Lagoon 42vsNautitech 40 Open
Lagoon against Nautitech · used asking prices, listed in Europe and the US
At the same age, the Nautitech 40 Open asks 4.2% less than the Lagoon 42; on the headline Gauge Values it asks 8.0% less, which mixes ages: its boats are older (median build year 2018 against 2019). The Lagoon 42 holds its value better (4.7% a year of age, against 6.5%).
same age · 10 shared build years · 31 and 20 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 10 years both have boats in. Pooled across those years (31 and 20 boats), the Nautitech 40 Open asks 4.2% less than the Lagoon 42.
What your budget buys
At £310,000 you can reach a 2019 of either. 6 Lagoon 42 boats and 3 Nautitech 40 Open boats are listed now within it, so the Lagoon 42 gives you more to choose from.
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.
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 Lagoon 42 or the Nautitech 40 Open?
At the same age the Nautitech 40 Open is cheaper: the Nautitech 40 Open asks 4.2% less than the Lagoon 42 across 10 shared build years. Their Gauge Values, the median asking prices of all the boats we observed whatever their age, are £324,000 and £298,000.
Which holds its value better?
The Lagoon 42: it loses about 4.7% of its asking price a year of age, against 6.5% for the Nautitech 40 Open. Both rates come from each model's published depreciation curve.
Which spends less time on the market?
Boats of the Lagoon 42 had been listed a median of 650 days when we last saw them, against 186 days for the Nautitech 40 Open. That is time listed so far, not time to sell, which we don't measure yet. 58% of the Lagoon 42 boats we saw 14 or more days apart cut their asking price, against 67% of the Nautitech 40 Open boats.
How do you compare them like for like?
We compare boats of the same build year. For each of the 10 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 20 boats in those years. The Gauge Values compare the whole fleets instead, so they mix boats of different ages.