NOVEMBER 2008
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Motion of the ocean
Beneteau offer a two-cabin option, where the aft cabin features a transverse double berth and frees up room for a sail locker on the starboard side.
There is one head, aft opposite the galley.
The saloon is downright classical in configuration, from this company which is capable of radical interiors in the First boats. The table is on the centreline, with drop leafs, surrounded by a simple dinette and settee seating arrangement.
More than 20 years ago Beneteau invented the user-friendly galley. More accurately they introduced design details which made life easier for sailors and they still come up with new ideas for interiors. In the benchtop there's an icebox which doubles as a crockery storage. You can put the beer here, or if you want to sail before you do the washing up, stick the dishes in here.
And another new idea: Behind the settee is a small table lamp. You can lift it out and take it upstairs and plug it into a socket in the cockpit table for atmospheric dining al fresco.
There's a third new idea: A clear washboard lives in a groove beneath the main hatch. Pull it aft and it drops down into place. Easy to do when closing up after a sail, and it encourages you to do it early if the weather's getting nasty, rather than put it off until the cook is getting wet. And the fridge is a surprise, a domestic model with shelves in the front-opening door.
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Setting sail
This Oceanis has a big cockpit. It is wide and it is long, not always the case with European boats. This feature alone makes this an 'Aussie' boat.
The wheel is big but there are cutouts in the cockpit seats so you can walk around easily. Alongside the helmsman the portside seat lifts up to take a small inflatable tender, or the liferaft.
The Harken #44 headsail winches are near the wheel and can be reached by the helmsman. On the coachroof are the winches, which handle all the boat's control lines. Brendan says that a common option is an electric winch on the portside here to help with the mainsail halyard. The standard anchor is a Britanny type, a sort of heavier Danforth.
The 30hp Yanmar (with shaft drive) is quiet and easily pushes the hull up to 7.3 knots and still accelerating. We wonder if this boat has a bigger motor option. No, we find out later.
Easy to steer
This Oceanis's steering is as good as it gets. It is light but not too light, and quite high-geared; offshore heavies prefer slower steering, but most of your yachting will be inshore, in confined waters, around marinas and dodging a lot of other boats, so for my money the faster the better, to a point.
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There is one head, aft opposite the galley.
The saloon is downright classical in configuration, from this company which is capable of radical interiors in the First boats. The table is on the centreline, with drop leafs, surrounded by a simple dinette and settee seating arrangement.
More than 20 years ago Beneteau invented the user-friendly galley. More accurately they introduced design details which made life easier for sailors and they still come up with new ideas for interiors. In the benchtop there's an icebox which doubles as a crockery storage. You can put the beer here, or if you want to sail before you do the washing up, stick the dishes in here.
And another new idea: Behind the settee is a small table lamp. You can lift it out and take it upstairs and plug it into a socket in the cockpit table for atmospheric dining al fresco.
There's a third new idea: A clear washboard lives in a groove beneath the main hatch. Pull it aft and it drops down into place. Easy to do when closing up after a sail, and it encourages you to do it early if the weather's getting nasty, rather than put it off until the cook is getting wet. And the fridge is a surprise, a domestic model with shelves in the front-opening door.
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Setting sail
This Oceanis has a big cockpit. It is wide and it is long, not always the case with European boats. This feature alone makes this an 'Aussie' boat.
The wheel is big but there are cutouts in the cockpit seats so you can walk around easily. Alongside the helmsman the portside seat lifts up to take a small inflatable tender, or the liferaft.
The Harken #44 headsail winches are near the wheel and can be reached by the helmsman. On the coachroof are the winches, which handle all the boat's control lines. Brendan says that a common option is an electric winch on the portside here to help with the mainsail halyard. The standard anchor is a Britanny type, a sort of heavier Danforth.
The 30hp Yanmar (with shaft drive) is quiet and easily pushes the hull up to 7.3 knots and still accelerating. We wonder if this boat has a bigger motor option. No, we find out later.
Easy to steer
This Oceanis's steering is as good as it gets. It is light but not too light, and quite high-geared; offshore heavies prefer slower steering, but most of your yachting will be inshore, in confined waters, around marinas and dodging a lot of other boats, so for my money the faster the better, to a point.
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