Beneteau Oceanis 350
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Bob
S/V Our Dream
'97 Beneteau Oceanis 351 #195
Slip C-17, Castle Harbor Marina
Chester River Kent Island
Chester, MD
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Mark J Wilme
I would suggest you have 3 threads here to pursue :
1. General issues the come with any 20 year old boat. At this age I woul be thinking of replacing most of the systems (electronics, pumps, plumbing), sail inventory, standing an running rigging. If you assume that then you fin that the bot is in goo shape then you are ahead.
2. Issues unique to the model, I can't help you here unfortunately. Others my be able to
3. Options on the model - if the model comes with 2 or 3 cabins, 1 or 2 heads, different layouts, AC, shoal draft, tall rig, furling main etc, then being informed as to what those are will help you a great deal. Knowing what you want versus what you need will also help.
There is a 350 on ebay now - is that the one you are looking at ?
Mark
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Jim Martin
Don't feel ostracized if you don't get any responses. This group isn't particularly chatty, and I don't mean that to sound negative. Folks just don't chime in unless they have something to say. We all have posted questions and not gotten responses. There might not be anyone on here with direct experience with the Oceanus 350.
We have owned a 1990 First 32s5 since 1999 and still really like the boat. We have not had any major issues and few issues with design or build flaws. There was a problem with the roller furler. Beneteau sent us a replacement at no charge when the boat was 10 years old. As with almost all boats that used foam-backed lining in the cabin interior, the foam has disintegrated after 20 years of summer heat. It was a pain, but wasn't an expensive repair.
There are a couple of other 32s5 owners on the list and at least one 35s5 owner. If you have more specific questions that may cross over to our models or Beneteau in general I'm sure we can try to answer.
Jim
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Islander...@aol.com wrote:
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Dean,While not a 350 owner I have sailed them.A friend had a sever gel coat blister problem and had to have a peel job.Be sure to have a competent and knowledge surveyor check the bottom and use a moisture meter.I would recommend a 351 or 352 which you can get for just slightly more and has vastly more room and creature comfortsHave a look at a 351 before you commit.Good Luck
Bob
S/V Our Dream
'97 Beneteau Oceanis 351 #195
Slip C-17, Castle Harbor Marina
Chester River Kent Island
Chester, MD
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Dean
I would suggest you have 3 threads here to pursue :
1. General issues the come with any 20 year old boat. At this age I woul be thinking of replacing most of the systems (electronics, pumps, plumbing), sail inventory, standing an running rigging. If you assume that then you fin that the bot is in goo shape then you are ahead.
2. Issues unique to the model, I can't help you here unfortunately. Others my be able to
3. Options on the model - if the model comes with 2 or 3 cabins, 1 or 2 heads, different layouts, AC, shoal draft, tall rig, furling main etc, then being informed as to what those are will help you a great deal. Knowing what you want versus what you need will also help.
There is a 350 on ebay now - is that the one you are looking at ?
Mark
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Bob at Gmail <ourdr...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Mark Wilme
Mark....@Gmail.com
Islander...@aol.com
.Dean,
Don't feel ostracized if you don't get any responses. This group isn't particularly chatty, and I don't mean that to sound negative. Folks just don't chime in unless they have something to say. We all have posted questions and not gotten responses. There might not be anyone on here with direct experience with the Oceanus 350.
We have owned a 1990 First 32s5 since 1999 and still really like the boat. We have not had any major issues and few issues with design or build flaws. There was a problem with the roller furler. Beneteau sent us a replacement at no charge when the boat was 10 years old. As with almost all boats that used foam-backed lining in the cabin interior, the foam has disintegrated after 20 years of summer heat. It was a pain, but wasn't an expensive repair.
There are a couple of other 32s5 owners on the list and at least one 35s5 owner. If you have more specific questions that may cross over to our models or Beneteau in general I'm sure we can try to answer.
Jim
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$39,500. Charlotte, NC
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nealalex235
look at cabin size and amenities - for your skipper too
and check out the relative locations of the deck hardware as you are
out sailing the boat, to see if that is what you want
personally I prefer the first series, as they are much faster, even
when not racing, and they point to weather well
C. Adrienne Daniels
Hi Dean,
A 1990 O350 was our second Beneteau after an O285. My personal dislike was the intrusion of the cockpit seat into the headroom of the quarter berth. Although the berth was relatively large, the headroom issue was claustrophobic for any adult sleeping on that side of the berth. Ok for smaller kids. We asked for teak below instead of the lighter wood finish. It kept well and looked good when we traded. We gave it a minimum of care.
Most issues that stick out are related to age such as foam disintegration and the need for caulking. The yard took care of the Volvo Penta engine. It treated us well and pretty much out-motored everything in its size and many that were larger. If it was sluggish I knew the bottom was dirty. The only issue that I recall being a Beneteau problem was blistering that began in the fourth year and continued to need attention on a regular basis. All of ours were in the cockpit and on the topsides-nothing below the water line or on the hull. B paid for the first major fixes. I don’t know if this is also an issue with the 91’s. Sailing was great-especially after the replacement of the 15 year old jib and main.
Be careful with the engine hours. Ours had a cockpit off/on push button and a below decks choke. Whoever came up with this idea should have been fired. If the button was not turned off after the choke below was pulled, the engine hours continued to mount even though the engine was no longer running. The yard would leave this button on after start-up every year in spite of my warnings. If the boat was dunked two weeks before we got there-which happened often-that would be 14 days of 24/7 engine hours. When we add in the odd occasions we forgot ourselves (overnight or a few hours), I figure 40-50% of the hours were fictitious.
Check the electric panel to see if it is switches or push pads. The latter eventually wore out and had to be replaced with switches. During the interim we jury rigged a lot of the connections to pads that were working which made for some interesting combos that were not as listed on the panel. After 17 years it got to be the proverbial “hole in the water” but we loved it while we had it.
Adrienne
Christella J
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Oceanis 350
As a list lurker member and Bene owner wanna be, I have located a 1991 Beneteau Oceanis 350 and would appreciate any comments, concerns, likes, dislikes, etc.
Islander...@aol.com
Adrienne
C. Adrienne Daniels
Great! Feel free to contact me off line.