Ericson 38-200vsHunter Legend 40
Ericson against Hunter · used asking prices, listed in the US
At the same age, the Hunter Legend 40 asks 7.9% less than the Ericson 38-200; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 14% less, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 1986 against 1988). Neither has a published depreciation curve yet, so we can't say which holds its value better.
same age · 3 shared build years · 10 and 9 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 (10 and 9 boats), the Hunter Legend 40 asks 7.9% less than the Ericson 38-200.
What your budget buys
At £36,000, only the Hunter Legend 40 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.
The totals differ by less than the two berth bands do, so neither is marked cheaper to keep.
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 Ericson 38-200 or the Hunter Legend 40?
At the same age the Hunter Legend 40 is cheaper: the Hunter Legend 40 asks 7.9% less than the Ericson 38-200 across 3 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £39,000 and £33,500.
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 10 Ericson 38-200 boats across 3 build years. We have 15 Hunter Legend 40 boats across 6 build years.
Which spends less time on the market?
Boats of the Ericson 38-200 had been listed a median of 174 days when we last saw them, against 192 days for the Hunter Legend 40. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 60% of the Ericson 38-200 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 40% of the Hunter Legend 40 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.