Pegasus is a thoughtfully specified example of the Excess 11, the sub-forty-foot performance cruising catamaran from Excess Catamarans, the sailor-led brand within Groupe Beneteau. Drawn by the celebrated French naval architecture practice VPLP Design, whose drawing board has produced everything from grand-prix multihulls to IMOCA podium finishers, and built at the historic CNB facility in Bordeaux, the Excess 11 was conceived to bridge the gap between a comfortable family cruiser and a yacht with genuine sailing manners under her keel.
She is offered in her most sought-after form, the three-cabin Owner’s Version, with a generous full-hull master suite to starboard, and is presented with the optional Pulse Line performance package: a taller spar, larger working sail plan, dedicated Code 0 in Mylar and signature deck detailing. These modifications meaningfully elevate the already-respectable turn of speed of the standard boat without sacrificing the cruising amenity for which the model is rightly admired.
Pegasus has been used precisely as one might wish such a yacht to be used. Entrusted by her present owner with the latter stages of a circumnavigation, her Yanmar 3YM30AE 29Hp engines have recorded virtually identical hours, a reliable indication of an attentive operator who has balanced power neatly across both shafts. Returning to European waters, she has undergone a comprehensive refurbishment programme. On completion she, to borrow her owner’s own phrase, is “as good as new.”
Importantly, the balance of her three-year manufacturer’s warranty, running from 3 October 2024, remains in place and is available to a purchaser. Add to that her VAT-unpaid status and clean Red Ensign registry, and Pegasus presents an unusually attractive proposition to the overseas buyer, the prospective charter operator, or the long-distance cruiser who would rather inherit a yacht freshly recommissioned than commit a season to the same work themselves.
KEY FEATURES
- Pulse Line performance package. Taller spar, larger working sail plan and dedicated Code 0 in Mylar, delivering meaningfully better light-airs performance than the standard boat.
- Three-cabin Owner’s Version. Full-hull master suite to starboard with ensuite heads and shower; two guest cabins and a separate heads compartment in the port hull.
- Recently and comprehensively refurbished. Spring 2026 main-dealer service across both Yanmar diesels and sail drives, new boom, new throttles, serviced watermaker, serviced windlass and electric winch, renewed anodes and through-hull valves, full antifouling and three-stage hull polish.
- Genuine offshore credentials. Just returned from a near-circumnavigation in attentive hands; engine hours virtually identical port and starboard at 1,188 and 1,187.
- Configured for short-handed passage making. Twin Garmin GPSMAP 12-inch plotters with worldwide cartography, autopilot, AIS, wind, speed, depth and temperature instruments, and a starboard electric primary winch.
- Connectivity. Starlink high-throughput satellite internet and full ship Wi-Fi installed.
- Comprehensive cruising inventory. Watermaker, davits, Suzuki outboard, Fusion sound pack throughout, cockpit enclosure, bedding for all three cabins and a fully equipped galley including microwave, kettle, rice cooker and portable freezer.
BROKER'S COMMENTS
Pegasus offers an unusually compelling case. The Pulse Line package is the specification serious cruising sailors quietly wish came as standard, lending the Excess 11 appreciable life in lighter airs without compromising her cruising character.
The works undertaken in Kos were far from cosmetic. Both Yanmar diesels and their sail drives have just had a full main-dealer service; the boom and throttles have been replaced; the watermaker and windlass serviced; and the topsides treated to fresh antifouling and a three-stage polish.
With VAT unpaid, a clean Red Ensign registry and the balance of the three-year warranty running to October 2027, this is a thoroughly refurbished example of a model that rarely comes to market in such condition. Early enquiry is encouraged.
Full Specification and Inventory General
- Make and Model: Excess 11
- Designer: VPLP Design
- Builder: Excess Catamarans, CNB / Groupe Beneteau, France
- Hull Identification Number: FR-CNB-AA184L324
- Vessel Name: Pegasus
- Registry: United Kingdom, Red Ensign
- VAT Status: Unpaid
- Warranty: Three-year manufacturer’s warranty, commencing 3 October 2024
Principal Dimensions
- Length Overall: 11.33 m / 37 ft 2 in
- Beam Overall: 6.59 m / 21 ft 7 in
- Draft: 1.15 m / 3 ft 9 in
- Light Displacement (EC): 9 tonnes
- Sail Area, Pulse Line upwind: approx. 82 m² / 882 sq ft
- Air Draft, Pulse Line rig: approx. 18.3 m, to confirm by survey
Rig and Sails, Pulse Line Performance Package
- Pulse Line tall rig with additional hoist over standard specification
- Pulse Line dedicated sail plan, approximately 82 m² upwind
- Fully battened mainsail
- Self-tacking genoa
- Code 0 sail in Mylar (Pulse Line specification, mandatory with rig package)
- Charcoal Grey lazy bag
- Pulse Line steering wheels x 2 (Orange D800)
- Pulse Line hull decoration and graphics
- Starboard 40.2 electric primary winch (recently serviced, with parts replacement)
Engines and Mechanical
- Two Yanmar 3YM30AE marine diesels, 29 hp each
- Twin sail drives
- Pair of three-bladed folding propellers
- Engine throttles at both port and starboard helm stations for ease of single-handed manoeuvring
- Engine hours at listing: Port 1,188, Starboard 1,187
- Both diesels and sail drives recently serviced in full by Yanmar
- Replacement throttles fitted as part of current refit
- Anodes renewed
Tankage
- Fuel: 2 x 200 L (400 L total), currently reported full
- Fresh water: 2 x 300 L (600 L total)
- Holding tank: 160 L
- Watermaker (recently serviced)
- Deck wash pump, sea water and fresh water
- Sea-water electric toilets
Tender, Outboard and Davits
- Stainless-steel davits
- Suzuki outboard motor (recently fully serviced)
- One gasoline tank, currently near full
Deck Equipment
- Pulpits with composite seats and forward lifelines
- Two additional 140 A AGM service batteries with controller
Accommodation, Owner's Version (3 Cabin / 2 Head)
- Owner’s cabin occupying the full starboard hull, with ensuite heads and shower
- Two guest cabins in the port hull
- Guest heads compartment in port hull
- Sea-water electric toilets
- “Fast and Curious” interior trim package
- Honey teak and white-lacquered joinery throughout
- Sand-coloured saloon flooring (chips professionally repaired during current refit)
- Additional saloon stool
- Additional port-side saloon cabinet
- Upper galley cabinet
Galley and Domestic Inventory
- Galley with hob and cooker
- Microwave
- Electric kettle
- Electric rice cooker
- Portable freezer
- Crockery, pots, pans and cooking utensils
- Four gas bottles
- Printer
Canvas and Upholstery
- Aft cockpit enclosure with windows, Cadet Grey
- External upholstery in grey
- Starboard double helm seat
- Additional port-side double helm seat
- Aft cockpit cushions
- Bedding for all three cabins included
Safety Equipment
- Safety lines x 4
- Life jackets x 5
- Ship’s toolkit
- Oil syphon
- Spare oil and sail-drive seals
Additional Equipment
- Four dock lines
- Excess fender kit
- Anchor kit
Disclaimer Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
- This vessel is VAT not paid.
- As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
