Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Beneteau Oceanis 400vsCatalina Yachts 36

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

At the same age, the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 25% less than the Beneteau Oceanis 400. The Catalina Yachts 36 holds its value better (4.5% a year of age, against 6.1%).

same age · 6 shared build years · 20 and 18 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold

Beneteau Oceanis 400£51,500Gauge ValueCatalina Yachts 36£38,500

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.

£51,500Indicative · middle half £48,000 – £58,500

Gauge Valuemedian asking

£38,500Firm · middle half £28,500 – £48,500

6.1%

Loses a yearof asking price, per year of age

4.5%

239 days

Days listedmedian, so far

60 days

Have cutshare seen 14+ days apart

15%

Boats observedlisted since Sep 2020

asking prices of boats listed since Sep 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 (20 and 18 boats), the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 25% less than the Beneteau Oceanis 400.

£58,500 (16)

1997−21%

£46,500 (19)

£57,000 (19)

1996−18%

£46,500 (18)

£55,000 (20)

1995−17%

£45,500 (20)

£53,000 (20)

1994−16%

£44,500 (20)

£51,000 (18)

1993−18%

£42,000 (16)

£51,000 (15)

1992−25%

£38,000 (19)

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

£12.5k£55k£97.5k

Beneteau Oceanis 400

none

no build year’s Gauge Estimate is at or under £45,000

of the 21 boats we observed were asking £45,000 or less, in today's prices (none listed now)

Catalina Yachts 36

1994

newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £45,000 (£44,500, 20 comparable boats)

of the 10 boats listed now ask £45,000 or less

At £45,000, only the Catalina Yachts 36 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.

£3,150

Depreciation (not in total)

£1,750

£6,900

Berth

£5,750

£3,850

Maintenance

£2,900

£600

Lift-out and antifoul

£500

Insurance

£400

£550

Fuel

£300

£12,400

Total a year, before depreciation

£9,850

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

12.12 mfrom listings

Length overall

10.97 mfrom listings

Sail

Type

Sail

“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 Oceanis 400 or the Catalina Yachts 36?

At the same age the Catalina Yachts 36 is cheaper: the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 25% less than the Beneteau Oceanis 400 across 6 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £51,500 and £38,500.

Which holds its value better?

The Catalina Yachts 36: it loses about 4.5% of its asking price a year of age, against 6.1% for the Beneteau Oceanis 400. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Beneteau Oceanis 400 had been listed a median of 239 days when we last saw them, against 60 days for the Catalina Yachts 36. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 0% of the Beneteau Oceanis 400 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 15% of the Catalina Yachts 36 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 18 boats in those years.