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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Island Packet 31 run, 1984–1989

1987
Island Packet 31 value

A 1987 Island Packet 31 is worth about £32,500€38,500$43,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £29,000€34,000$38,000 and £37,500€43,500$49,000. Based on 18 comparable boats built between 1984 and 1989, 6 of them in 1987.

Gauge Estimate · 1987
Indicative · 18 comparable boats
£32,500€38,500$43,000

Likely range £29,000€34,000$38,000 – £37,500€43,500$49,000

6 boats built 1987 · 18 built 1984–1989 · listed since Nov 2020, in today's prices · any hours (typical 1,175 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold

in pounds

VAT is not measured for this model yet (0 of 18 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 1987 boats and the likely range.

likely rangeestimateyour price, off the scale£, today's prices
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The 1987 boats

Every Island Packet 31 built in 1987 that we have observed since Jul 2022, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $43,900 ≈ £33,000lying in the US · 769 h · seen May 2025, inside the likely range
asked $43,000 ≈ £36,000lying in the US · 981 h · seen Jul 2022, inside the likely range
asked $47,000 ≈ £37,500lying in the US · 1,570 h · seen May 2023, inside the likely range
asked $44,000 ≈ £33,000 cut 10% · listed 5 weekslying in the US · seen Oct 2026, inside the likely range
asked $55,000 ≈ £43,000listed in the US market · seen Aug 2024, inside the likely range
asked $52,000 ≈ £39,000lying in the US · seen Oct 2026, above the likely range

5 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 1987

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.

1984–1986—9 boats · fewer than five a year
1987£32,0006 boats
1988–1989—3 boats · fewer than five a year

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Island Packet 31 has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 18 boats across 5 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Island Packet 31: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
9.45 mfrom listings: median of 16
Beam
3.51 mfrom listings: median of 18
Draft
1.22 mfrom listings: median of 9
Engines
Singlefrom listings: 10 of 10
Engine power
27 hpfrom listings: median of 10
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 16 of 16
Build years seen
1984–1988from listings: 18 boats
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Questions about the 1987 Island Packet 31

How much is a 1987 Island Packet 31 worth?

A 1987 Island Packet 31 is worth about £32,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £29,000 and £37,500. Based on 18 comparable boats built between 1984 and 1989, 6 of them in 1987.

What do 1987 Island Packet 31s ask?

The 6 boats built in 1987 that we observed asked a median of £32,000 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.