Catalina Yachts 38vsPearson 365
Catalina Yachts against Pearson · used asking prices, listed in the US
At the same age, the Pearson 365 asks 24% more than the Catalina Yachts 38; on the headline Gauge Values it asks about the same, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1979 against 1983). The Pearson 365 holds its value better (about level with age, against 4.1% a year).
same age · 3 shared build years · 9 and 12 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold
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.
Year by year
Each build year's Gauge Estimate, for the 3 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (9 and 12 boats), the Pearson 365 asks 24% more than the Catalina Yachts 38.
What your budget buys
At £22,500, only the Catalina Yachts 38 has a build year within reach.
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.
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 Pearson 365's asking prices are about level with age on its curve (under 1% a year), so no depreciation figure is printed.
Sources: Lake Yard price list 2026 · BerthFinder · Boatsetter · Velos Insurance; Admiral Yacht Insurance · Boating Magazine, "Calculating Boat Fuel Consumption" · Littlehampton Marina fuel prices
Specification
Questions
Which is cheaper, the Catalina Yachts 38 or the Pearson 365?
At the same age the Catalina Yachts 38 is cheaper: the Pearson 365 asks 24% more than the Catalina Yachts 38 across 3 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £22,500 and £22,500.
Which holds its value better?
The Pearson 365: its asking prices are about level with age, against 4.1% a year for the Catalina Yachts 38. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.
Which spends less time on the market?
Boats of the Catalina Yachts 38 had been listed a median of 113 days when we last saw them, against 40 days for the Pearson 365. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 57% of the Catalina Yachts 38 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 13% of the Pearson 365 boats.
How do you compare them like for like?
We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 3 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 9 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.