Remarks : Tara is a 2003-built Beneteau 50, a Bruce Farr–designed cruising yacht offering a spacious four-cabin, four-heads layout well suited to family cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean. She has been drysailed at Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, for the past fifteen years and presents as a well-equipped, turn-key example of the model.
Tara has benefited from a substantial programme of recent works, including a complete standing rigging replacement, renewal of all 21 skin fittings and seacocks, and an upgraded charging system — all completed in 2026. She is offered ready to cruise, with a comprehensive equipment list and no significant outstanding works beyond those noted under Known Defects.
Highlights Listed below but included in Full Specs:
- New standing rigging (2026)
- All 21 thru-hulls and ball valves renewed with TruDesign composite fittings (2026)
- Upgraded charging system — 140A alternator with serpentine belt and Balmar external regulator
- Four-cabin, four-heads layout
- Bow thruster
- Full Garmin electronics suite, including AIS, radar and chartplotter
- Recent engine service (September 2026)
- In-mast furling main with electric winches
- Spinnaker fitted with snuffer for short-handed use
BROKER'S REMARKS
Tara presents as a well-cared-for example of the Beneteau 50, benefiting from a thorough maintenance programme under long-term ownership. The standing rigging, thru-hulls and charging system have all been renewed in 2026, giving the next owner confidence in the vessel's major systems.
The four-cabin, four-heads layout is a genuinely practical arrangement for family cruising or entertaining guests, with each stateroom served by its own heads compartment. The cockpit and deck are set up for easy, short-handed handling, with electric winches, a bow thruster and a snuffer-equipped spinnaker.
Having been drysailed and stored ashore for most of each year, Tara is in good order throughout and ready for the coming season
Accommodation : ACCOMMODATION
Tara offers a spacious four-cabin, four-heads layout, with all staterooms fitted as double or queen berths — a genuinely practical arrangement for family cruising, with no cabin required to share a heads compartment. Two of the four heads are plumbed to holding tanks.
LAYOUT
Four double/queen cabins, each with its own heads compartment (two fitted with holding tanks, two without). Chart table and saloon table both fitted.
DOMESTIC
The galley is equipped with an oven, grill, galley sink, cool box and refrigerator (freezer conversion possible [CHECK]). Water system is pressurised, with hot water via immersion/calorifier. Webasto diesel heating is fitted; air conditioning is not permanently installed, though a portable 4,000 BTU shore-power unit is available for use at the boatyard. Stereo, TV and DVD player fitted; no TV aerial or satellite TV. Toilets are manual flush. No water maker fitted.
- Comprehensive tool kit, including ratchet set, hand tools, strap wrenches, jigsaw, handsaw, polishing equipment, spare head pumps and hole saws
- Spare Balmar 624 regulator and spare 140A alternator
- Spare macerator pump
- 12 x USB charging ports
- Fitted sheets, flat sheets, blankets and pillows for every cabin
- Games, books, guitar and sports equipment, including 6 sets of masks, snorkels and fins
EXTRA DETAILS
- Currently ashore, Preveza, Greece
- Drysailed for the past 15 years
- All 21 skin-fitting thru-hulls and ball valves replaced with TruDesign composite fittings in 2026, together with upgraded sewage lines and premium head hose
KNOWN DEFECTS
- Port aft heads plumbing is incomplete; parts are aboard and a plan is in place, estimated at approx. 4 hours' work to finish
- Outboard requires a carburettor service, including a needle valve replacement
- Engine-driven fridge unit leaks refrigerant when not in regular use
- Bow cabin vinyl wall covering has been removed; replacement material is aboard but not yet fitted
- Bow cabin heads pump leaks and requires replacement; three spare pumps are carried aboard
- Zincs will need replacement if the vessel is to be launched for any length of time
- Bottom paint (antifouling) will be required if the vessel is to be kept afloat rather than continuing to be drysailed
- Teak on the swim platform is worn
- Teak rail has split in three or four places around the cleats and will need replacing
KNOWN DAMAGE
- Accident history: None
- Insurance claims: None
HISTORY
Tara was purchased in Croatia as an ex-charter vessel and subsequently registered in Canada. She has since been developed into a private family cruising yacht, with the owners cruising aboard for 13 months before deciding to retain her rather than sell.
In 2026, following a survey recommendation, the entire standing rigging was replaced — both forestays, both backstays and all shrouds — using Stay-Loc turnbuckles and swages, carried out by a rigging specialist in Lefkas. At the same time, the main and jib furlers were serviced and two halyards and the main topping lift were replaced. All 21 thru-hulls were replaced with TruDesign composite skin fittings and ball valves, rated to a 500lb side-load specification, together with new head hose and clamps.
The electrical system has been upgraded with a stronger serpentine belt drive in place of the original Yanmar V-belt, paired with a 140A alternator and Balmar external regulator, allowing substantial battery charging within an hour of running the engine.
Over the past 15 years the vessel has been drysailed from Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, averaging around 35 days afloat per year. Recent upgrades include replacement foam in the aft cabins, new sun pads and cockpit cushions, a gas barbecue, and a complete Garmin electronics suite (AIS, chartplotter, wind instruments, cockpit repeaters and radar) on an NMEA 2000 backbone.
Sails are older but serviceable and have been regularly serviced by a sailmaker in Lefkas; the spinnaker has been fitted with a snuffer to allow short-handed use. The Yanmar engine has approximately 5,500 hours and has received regular oil and filter changes; it drives a straight shaft to a MaxProp feathering propeller, which reverses pitch to minimise prop-walk. Indicative power speeds: 1,500rpm ? 6.5 knots, 2,000rpm ? 7.2 knots, 2,500rpm ? 7.7 knots. The exhaust elbow has been upgraded to stainless steel, with the original retained as a spare.
The primary anchor is a 30kg Bruce with 80m of oversize 12mm galvanised chain (chain replaced 2016).
SAFETY
- Life raft, last serviced July 2022
- Radar reflector
- Life jackets: 9
- Fire extinguishers: 4
- Fire blanket
- Flares: Carried [CHECK — expiry date not recorded on the form]
- Bilge pumps: 2 electric, plus manual
- Foghorn
- Search light
Mechanical : CONSTRUCTION
- Builder: Beneteau, France
- Designer: Bruce Farr & Associates
- Year built: 2003
- Hull material: GRP
- Deck material: GRP
- Hull colour: White
- Keel type: Fin
- Rudder type:spade
- Steering type: Wheel, twin aft helm positions
- Keel:— preventive epoxy treatment applied
DIMENSIONS
- LOA: 14.90m (48ft 11in)
- LWL: 13.40m (44ft 0in)
- Beam: 4.46m (14ft 8in)
- Draft: 2.30m (7ft 7in)
- Air draft: 19.00m (62ft 4in)
- Displacement: 13,000kg
- Ballast: 4,228kg
MECHANICAL
- Engine make: Yanmar 4JH3-HTE
- Engine type: Diesel inboard, single engine
- Engine year: 2003
- Engine hours: Approx. 5,459 hours
- Service history: Last serviced September 2026 by the owner — oil, filters, antifreeze, transmission oil and secondary fuel filter
- Genoa: UK Sailmakers, approx. 18 years old, good condition
- Cruising chute/spinnaker: North Sails, approx. 18 years old, excellent condition, fitted with a snuffer for short-handed use
- Sails have been regularly serviced by a sailmaker in Lefkas
Details
HerstellerBENETEAU
Modell50
Jahr (Bau / Refit)2003
Länge14,6m
Motoren1
Gesamtleistung100 hp
Breite4,6m
Spezifikationen
Abmessungen
Länge über alles14,6m
Wasserlinienlänge13,4m
Breite4,6m
Rumpf
MaterialGRP
Gewicht
Verdrängung13,0 t
Antrieb
Motor 1
MotorherstellerYanmar
Motormodell4JH3-HTE
KraftstofftypDiesel
Leistung100 hp
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