £242,500€284,500$323,000 – £363,000€423,500$486,500

6 boats built 1988 · 8 built 1986–1988 · listed since May 2021, in today's prices · any hours · every market alike · asking, not sold

in pounds

VAT is not measured for this model yet (0 of 8 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 Defever 53 POC built in 1988 that we have observed since May 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $349,000 ≈ £246,500listed in the US market · seen May 2021, below the likely range
asked $319,000 ≈ £263,000 cut 5.9% · listed 4 weekslying in the US · 5,147 h · seen Aug 2022, below the likely range
asked $359,000 ≈ £277,000 listed 4 monthslisted in the US market · seen Nov 2024, inside the likely range
asked $359,000 ≈ £268,000 listed 65 monthslying in the US · seen Sep 2026, inside the likely range
asked $499,500 ≈ £373,000 listed 22 monthslying in the US · seen Oct 2026, above the likely range
asked $499,500 ≈ £373,000 listed 5 weekslying in the US · seen Sep 2026, above the likely range

2 of 6 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—2 boats · fewer than five a year
1988£262,5006 boats

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Defever 53 POC has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 8 boats across 3 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Defever 53 POC: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
16.15 mfrom listings: median of 7
Beam
5.03 mfrom listings: median of 7
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 6 of 6
Build years seen
1986–1988from listings: 8 boats
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Questions about the 1988 Defever 53 POC

How much is a 1988 Defever 53 POC worth?

A 1988 Defever 53 POC is worth about £261,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £242,500 and £363,000. Based on 8 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1988, 6 of them in 1988.

What do 1988 Defever 53 POCs ask?

The 6 boats built in 1988 that we observed asked a median of £262,500 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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