Used Catamaran Prices in 2026: What Ex-Charter Cats Cost in Croatia, Greece and the Caribbean

A large share of the used cruising catamarans on the market are ex-charter boats, and the same model of the same year can be advertised for tens of thousands more in one region than another. We went through the public listings for eight common charter models in Croatia, Greece and the Caribbean on one day in November 2026 and recorded the used catamaran prices sellers were asking. Below are the ranges, how many boats each is based on, and the reasons a Lagoon in Split and a Lagoon in Saint Lucia aren’t priced the same way.

Last checked: 9 November 2026. All figures are asking prices from public listings, not sale prices; boats usually sell below the asking price, and listings change daily. Most European boats are priced in euros and were displayed in US dollars by the listing site, so the dollar figures move with the exchange rate.

How we collected the numbers

• Rightboat: every result on the model pages for the Lagoon 40, Lagoon 42, Lagoon 450 (including 450 F and 450 S), Leopard 45, Bali 4.2, Bali 4.4, Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 and Astrea 42 – about 240 listings in total. These include stock from charter companies’ own sales arms such as Dream Yacht Sales, from Croatian charter operators such as NCP & Mare, and from brokers in Split, Trogir and Šibenik.
• Moorings Yacht Brokerage: the Leopard inventory page (the first 30 of 79 Leopards shown), which gave us a like-for-like set of Leopard 40s.
• Charter-company pages: Navigare’s pre-owned list and one Lagoon 42 listing from NCP & Mare in Šibenik, to see how VAT status is stated.

We sorted boats by where they lie: Croatia (Split, Trogir, Šibenik, Dubrovnik, Murter, Pula and similar), Greece (Athens, Corfu, Preveza, Lesvos and others) and the Caribbean and Bahamas (BVI, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Belize, Bahamas). Boats in the US, Turkey, western Mediterranean and Asia were left out of the table, as were listings whose location wasn’t given. Some boats are advertised by more than one broker, so a count can include the same boat twice. YachtWorld and Dream Yacht Sales’ own site didn’t load for us, so they aren’t in the sample.

Used catamaran prices by model and region

Asking prices, rounded to the nearest $1,000. A range across five or six model years says little on its own, so here are the comparisons that do hold up.

Same model, same seller: Leopard 40

Of the twelve 2019–2020 Leopard 40s listed by Moorings Yacht Brokerage, seven were in the Caribbean and Bahamas and two in Croatia. The seven were asking $309,000–$329,000, and most carried a “reduced by $10,000” note from March. The two 2020 boats in Croatia came to about $337,000 and $355,000 on the day and were both tagged “Tax Paid” and “Sale Pending”. Same model, the same one or two model years, same seller: the Croatian boats were asking roughly $8,000–$46,000 more, and both were already under offer.

Lagoon 450, 2018 boats only

Five 2018 Lagoon 450s in Croatia were asking $392,000–$461,000. Seven 2018 boats in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Dominican Republic were asking $331,000–$403,000. The two ranges overlap around $400,000, but the Croatian end is about $60,000 higher at the top and bottom. The two cheapest Caribbean-side boats were Dream Yacht Sales listings in the Bahamas.

Lagoon 42 in Greece vs Croatia

Five Lagoon 42s from 2016–2019 in Greece were asking $364,000–$504,000. Seven from 2017–2020 in Croatia were asking $258,000–$347,000. The listing cards don’t tell you how much of that gap is VAT, owner’s-version layout or equipment, and with this few boats one or two optimistic sellers move the range. But Croatia is clearly where the cheapest Lagoon 42s were on the day.

Leopard 45: a Caribbean market

Sixteen of the 28 Leopard 45s on Rightboat were in the Caribbean, mostly in Saint Lucia, Tortola and Placencia in Belize. 2020 boats were asking $399,000–$419,000 and 2022 boats $489,000–$539,000. The only two in Greece were asking $616,000 and $689,000 for 2018 and 2019 boats. If you want a Leopard 45 at a Caribbean price but plan to sail in the Med, see the costs below before you assume you’ve found a bargain.

Why the same boat costs different money

VAT status

This is the biggest single factor and the one most often left out of a listing headline. The standard VAT rate is 25% in Croatia and 24% in Greece. An ex-charter boat in the EU can be advertised as VAT paid, as VAT not paid, or with a price “excl. VAT” that will have VAT added if you buy from a VAT-registered company, unless the boat is exported out of the EU. Three examples from the same morning:

• Moorings’ two Croatian Leopard 40s were tagged “Tax Paid”.
• NCP & Mare’s 2023 Lagoon 42 in Šibenik was listed at €495,000 with the tax field “Tax Not Paid”.
• Navigare’s 2020 Lagoon 42 in Dubrovnik was listed at €290,000 excl. VAT.

At 25%, the VAT on €290,000 would be €72,500. A Caribbean boat that has never been VAT-paid in the EU will normally owe import VAT when it enters the EU for private use, at the rate of the country where you import it, unless you qualify for temporary admission as a non-EU resident. So a Caribbean price is not comparable with a VAT-paid Croatian price until you have added that. Ask the broker for the VAT status in writing and the documents behind it before you make an offer.

Location and the cost of getting the boat home

A boat in Saint Lucia is cheap only if you want to sail in the Caribbean, or are happy to sail it across the Atlantic. Otherwise add a delivery crew or a place on a yacht transport ship, insurance for the passage, and the VAT above. Get quotes before you compare prices, not after.

Charter history

Most boats in this sample were built between 2018 and 2022. Within one model year, the price spread reflects how hard and where the boat worked: number of seasons, engine hours, whether sails, upholstery and electronics were replaced, and whether it was a four-cabin charter layout or an owner’s version. Ask for the engine and generator hours, the fleet maintenance log and the list of recent replacements. Our guide to ex-charter vs owner’s version catamarans covers what to look for.

Hurricane exposure

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from 1 June to 30 November, with the statistical peak around 10 September. Insurance policies can restrict where the boat may be during the season and ask for a written storm plan, and the excess for named-storm damage is commonly set as a share of the boat’s insured value, so it can far exceed the normal excess. A Caribbean boat has lived with that risk for years. Ask where it spent each season, whether it was hauled out and tied down, and whether there has ever been a storm claim; ask the surveyor to look specifically for repaired storm damage. That risk is part of why Caribbean asking prices are lower, and part of why some buyers walk away.

Currency

Moorings’ Caribbean prices are round dollar figures, while the dollar prices of its Croatian boats changed between our page loads on the same day – a sign they are set in euros. On Rightboat, euro listings are shown converted to dollars, so a European asking price can move several thousand dollars between one week and the next with nothing changing on the boat. Compare in the currency the seller is asking in.

Reading a listing price

• Asking is not selling. No public source gives sold prices for these boats. Moorings’ price-reduction notes ($10,000 on several Leopard 40s, $26,600 on a Leopard 42) show where negotiation has already happened.
• The same boat, two prices. One boat can be advertised by two brokers at slightly different converted prices. Check the hull number.
• New boats in the comparison. A 2024 or 2025 boat at a used-boat broker may still be in a charter-management contract. Ask when it leaves the fleet.
• The cheapest boat in a range is often the one with the most hours, the oldest sails or the least clear VAT status. Find out which before you fly out.

Before any deposit, work through our used catamaran buying checklist, then have the boat surveyed out of the water. The model pages for the Lagoon 42 and Leopard 45 have the specs to compare boats against.

Browse current ex-charter and owner boats in the catamaran marketplace, where prices are shown in the seller’s currency with an approximate conversion. Selling your cat? List it free – up to 15 photos, online for 12 months, no commission. Brokers and charter fleets with stock to move can see the dealer package.

Related guides

• Lagoon Catamarans Model by Model: Which Years to Buy and What to Check
• Surveying a Used Catamaran: Bridgedeck, Crossbeams, Saildrives and Both Hulls
• What a Catamaran Really Costs per Year
• The Best Used Catamarans at Three Budgets: Under €200k, €400k and €700k

Sources

• Rightboat – Lagoon 40 for sale
• Rightboat – Lagoon 42 for sale
• Rightboat – Lagoon 450 for sale
• Rightboat – Leopard 45 for sale
• Rightboat – Bali 4.2 for sale
• Rightboat – Bali 4.4 for sale
• Rightboat – Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 for sale
• Rightboat – Fountaine Pajot Astrea 42 for sale
• Moorings Yacht Brokerage – Leopard catamarans for sale
• Navigare Yachting – Pre-owned yachts
• boats.com – 2023 Lagoon 42, NCP & Mare, Šibenik
• European Union, Your Europe – VAT rules and rates
• NOAA National Hurricane Center – Tropical cyclone climatology
• Leopard Catamarans – Hurricane preparation plan for your insurer

Cover photo: Paulo Cardoso on Unsplash.