Beneteau Oceanis 373

Yanmar 3JH4E 29kw 40hp inboard diesel engine (2005). Shaft drive to feathering propeller. 25 gallon fuel tank with a consumption of under a half a gallon per hour at a cruising speed of around 6 knots. Around 800 engine hours. Propellor shaft, cutlass bearing and Volvo shaft seal (blackjack) replaced 2019.

BOWTHRUSTER

Bowthruster with control at helm (2019).

Alternator charging to 5 x 12v batteries (1 engine, 1 bowthruster, 3 domestic). 240v shore power. 4 solar panels. 4kW inverter. LED lights. Solar panel. Shore power lead.

Compass, Raymarine ST60 Tridata depth and log, Raymarine ST60 wind instruments, DSC VHF radio, FM/AM radio, Raymarine 6001 autopilot, Raymarine Element 9 chart plotter, Raymarine 700 AIS, radar reflector, clock and barometer, navigation lights, steaming light, tri-colour masthead light and anchor light.

6 person offshore liferaft, jackstay lifelines on side decks, danbuoy, lifebuoy, 4 safety harnesses, 4 manual fire extinguishers, gas detector, carbon monoxide detector, rope cutter on propeller, manual and electric bilge pumps.

Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwires (new 2024), sprayhood, cockpit canopy, cockpit cushions, bathing ladder, 2 self tailing sheet winches, 2 self tailing halyard winches, outboard bracket on pushpit, anchor with 30m chain and 40m warp, electric anchor windlass with remote control, mooring warps and 6 fenders, 2 boathooks, various buckets, mops etc. Old teak decking replaced with Permateek in 2020.

Slab reefing mainsail (2019) with stack pack mainsail cover (2019). Genoa roller reefing system with furling No 1 Genoa (2019). No 2 Genoa (2010). Stainless steel standing rigging renewed in 2018.

Eberspacher hot air diesel heating. Sound system with speakers. Her galley has a gas cooker with 2 burners & oven, microwave, icebox, refrigerator, pots, pans, cutlery and crockery, hot and cold water supply to sink, hot water is via engine calorifier or 240v immersion heater. 75 gallon fresh water tank. 16 gallon holding tank. Separate heads compartment with marine toilet, wash basin and shower with hot and cold water. Blue fabric upholstery. Curtains.

Accommodation

6 berth "Owners" version with single aft cabin, forward cabin plus saloon and larger heads/wet room.

OWNERS COMMENTS

"Blue 2" is the Owners version of a Beneteau Oceanis 373 Clipper. This means she has a single aft cabin, a navigation station, a large heads / wet room and a very large cockpit locker to store the dinghy and cockpit cushions etc.

We bought Blue 2 in October 2018, she had not had any upgrades or regular servicing of sails or rigging that could be detected, so rather than sail her down from Newcastle she was brought down by lorry. We planned to have all the major work done on her over the 2018/2019 winter which included:

• copper coating the hull.

• New rigging with adjustable backstay.

• Whilst the mast was down I replaced every electrical item on it, VHF aerial, TV aerial, tri/white mast head light, steaming/deck light and Raymarine wind sensor. I also replaced all the cables down the mast and all the mast head halyard sheaves.

• All the seacock skin fittings in the heads area and fitted the latest low odour pipework to the heads, holding tank and sink.

• Replaced the propellor shaft, cutlass bearing and Volvo shaft seal (blackjack).

• Replaced engine and domestic batteries

• Added second Harken ST40 2 speed self tailing winch to the coach roof to make reefing easier

This would ensure we would have no significant issues when launched in the spring of 2019.

We intended to keep the boat for a while so in addition we decided to upgrade her to include all the latest facilities expected on new boats, then some more.

• New sails, we purchased one of the best cruising sail options One Sails could offer.

• 4 solar panels.

• 4Kw peak inverter. With nothing else turned on it will drive the immersion heater.

• Third battery to the domestic supply so we could be self sufficient and if we wanted to lay at anchor for days on end and still have all the facilities like the microwave and TV should we require them.

• Bow thruster.

• Relaced the cockpit tent.

• Replaced the ageing Teak deck with Permateek.

• To make life easier when anchoring I installed a remote control for the anchor on the steering pedestal and painted the first meter of chain red so it can easily be seen from the helm when the anchor is about to surface, there is also a “bent” swivel on the anchor to ensure the anchor always comes on deck the right way up.

• Improved the Genoa cars to make them trackable so that adjusting the genoa trim when reefing could be done from the cockpit.

• New guard rails with the addition of a side gate to ease access when moored alongside.

We have had a lot of use with her and love her dearly. All the improvements and updates we have done makes her a real pleasure to sail, she now goes upwind a lot better and berthing in Shotley marina the propellor and bow thruster arrangement makes getting through the lock very easy which means she will be an easy boat to take through the waterways of Europe.

We now find ourselves with too many ailments to fully enjoy her so to be able to live up to her full potential she needs a new home.