Catalina 350 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a used Catalina 350 means looking at a 35-foot Catalina cruiser introduced around 2003 and built at the company's Florida factory, with a beam of 13 feet and a hull that carries nearly full width aft. The used Catalina 350s split between owner three-cabin layouts and the standard arrangement, and ex-charter examples are common, so buyers should calibrate expectations around interior wear and rigging fatigue rather than model-year scarcity.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin layouts are the more common on the used market, but both are available. The standard boat is designed as a two-person boat or for a couple with toddlers, and also for a couple with children or owners and two guests; it is not a 35-footer designed to accommodate sleepers in the saloon. The main cabin measures 9 feet 6 inches on the centerline to the head bulkhead and 10 feet 5 inches wide at the settee backs, with a port settee of 66 inches and starboard of 73 inches that bisects with a drop-down game table. Forward a 59 by 77 inch V-berth and aft a 55 by 88 inch quarterberth or second stateroom with hanging locker carry inner-spring mattresses, while the U-shaped galley, full-sized head with enclosed shower, and aft-facing nav station using the port settee define the live-aboard footprint.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market these boats commonly come with autopilot, air conditioning, furling main, chartplotter, bimini, and dodger. Often seen are inverter, solar, swim platform, radar, dinghy davits, hot water, cockpit shower, and electric winches. A frequent owner upgrade or less-common factory fit includes heating, spinnaker, lithium batteries, asymmetric spinnaker, and AIS. The standard helm already carries a single-lever engine control, a 5-inch Ritchie compass, and a fold-down table, with Harken B44.2 self-tailing winches to either side and a Maxwell vertical windlass at the double anchor roller; the test boat added a cabintop Harken B32.2 and an Electric B40.2 powered winch, a useful benchmark for upgraded rigs.
What to Inspect
The hull is solid hand-laid fiberglass with a vinylester skincoat and layers of chop, mat, and roving, and a separate fiberglass grid is bonded to the hull before the liner is placed; the deck is cored with end-grain balsa varying from 1/2- to 3/4-inch depending on location, so check for soft spots where deck hardware loads concentrate. Pre-tapped aluminum plates are bedded for hardware, and all boats have wiring and plumbing in conduits, but verify conduit routing and hull-side liner bonding on any ex-charter unit. The shallow bilge produced by the lowered cabin sole is a design byproduct rather than a defect; confirm bilge access and sump depth match your expectations. The engine compartment is well-insulated around the Universal 35-horsepower diesel, and the 8-foot 6-inch cockpit locker should still stow an inflatable with its hull-side shelves intact.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These boats typically appear in the United States, Australia, and Canada. For a used-market survey, confirm the three-cabin versus standard interior, exercise the in-mast or Dutchman main options, test the led-aft control stops and mid-boom traveler, and inspect balsa-cored deck panels at hardware bases. Verify the Universal diesel and two-blade propeller, the swim-platform gate and lockers, and the separate shower enclosure before committing.
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 · 18 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 | 24 | $ 98,750 | -1.2% |
| Feb 26 | 12 | $ 99,800 | +1.1% |
| Mar 26 | 6 | $ 89,000 | -10.8% |
| Apr 26 | 15 | $ 105,000 | +18.0% |
| May 26 | 14 | $ 99,400 | -5.3% |
| Jun 26 | 13 | $ 104,900 | +5.5% |
| Jul 26 | 4 | $ 104,500 | -0.4% |
Where they're listed
Catalina 350 listings appear across 3 countries. United States has the most listings with 125 (96.2%), followed by Australia and Canada.
Country view
130 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $ 98,500 | 125 | 26 | 96.2% |
| Australia | $ 96,586 | 3 | 0 | 2.3% |
| Canada | $ 114,373 | 2 | 2 | 1.5% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalina 30 | 29.92' | $ 15,000 | 214 | 80 |
| Catalina Yachts 36 | 36.33' | $ 35,900 | 192 | 63 |
| Catalina 34 | 34.5' | $ 34,500 | 149 | 52 |
| Catalina 350You are here | — | $ 98,750 | 142 | 39 |
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| Jeanneau Sun Sun Odyssey 350 | 34.12' | $ 285,809 | 55 | 7 |
| Island Packet 350 | 34.67' | $ 119,000 | 44 | 15 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 351 (1997 Version) | 34.45' | $ 52,500 | 36 | 5 |
| Beneteau Oceanis 350 | 33.83' | $ 33,739 | 33 | 15 |
| Hanse 350 | 34.74' | $ 80,801 | 28 | 3 |
| Bavaria Yachts 350 | 35.25' | $ 54,326 | 12 | 7 |