Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Beneteau First 40.7vsCatalina Yachts 380

Beneteau against Catalina Yachts · used asking prices, listed in Europe and the US

At the same age, the Catalina Yachts 380 asks 16% more than the Beneteau First 40.7; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 4.5% less, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1998 against 2001). The Beneteau First 40.7 holds its value better (2.4% a year of age, against 3.6%).

same age · 6 shared build years · 13 and 12 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold

Beneteau First 40.7£67,000Gauge ValueCatalina Yachts 380£64,000

Head to head

The better figure on each line is in orange. Where either side has too few boats, we say so rather than pick a winner.

£67,000Indicative · middle half £60,500 – £77,000

Gauge Valuemedian asking

£64,000Indicative · middle half £59,000 – £75,000

2.4%

Loses a yearof asking price, per year of age

3.6%

222 days

Days listedmedian, so far

36 days

20%

Have cutshare seen 14+ days apart

40%

Boats observedlisted since Nov 2020

asking prices of boats listed since Nov 2020, in today's prices · asking, not sold · days listed so far, not time to sell · have cut: boats seen 14 or more days apart whose ask fell

Year by year

Each build year's Gauge Estimate, for the 6 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (13 and 12 boats), the Catalina Yachts 380 asks 16% more than the Beneteau First 40.7.

£76,500 (14)

2003—

—

£76,000 (15)

2002—

—

£70,500 (16)

2001+7.8%

£76,000 (12)

£65,500 (13)

2000+6.9%

£70,000 (16)

£65,500 (11)

1999−2.3%

£64,000 (18)

£65,500 (10)

1998−3.8%

£63,000 (17)

Gauge Estimate by year built · comparable boats in brackets, built within three years either side · — below eight comparable boats; a year where neither has eight is left out · the gap is the right-hand model against the left

What your budget buys

Your budget

£30k£72.5k£115k

Beneteau First 40.7

none

no build year’s Gauge Estimate is at or under £65,000

of the 2 boats listed now ask £65,000 or less

Catalina Yachts 380

1999

newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £65,000 (£64,000, 18 comparable boats)

of the 5 boats listed now ask £65,000 or less

At £65,000, only the Catalina Yachts 380 has a build year within reach.

A year of ownership

Each at its Gauge Value, on a South Coast marina berth, 44 engine hours a year (the median of 103 UK-listed sailing boats that report hours). An estimate in pounds from published rates, not a quote.

£1,600

Depreciation (not in total)

£2,300

£6,900

Berth

£5,750

£5,050

Maintenance

£4,800

£600

Lift-out and antifoul

£550

£650

Insurance

£650

£350

Fuel

£450

£13,550

Total a year, before depreciation

£12,200

Each line is the middle of the cited range, to the nearest fifty pounds. Depreciation is a year of age on each model's published curve, at its Gauge Value, and stays out of the totals.

Sources: Lake Yard price list 2026 · BerthFinder · Boatsetter · Velos Insurance; Admiral Yacht Insurance · Boating Magazine, "Calculating Boat Fuel Consumption" · Littlehampton Marina fuel prices

Specification

12.18 m

Length overall

11.71 mfrom listings

Sail

Type

Sail

—

Engine (as listed)

usually Westerbeke 42 hpfrom listings

“from listings” marks figures read from the listings themselves; unmarked figures are from our model register and not yet checked against a builder’s published source.

Questions

Which is cheaper, the Beneteau First 40.7 or the Catalina Yachts 380?

At the same age the Beneteau First 40.7 is cheaper: the Catalina Yachts 380 asks 16% more than the Beneteau First 40.7 across 6 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £67,000 and £64,000.

Which holds its value better?

The Beneteau First 40.7: it loses about 2.4% of its asking price a year of age, against 3.6% for the Catalina Yachts 380. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Beneteau First 40.7 had been listed a median of 222 days when we last saw them, against 36 days for the Catalina Yachts 380. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 20% of the Beneteau First 40.7 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 40% of the Catalina Yachts 380 boats.

How do you compare them like for like?

We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 6 years both models have boats in, we take the ratio of their median asking prices in today's prices, then pool the years, giving more weight to years with more boats on both sides. The figure is Indicative because the thinner side has 12 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.