Contessa 32vsHallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35
Contessa against Hallberg-Rassy · used asking prices, listed in the UK, Europe and the US
At the same age, the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 asks 8.3% less than the Contessa 32; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 10% more, which compares the whole fleets rather than boats of the same age. Neither has a published depreciation curve yet, so we can't say which holds its value better.
same age · 6 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 6 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (9 and 12 boats), the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 asks 8.3% less than the Contessa 32.
What your budget buys
At £31,000, only the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 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.
Neither model has a published depreciation curve, so depreciation is withheld on both sides.
Fuel is left out of both totals: for the Contessa 32, 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
Specification
Questions
Which is cheaper, the Contessa 32 or the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35?
At the same age the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 is cheaper: the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 asks 8.3% less than the Contessa 32 across 6 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £29,500 and £32,500.
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 13 Contessa 32 boats across 10 build years. We have 18 Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 boats across 9 build years.
Which spends less time on the market?
Boats of the Contessa 32 had been listed a median of 327 days when we last saw them, against 342 days for the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 25% of the Contessa 32 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 29% of the Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35 boats.
How do you compare them like for like?
We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 6 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.