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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II run, 1987–1993

1988
Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II value

A 1988 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II is worth about £63,000€73,500$76,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £53,500€63,000$71,000 and £73,000€83,000$82,500. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1987 and 1991, 6 of them in 1988.

Gauge Estimate · 1988
Indicative · 10 comparable boats
£63,000€73,500$76,000

Likely range £53,500€63,000$71,000 – £73,000€83,000$82,500

6 boats built 1988 · 10 built 1987–1991 · listed since Apr 2021, in today's prices · any hours (typical 1,896 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 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II built in 1988 that we have observed since Oct 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $79,900 ≈ £58,000lying in the US · 2,700 h · seen Oct 2021, below the likely range
asked $79,900 ≈ £67,500lying in the US · 691 h · seen Jul 2022, inside the likely range
asked $87,900 ≈ £73,500 listed under a weeklying in the US · 2,715 h · seen Jul 2022, inside the likely range
asked $91,000 ≈ £78,500lying in the US · 1,896 h · seen Oct 2022, inside the likely range
asked $91,000 ≈ £84,000listed in the US market · seen Sep 2022, inside the likely range
asked $125,000 ≈ £102,000lying in the US · 575 h · seen Dec 2022, above the likely range

4 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.

1987—none observed
1988£66,0006 boats
1989–1993—5 boats · fewer than five a year

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 11 boats across 4 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
11.76 mfrom listings: median of 11
Beam
3.76 mfrom listings: median of 10
Draft
2.44 mfrom listings: median of 7
Engines
Singlefrom listings: 8 of 8
Engine power
33 hpfrom listings: median of 7
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 9 of 9
Build years seen
1988–1993from listings: 11 boats
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Questions about the 1988 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II

How much is a 1988 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II worth?

A 1988 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk II is worth about £63,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £53,500 and £73,000. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1987 and 1991, 6 of them in 1988.

What do 1988 Sabre Yachts 38 Mk IIs ask?

The 6 boats built in 1988 that we observed asked a median of £66,000 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.

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1988 rivals

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