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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

Hans Christian 43vsTayana Vancouver 42

Hans Christian against Tayana · used asking prices, listed in Europe and the US

At the same age, the Tayana Vancouver 42 asks 3.5% less than the Hans Christian 43; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 12% less, 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 · 10 and 10 boats in them · Indicative · in today’s prices · asking, not sold

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Year by year

Each build year's Gauge Estimate, for the 6 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (10 and 10 boats), the Tayana Vancouver 42 asks 3.5% less than the Hans Christian 43.

Hans Christian 43Year builtTayana Vancouver 42
£124,000 (10)
1989−28%
£89,500 (8)
£113,500 (10)
1988−21%
£89,500 (9)
£99,500 (11)
1987−10%
£89,500 (10)
£92,500 (9)
1986−2.2%
£90,500 (10)
—
1984—
£90,000 (9)
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
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What your budget buys

£42.5k£115k£187.5k
Hans Christian 43
none
no build year’s Gauge Estimate is at or under £90,000
0
of the 2 boats listed now ask £90,000 or less
Tayana Vancouver 42
1989
newest build year whose Gauge Estimate is at or under £90,000 (£89,500, 8 comparable boats)
0
the one boat listed now asks more than £90,000

At £90,000, only the Tayana Vancouver 42 has a build year within reach.

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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.

Hans Christian 43MeasureTayana Vancouver 42
£6,900
Berth
£6,900
£7,300
Maintenance
£6,400
£600
Lift-out and antifoul
£600
£950
Insurance
£850
£750
Fuel
£600
£16,500
Total a year, before depreciation
£15,350 (better)

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.

Sources: Lake Yard price list 2026 · BerthFinder · Boatsetter · Velos Insurance; Admiral Yacht Insurance · Boating Magazine, "Calculating Boat Fuel Consumption" · Littlehampton Marina fuel prices

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Specification

Hans Christian 43MeasureTayana Vancouver 42
1978–1991
Years built
—
13.11 mfrom listings
Length overall
12.80 mfrom listings
Sail
Type
Sail
“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.
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Questions

Which is cheaper, the Hans Christian 43 or the Tayana Vancouver 42?

At the same age the Tayana Vancouver 42 is cheaper: the Tayana Vancouver 42 asks 3.5% less than the Hans Christian 43 across 6 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £97,000 and £85,000.

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 12 Hans Christian 43 boats across 7 build years. We have 15 Tayana Vancouver 42 boats across 10 build years.

Which spends less time on the market?

Boats of the Hans Christian 43 had been listed a median of 33 days when we last saw them, against 25 days for the Tayana Vancouver 42. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 17% of the Hans Christian 43 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 0% of the Tayana Vancouver 42 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 10 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.

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