Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Catalina Yachts 36vsJ/Boats J/105

Catalina Yachts against J/Boats · used asking prices, listed in the US

At the same age, the J/Boats J/105 asks 12% less than the Catalina Yachts 36; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 9.1% more, which mixes ages: its boats are younger (median build year 1998 against 1989). The J/Boats J/105 holds its value better (1.9% a year of age, against 4.5%).

same age · 10 shared build years · 19 and 17 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold

Catalina Yachts 36£38,500Gauge ValueJ/Boats J/105£42,000

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.

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

Gauge Valuemedian asking

£42,000Indicative · middle half £35,000 – £50,500

4.5%

Loses a yearof asking price, per year of age

1.9%

60 days

Days listedmedian, so far

235 days

15%

Have cutshare seen 14+ days apart

14%

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 10 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (19 and 17 boats), the J/Boats J/105 asks 12% less than the Catalina Yachts 36.

£60,500 (8)

2002—

—

£56,500 (9)

2001−19%

£46,000 (9)

£52,500 (12)

2000−12%

£46,000 (10)

£46,500 (19)

1998−15%

£39,500 (10)

£46,500 (19)

1997−16%

£39,000 (9)

£46,500 (18)

1996−16%

£39,000 (10)

£44,500 (20)

1994−22%

£34,500 (9)

£42,000 (16)

1993−19%

£34,000 (8)

£38,000 (19)

1992—

—

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

Catalina Yachts 36

1992

newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £40,000 (£38,000, 19 comparable boats)

of the 10 boats listed now ask £40,000 or less

J/Boats J/105

1998

newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £40,000 (£39,500, 10 comparable boats)

of the 2 boats listed now ask £40,000 or less

At £40,000 your money buys 6 years newer in the J/Boats J/105: a 1998 against a 1992.

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.

£1,750

Depreciation (not in total)

£800

£5,750

Berth

£5,750

£2,900

Maintenance

£3,150

£500

Lift-out and antifoul

£500

£400

Insurance

£400

£300

Fuel

£200

£9,850

Total a year, before depreciation

£10,000

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

10.97 mfrom listings

Length overall

10.52 m

Sail

Type

Sail

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Engine (as listed)

usually Yanmar 18 hpfrom listings

“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 Catalina Yachts 36 or the J/Boats J/105?

At the same age the J/Boats J/105 is cheaper: the J/Boats J/105 asks 12% less than the Catalina Yachts 36 across 10 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £38,500 and £42,000.

Which holds its value better?

The J/Boats J/105: it loses about 1.9% 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 36 had been listed a median of 60 days when we last saw them, against 235 days for the J/Boats J/105. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 15% of the Catalina Yachts 36 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 14% of the J/Boats J/105 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 17 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.