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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Caliber 40 LRCvsSabre Yachts 402

Caliber against Sabre Yachts · used asking prices, listed in the US

At the same age, the Sabre Yachts 402 asks 6.6% more than the Caliber 40 LRC; on the headline Gauge Values it asks about the same, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1998 against 2000). Neither has a published depreciation curve yet, so we can't say which holds its value better.

same age · 8 shared build years · 14 and 12 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 8 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (14 and 12 boats), the Sabre Yachts 402 asks 6.6% more than the Caliber 40 LRC.

Caliber 40 LRCYear builtSabre Yachts 402
£141,000 (8)
2003—
—
£130,500 (10)
2002—
—
£119,500 (12)
2001+13%
£134,500 (8)
£119,500 (12)
2000+5.4%
£126,000 (11)
£119,500 (12)
1999level
£120,000 (11)
£114,000 (11)
1998level
£113,500 (10)
£110,000 (10)
1997+1.4%
£111,500 (8)
£106,500 (8)
1996—
—
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

£50k£135k£215k
Caliber 40 LRC
2001
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £120,000 (£119,500, 12 comparable boats)
2
of the 3 boats listed now ask £120,000 or less
Sabre Yachts 402
1999
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £120,000 (£120,000, 11 comparable boats)
0
of the 3 boats listed now ask £120,000 or less

At £120,000 your money buys 2 years newer in the Caliber 40 LRC: a 2001 against a 1999.

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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.

Caliber 40 LRCMeasureSabre Yachts 402
£6,900
Berth
£6,900
£8,950
Maintenance
£9,000
£600
Lift-out and antifoul
£600
£1,200
Insurance
£1,200
£600
Fuel
£550
£18,250
Total a year, before depreciation
£18,250

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.

Neither model has a published depreciation curve, so depreciation is withheld on both sides.

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

Caliber 40 LRCMeasureSabre Yachts 402
12.47 mfrom listings
Length overall
12.24 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 Caliber 40 LRC or the Sabre Yachts 402?

At the same age the Caliber 40 LRC is cheaper: the Sabre Yachts 402 asks 6.6% more than the Caliber 40 LRC across 8 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £119,500 and £120,000.

Which holds its value better?

We can't say yet: neither has a published depreciation curve, and we fit one from at least 20 boats across six build years and publish it only when the fit holds. We have 17 Caliber 40 LRC boats across 11 build years. We have 12 Sabre Yachts 402 boats across 8 build years.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Caliber 40 LRC had been listed a median of 36 days when we last saw them, against 37 days for the Sabre Yachts 402. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 9% of the Caliber 40 LRC boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 9% of the Sabre Yachts 402 boats.

How do you compare them like for like?

We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 8 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.

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