One year of the Grand Banks 42 Classic run, 1965–2005
1978
Grand Banks 42 Classic value
A 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic is worth about £87,000€101,500$108,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £67,000€76,000$80,500 and £116,500€132,000$143,500. Based on 26 comparable boats built between 1975 and 1981, 6 of them in 1978.
Likely range £67,000€76,000$80,500 – £116,500€132,000$143,500
6 boats built 1978 · 26 built 1975–1981 · listed since Mar 2021, in today's prices · any hours (typical 4,000 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1978 boats
Every Grand Banks 42 Classic built in 1978 that we have observed since Dec 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
6 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.
Either side of 1978
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 £3,500 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Grand Banks 42 Classic: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 12.98 mfrom listings: median of 131
- Beam
- 4.15 mfrom listings: median of 128
- Draft
- 1.27 mfrom listings: median of 95
- Engines
- Twinfrom listings: 92 of 98
- Engine power
- 210 hp eachfrom listings: median of 111
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 129 of 129
- Build years seen
- 1968–2003from listings: 139 boats
Questions about the 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic
How much is a 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic worth?
A 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic is worth about £87,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £67,000 and £116,500. Based on 26 comparable boats built between 1975 and 1981, 6 of them in 1978.
What do 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic boats ask?
The 6 boats built in 1978 that we observed asked a median of £89,000 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1978 Grand Banks 42 Classic cheaper than a 1979?
Yes, usually by about 4.4%: 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 £3,500, or 4.2%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 139 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.