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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Catalina Yachts 320vsCatalina Yachts 36

Two Catalina Yachts models · used asking prices, listed in the US

At the same age, the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 39% more than the Catalina Yachts 320; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 8.5% more, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1989 against 1997). The Catalina Yachts 320 holds its value better (2.9% a year of age, against 4.5%).

same age · 12 shared build years · 27 and 24 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 12 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (27 and 24 boats), the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 39% more than the Catalina Yachts 320.

Catalina Yachts 320Year builtCatalina Yachts 36
£42,000 (8)
2004+55%
£65,000 (8)
—
2003—
£62,500 (9)
£38,000 (10)
2001+49%
£56,500 (9)
£36,500 (21)
1998+27%
£46,500 (19)
£36,000 (21)
1997+29%
£46,500 (19)
£35,500 (22)
1996+31%
£46,500 (18)
£33,500 (16)
1994+33%
£44,500 (20)
£33,000 (13)
1993+27%
£42,000 (16)
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

£12.5k£55k£97.5k
Catalina Yachts 320
1999
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £37,500 (£37,000, 15 comparable boats)
3
of the 5 boats listed now ask £37,500 or less
Catalina Yachts 36
1991
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £37,500 (£37,000, 15 comparable boats)
2
of the 10 boats listed now ask £37,500 or less

At £37,500 your money buys 8 years newer in the Catalina Yachts 320: a 1999 against a 1991.

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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 Yachts 320MeasureCatalina Yachts 36
£1,000
Depreciation (not in total)
£1,750
£5,000
Berth
£5,750
£2,650
Maintenance
£2,900
£450
Lift-out and antifoul
£500
£350
Insurance
£400
£300
Fuel
£300
£8,750 (better)
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

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Specification

Catalina Yachts 320MeasureCatalina Yachts 36
1993–2010from listings
Years built
—
9.91 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.
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Questions

Which is cheaper, the Catalina Yachts 320 or the Catalina Yachts 36?

At the same age the Catalina Yachts 320 is cheaper: the Catalina Yachts 36 asks 39% more than the Catalina Yachts 320 across 12 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £35,500 and £38,500.

Which holds its value better?

The Catalina Yachts 320: it loses about 2.9% of its asking price a year of age, against 4.5% for the Catalina Yachts 36. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Catalina Yachts 320 had been listed a median of 233 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. 33% of the Catalina Yachts 320 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 12 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 24 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.

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