Beneteau First 40.7vsCatalina Yachts 42 MkII
Beneteau against Catalina Yachts · used asking prices, listed in Europe and the US
At the same age, the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII asks 44% more than the Beneteau First 40.7. The Beneteau First 40.7 holds its value a little better (2.4% a year of age, against 3.1%).
same age · 10 shared build years · 20 and 26 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold
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.
Year by year
Each build year's Gauge Estimate, for the 10 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (20 and 26 boats), the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII asks 44% more than the Beneteau First 40.7.
What your budget buys
At £80,000, only the Beneteau First 40.7 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.
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
Questions
Which is cheaper, the Beneteau First 40.7 or the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII?
At the same age the Beneteau First 40.7 is cheaper: the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII asks 44% more than the Beneteau First 40.7 across 10 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £67,000 and £95,000.
Which holds its value better?
The Beneteau First 40.7: it loses about 2.4% of its asking price a year of age, against 3.1% for the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII. 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 26 days for the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII. 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 7% of the Catalina Yachts 42 MkII boats.
How do you compare them like for like?
We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 10 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 20 boats in those years.