Catalina 350 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Catalina 350 means looking at a Gerry Douglas design built from 2003 at Catalina's Florida plant, a 35-foot cruiser that put big-boat volume ahead of saloon berths. These are modern used boats with aft-led rigging and a wide beam, and the examples that turn up reflect both private and ex-charter histories.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin arrangements are the more common on the used market, but both layouts are available, and ex-charter examples are common. The standard interior gives a couple with children or owners and two guests real separation: a forward V-berth, an aft quarterberth or second stateroom, a U-shaped galley, and a full head with enclosed shower. The saloon is built around port and starboard settees rather than convertible settee berths, since the boat was not designed to sleep people in the main cabin.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats on the market carry the commonly fitted kit that defines a usable cruiser: autopilot, air conditioning, furling main, chartplotter, bimini, and dodger. Often-seen additions include inverter, solar, swim platform, dinghy davits, radar, hot water, and cockpit shower. For buyer consequence, the power and energy cluster—inverter and solar—matters more than stereos; canvas and sail handling from the furling main and dodger are baseline, while navigation is handled by chartplotter and often radar. Less common but worth noting as owner upgrades are electric winches, a spinnaker or asymmetric, heating, lithium batteries, AIS, and a freezer.
What to Inspect
The hull is solid hand-laid fiberglass with a vinylester skin over chop, mat, and roving, and the deck is balsa-cored, so check for core moisture at deck penetrations where pre-tapped plates were bedded. The separate fiberglass grid bonded to the hull carries shroud and mast loads and supports tanks, and the engine compartment is insulated—verify the Universal diesel and two-blade prop area for access and leaks. All wiring and plumbing run in conduits, which aids tracing, but confirm the swim platform lockers and lazarette for drainage and the Maxwell windlass wiring at the bow.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats appear in the United States, Australia, and Canada. For a shopper, the short checklist is: confirm layout is owner three-cabin if berth count matters, verify core condition at deck hardware, exercise the in-mast or Dutchman main systems, and check the conduit-run systems and insulated engine bay. A 350 with the common autopilot and air conditioning plus a furling main is the typical find; ex-charter hulls warrant closer survey.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Catalina 350. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 19 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 | 1 | $99,900 | — |
| Mar 25 | 1 | $79,900 | -20.0% |
| Apr 25 | 3 | $89,700 | +12.3% |
| May 25 | 5 | $89,000 | -0.8% |
| Jun 25 | 5 | $99,500 | +11.8% |
| Jul 25 | 4 | $104,750 | +5.3% |
| Aug 25 | 5 | $85,000 | -18.9% |
| Sep 25 | 22 | $97,500 | +14.7% |
| Oct 25 | 10 | $93,000 | -4.6% |
| Nov 25 | 8 | $81,625 | -12.2% |
| Dec 25 | 6 | $99,900 | +22.4% |
| Jan 26 | 20 | $99,000 | -0.9% |
| Feb 26 | 12 | $99,800 | +0.8% |
| Mar 26 | 6 | $89,000 | -10.8% |
| Apr 26 | 13 | $105,000 | +18.0% |
| May 26 | 14 | $97,500 | -7.1% |
| Jun 26 | 13 | $104,000 | +6.7% |
| Jul 26 | 12 | $98,500 | -5.3% |
| Aug 26 | 10 | $104,625 | +6.2% |
Where they're listed
Catalina 350 listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 141 (96.6%), followed by Australia and Canada.
Country view
146 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $98,500 | 141 | 33 | 96.6% |
| Australia | $99,276 | 3 | 0 | 2.1% |
| Canada | $115,180 | 2 | 0 | 1.4% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
11 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 30 | 29.92' | $ 15,000 | 214 | 57 |
| Catalina Yachts 36 | 36.33' | $ 35,700 | 182 | 34 |
| Catalina 350You are here | — | $ 98,750 | 148 | 35 |
| Catalina 34 | 34.5' | $ 32,500 | 139 | 36 |
| Catalina 30 Mk II | 29.92' | $ 20,000 | 61 | 16 |
| Jeanneau Sun Sun Odyssey 350 | 34.12' | $ 291,185 | 50 | 7 |
| Island Packet 350 | 34.67' | $ 117,000 | 38 | 5 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 350 | 33.83' | $ 34,374 | 35 | 8 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 351 (1997 Version) | 34.45' | $ 52,500 | 30 | 2 |
| Hanse 350 | 34.74' | $ 81,491 | 29 | 5 |
| Bavaria Yachts 350 | 35.25' | $ 55,347 | 13 | 6 |