Hallberg-Rassy 34vsIsland Packet 350
Hallberg-Rassy against Island Packet · used asking prices, listed in the UK, Europe and the US
At the same age, the Island Packet 350 asks 14% more than the Hallberg-Rassy 34; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 19% more, which mixes ages: its boats are younger (median build year 1999 against 1997). We can't yet say which holds its value better: the Hallberg-Rassy 34 has no published depreciation curve.
same age · 7 shared build years · 10 and 21 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 7 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (10 and 21 boats), the Island Packet 350 asks 14% more than the Hallberg-Rassy 34.
What your budget buys
At £85,000, only the Hallberg-Rassy 34 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 Hallberg-Rassy 34 has no published depreciation curve, so its depreciation is withheld.
The Island Packet 350'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 Hallberg-Rassy 34 or the Island Packet 350?
At the same age the Hallberg-Rassy 34 is cheaper: the Island Packet 350 asks 14% more than the Hallberg-Rassy 34 across 7 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £76,500 and £91,000.
Which holds its value better?
We can't say yet. The Island Packet 350's asking prices are about level with age, but the Hallberg-Rassy 34 has no published depreciation curve: we fit one from at least 20 boats across six build years and publish it only when the fit holds. We have 18 Hallberg-Rassy 34 boats across 12 build years.
Which spends less time on the market?
Boats of the Hallberg-Rassy 34 had been listed a median of 879 days when we last saw them, against 25 days for the Island Packet 350. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 43% of the Hallberg-Rassy 34 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 8% of the Island Packet 350 boats.
How do you compare them like for like?
We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 7 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 10 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.