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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Ericson 38-200 run, 1986–1990

1988 Ericson
38-200 value

A 1988 Ericson 38-200 is worth about £39,000€45,500$50,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £35,000€39,500$42,500 and £45,500€52,000$56,500. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1990, 5 of them in 1988.

Gauge Estimate · 1988
Indicative · 10 comparable boats
£39,000€45,500$50,500

Likely range £35,000€39,500$42,500 – £45,500€52,000$56,500

5 boats built 1988 · 10 built 1986–1990 · listed since Sep 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 2,150 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold

in pounds

VAT is not measured for this model yet (0 of 10 boats state it paid, 1 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 Ericson 38-200 built in 1988 that we have observed since Jul 2022, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $35,000 ≈ £29,000 cut 22% · listed 5 monthslying in the US · seen Dec 2022, below the likely range
asked $49,900 ≈ £41,500 cut 9.1% · listed 5 monthslying in the US · seen Dec 2022, inside the likely range
asked CAD 72,000 ≈ £44,000 listed 5 weekslying in Canada · 1,350 h · seen Dec 2022, inside the likely range
asked $69,000 ≈ £55,500lying in the US · seen May 2023, above the likely range
asked CAD 93,000 ≈ £57,000 listed 6 monthslying in Canada · 2,700 h · seen Dec 2022, above the likely range

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.

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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—1 boat · fewer than five a year
1988£37,5005 boats
1989–1990—4 boats · fewer than five a year

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Ericson 38-200 has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 10 boats across 3 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Ericson 38-200: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
11.58 mfrom listings: median of 9
Beam
3.66 mfrom listings: median of 9
Draft
1.75 mfrom listings: median of 6
Engines
Singlefrom listings: 7 of 7
Engine power
32 hpfrom listings: median of 6
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 10 of 10
Build years seen
1986–1989from listings: 10 boats
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Questions about the 1988 Ericson 38-200

How much is a 1988 Ericson 38-200 worth?

A 1988 Ericson 38-200 is worth about £39,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £35,000 and £45,500. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1986 and 1990, 5 of them in 1988.

What do 1988 Ericson 38-200s ask?

The 5 boats built in 1988 that we observed asked a median of £37,500 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.