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Cabo Rico 38 CuttervsHallberg-Rassy 352

Cabo Rico against Hallberg-Rassy · used asking prices, listed in the UK, Europe and the US

At the same age, the Hallberg-Rassy 352 and the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter show no settled difference: pooled across the shared build years the Hallberg-Rassy 352 asks 12% less than the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter, but each year's Gauge Estimate points the other way. We can't yet say which holds its value better: the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter has no published depreciation curve.

same age · 7 shared build years · 11 and 14 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold

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Year by year

Each build year's Gauge Estimate, for the 7 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (11 and 14 boats), the Hallberg-Rassy 352 asks 12% less than the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter. Taken together, the estimates below point another way: each draws on boats built up to three years either side, while the same-age figure pairs boats of exactly the same build year, and with this few boats the two can differ. Read the same-age figure as Indicative, not settled.

Cabo Rico 38 CutterYear builtHallberg-Rassy 352
£67,000 (8)
1990−1.5%
£66,000 (9)
£62,500 (8)
1989+4.8%
£65,500 (10)
£57,000 (8)
1988+15%
£65,500 (10)
—
1987—
£66,000 (11)
—
1984—
£70,000 (11)
—
1980—
£51,500 (9)
—
1979—
£51,500 (8)
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
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What your budget buys

£25k£67.5k£107.5k
Cabo Rico 38 Cutter
1990
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £67,500 (£67,000, 8 comparable boats)
1
of the 2 boats listed now asks £67,500 or less
Hallberg-Rassy 352
1990
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £67,500 (£66,000, 9 comparable boats)
2
of the 3 boats listed now ask £67,500 or less

At £67,500 you can reach a 1990 of either. 1 Cabo Rico 38 Cutter boat and 2 Hallberg-Rassy 352 boats are listed now within it, so the Hallberg-Rassy 352 gives you more to choose from.

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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.

Cabo Rico 38 CutterMeasureHallberg-Rassy 352
withheld
Depreciation (not in total)
£1,750
£5,750
Berth
£5,750
£5,500
Maintenance
£4,700
£550
Lift-out and antifoul
£500
£750
Insurance
£650
£550
Fuel
£500
£13,100
Total a year, before depreciation
£12,100 (better)

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.

The Cabo Rico 38 Cutter has no published depreciation curve, so its depreciation is withheld.

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

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Specification

Cabo Rico 38 CutterMeasureHallberg-Rassy 352
11.58 mfrom listings
Length overall
10.56 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.
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Questions

Which is cheaper, the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter or the Hallberg-Rassy 352?

There is no settled difference at the same age. Pooled across 7 shared build years the Hallberg-Rassy 352 asks 12% less than the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter, but year by year our Gauge Estimates point the other way, so read the same-age figure as Indicative, not settled. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £73,500 and £62,500.

Which holds its value better?

We can't say yet. The Hallberg-Rassy 352 loses about 2.8% of its asking price a year of age, but the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter has no published depreciation curve: we fit one from at least 20 boats across six build years and publish it only when the fit holds. We have 17 Cabo Rico 38 Cutter boats across 10 build years.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter had been listed a median of 36 days when we last saw them, against 245 days for the Hallberg-Rassy 352. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 44% of the Cabo Rico 38 Cutter boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 18% of the Hallberg-Rassy 352 boats.

How do you compare them like for like?

We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 7 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 11 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.

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