Beneteau Oceanis 351 Overview
The Beneteau Oceanis 351 offers a great balance of luxurious accommodation combined with sea-kindly cruising performance. 'Kingfisher' is a desirable twin aft cabin version, providing comfortable sleeping accommodation for up to eight, a spacious saloon, and a large linear galley. She has been well-maintained, including new sails in 2023 and standing rigging in 2020. Her impressive inventory includes:

Electric windlass
Diesel heating
Autopilot
AIS radar

She is ready to enjoy and represents a rare opportunity to buy a well-equipped modern cruising yacht of this size and quality at a very reasonable price.
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Accommodation
The Beneteau Oceanis 351 features a three-cabin layout offering up to eight berths with three double berths outside the saloon and 6'3" max headroom.


FORECABIN: Fitted with a double V berth, hanging locker, storage shelves, and an opening hatch to the foredeck.

SALOON: Large U-shaped settee to starboard with dining table (this can convert to a double berth), useful storage areas, and a large linear galley to port. Natural light and ventilation provided by an opening hatch, two skylights, and two large opening portlights.

GALLEY: Equipped with a gimballed ENO two-burner gas cooker with grill and oven, twin stainless steel sinks, large fridge, and generous stowage. A selection of cutlery, crockery, and utensils is included.

CHART TABLE: Aft to port, with electrical distribution panel, navigation equipment, chart storage, and further useful stowage beneath the seat and in lockers.

HEADS: Separate heads compartment aft to starboard equipped with a Jabsco marine toilet, washbasin, and good storage.

AFT CABINS: Separate aft cabins to port and starboard, each fitted with a double berth, hanging locker, two portlights, and further storage.

General equipment includes excellent ventilation throughout, a pressurized hot and cold water system via calorifier with immersion coil, and a diesel-fired warm air heating system. Upholstery is green cotton.

Mechanical Systems
Located beneath the companionway, the Volvo Penta MD2030 is a new hp marine diesel engine. It is freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Features include:

Single lever control with electric start
Plastic 100L fuel tank with an approximate cruising range of 40hrs at 5kts


The engine has been regularly serviced and well-maintained during current ownership, with the last service carried out in July 2023. Exact engine hours are unknown but are believed to be around 3,500hrs total run time.

Electrical Systems
Equipped with:

3 x 12v 100ah Domestic batteries
75ah engine battery (all new spring/summer 2023)
100ah windlass battery all charged via engine alternator
Shorepower system with ring main, battery charger, and immersion coil for water heating


Sails and Spars
Masthead rigged sloop with:

Aluminium mast and boom
Stainless steel standing rigging (new 2020)
Terylene running rigging (replaced as required)
Slab reefing mainsail with lazy jacks and stackpack
Rotostay headsail furling system
2 x Lewmar 44 self-tailing sheet/halyard winches on coachroof
Lines led aft to Spinlock clutches

Sail conditions:

Mainsail - Jeckells - Dacron - good condition
Furling genoa - Jeckells - Dacron - good condition
Cruising chute - fair condition
Spare mainsail and furling Genoa - ADM - Dacron - fair condition


Deck Equipment

Danforth 16kg anchor with 40m chain
Bruce kedge anchor
Lofrans electric windlass
Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and stanchions
8 x fenders
3 x warps


Navigation Equipment

Plastimo binnacle compass
ICOM IC-M423 DSC VHF radio
ICOM handheld VHF radio
Raymarine ST60 Tridata combined depth sounder and speed/log
Raymarine i70 wind instrument
Raymarine below deck autopilot with Raymarine p70 autopilot control head
Raymarine C80 colour GPS chart plotter with radar and AIS feeds
Raymarine radar scanner on mast
Emtrak AIS Transponder
Navionics digital cartography
Clock & barometer
Navigation lights


Safety Equipment

Fire extinguishers
Engine extinguisher
Fire blanket
Smoke alarms, CO detector, and gas alarm
2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys
Danbuoy
Floating light
Jackstays
Cockpit harness points
Radar reflector
Manual & electric bilge pumps
Emergency tiller


Additional Equipment

Wetline three person inflatable dinghy


Construction
The Beneteau Oceanis 351 was built in 1994 by Beneteau to a Jean Berret design. Features include:

White GRP hull with style stripes
Superstructure and decks with moulded non-slip surfaces
Teak slats to cockpit seats
Moderate draft cast iron fin keel
Wheel steering to spade hung rudder
Self-draining aft cockpit with walk-through transom
Fixed cockpit table with folding leaves and teak inserts
Bow, stern, and miship mooring cleats