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Description

The Beneteau Oceanis 323 is the perfect family cruiser. However, the boat has a very good turn of speed due to her hulls’ racing pedigree, making her a fast cruiser.

'Alisha' has been meticulously maintained in her current ownership, this shows in her brilliant cosmetic condition. Her striking blue hull stands out from the crowd and is quite often a head turner in marinas. She also won our sailing club's concours d'elegance for condition and presentation two years running when entered.

With tiller steering, this responsive boat is comfortable and fun to sail with a very spacious cockpit. Sleeping six in two double cabins and two single saloon berths, you can enjoy cruising onboard together. She has benefited from extensive maintenance and upgrade works in recent years including comprehensive engine works, with a new cutlass bearing, reconditioned injectors and new engine mounts.

Alisha also has a new Chart plotter and a Vesper AIS receiver and transponder which compliments her other instruments.

Ready for the up coming season the hull has been polished with Awlcare. The top sides have been cut and waxed. The copper coat has had its annual maintenance and the engine has been serviced. The prop has also been serviced and all anodes are new. As such, Alisha is ready to use straight away for 2025.

Specifications

Construction

BENETEAU OCEANIS 323
Built in November 2003 to a 2004 model and hull number
Designed by Groupe Finot & built in France

CONSTRUCTION
GRP hull with gold hull livery finished in Awl Grip Blue
White GRP decks & superstructure
Teak cockpit seat & bathing platform inlays (helm seat and locker seat teak inlay replaced 2021)
Tiller Steering Varnished wooden tiller with spinlock extension. This boat can have a wheel fitted if needed with a Whitlock pedistal or a Jefa unit. (Whitlock available locally) However, this boat sails very well under tiller and is oftened preffered with this size of boat.
Fin keel
Underwater hull stripped and epoxied in 2016
CopperCoat professionally applied 2018 and fully maintained. This makes the boat very easy to keep clean through the season and increases hull speed.

LOA: 9.72 m
BEAM: 3.3 m
DRAFT: 1.8 m
AIR DRAFT: 14.82 m

ALL FIGURES ARE APPOXIMATE

Hull

Starboard side

Cabin

Navigation area

Galley

Aft Cabin

Heads

Equipment

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
Chart table-
Furuno GPS Navigator
Icom M323 Fixed VHF radio
Metz VHF antenna
Icom IC M35 Handheld
Vesper Aerial splitter
Fusion RA70 radio upgraded
Fusion DAB aerial
Saloon speakers
Vesper XB 8000 Transponder and receiver - interfaced with Raymarine plotter and providing Wifi information to boat
Nema 0183 and 2000 backbone installed

Cockpit-
Raymarine 9s Elements chartplotter
Raymarine ST40 Bi Data – interfaced with plotter
Raymarine ST40 Wind – interfaced with plotter
Simrad tiller pilot and remote
Cockpit speakers
Plastimo contest compass

GROUND TACKLE
CQR Anchor and chain- chain replaced 2019
Bow roller upgraded 2017, strengthened with additional tang fitting for cruising chute

GENERAL EQUIPMENT
Sprayhood
Dodgers
Boat hook
Clock and Barometer
Outboard Bracket
Warps and fenders
Winch handles
Cockpit cushions
Navigation lights, all deck level light replaced.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Horseshoe buoy with light
Manual and automatic bilge pump
Water Witch fitted with separate switch

Engine(s)

Alisha has a Volvo Penta MD2020D. This is a lovely engine and more than enough to push this yacht to hull speed. The engine has a full service each winter and then an extra oil change each summer.

The engine had new mounts, serviced injectors, a new cutlass bearing, new coolant and the tappets have been adjusted. This was in addition to a full service. A new exhaust elbow was fitted in 2018 which was checked and the first part of exhaust replaced in 2023. We had this done as was apart when the mountings were replaced, although not needed was done as preventative maintence. The engine has done around 1650 hrs.

Sails & Spars

SLOOP RIG
Single spreader rig
Z Spars mast & spars
Stainless steel standing rigging- replaced 07/2015, inspected and tuned 2019
Rigid vang
Elvstrom stack pack & lazy jack system
Halyards led back to Spinlock clutches on coachroof
Facnor headsail furler
Z Spars spinnaker pole, new mountings 2016
Windex- new 2021
Strengthened tang on bow for use with cruising chute
Echomax Radar reflector fitted 2018

SAILS
Sanders Sails mainsail (2011) with three reefs
Technique Voile genoa
North Sails symmetric spinnaker
Original mainsail (2004)
Sails removed and professionally laundered and serviced annually

WINCHES
Two Lewmar 40 self tailing genoa winches
One Lewmar 30 self tailing halyard winch

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