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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Catalina 30vsWesterly Konsort

Catalina Yachts against Westerly · used asking prices, listed in the UK and the US

At the same age, the Westerly Konsort asks 19% more than the Catalina 30; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 11% more, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1983 against 1984). The Westerly Konsort holds its value better (2.0% a year of age, against 5.1%).

same age · 10 shared build years · 61 and 23 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 10 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (61 and 23 boats), the Westerly Konsort asks 19% more than the Catalina 30.

Catalina 30Year builtWesterly Konsort
1988+6.3%
£17,000 (10)
1987+17%
£17,500 (11)
£14,500 (48)
1986+17%
£17,000 (13)
1985+26%
£17,000 (14)
1984+36%
£17,000 (14)
1983+28%
£16,000 (17)
£12,500 (43)
1982+12%
£14,000 (17)
£12,500 (39)
1981+8.0%
£13,500 (14)
£12,000 (30)
1980+13%
£13,500 (12)
1979+50%
£13,500 (10)
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

£3.5k£15k£26.5k
Catalina 30
1986
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £14,500 (£14,500, 48 comparable boats)
3
of the 4 boats listed now ask £14,500 or less
Westerly Konsort
1982
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £14,500 (£14,000, 17 comparable boats)
11
of the 25 boats we observed were asking £14,500 or less, in today's prices (none listed now)

At £14,500 your money buys 4 years newer in the Catalina 30: a 1986 against a 1982.

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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.

Catalina 30MeasureWesterly Konsort
£700
Depreciation (not in total)
£300
£5,000
Berth
£5,000
£1,000
Maintenance
£1,150
£450
Lift-out and antifoul
£400
£150
Insurance
£150
£250
Fuel
—
£6,600
Total a year, before depreciation and fuel
£6,700

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.

Fuel is left out of both totals: for the Westerly Konsort, fewer than three of its listings give the engine power.

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

Catalina 30MeasureWesterly Konsort
9.14 mfrom listings
Length overall
8.84 m
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 Catalina 30 or the Westerly Konsort?

At the same age the Catalina 30 is cheaper: the Westerly Konsort asks 19% more than the Catalina 30 across 10 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £13,500 and £15,000.

Which holds its value better?

The Westerly Konsort: it loses about 2.0% of its asking price a year of age, against 5.1% for the Catalina 30. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Catalina 30 had been listed a median of 147 days when we last saw them, against 415 days for the Westerly Konsort. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 31% of the Catalina 30 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 25% of the Westerly Konsort 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 23 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.

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