393 Beneteau 2003

The 393 is roomy, with generous leg, elbow, and seatback room, plus open space in the cockpit. The walk-through aft creates a good combination of openness and security. It's a big, comfortable, efficient, livable, and modern cockpit.

She's also roomy below, headroom in the after part of the saloon approaches 6'. 6". Light adds to the open feel, thanks mainly to the three overhead deck windows, which come with sunshades.

Veronica is the three-cabin version, with two quarter cabins aft. The two-cabin layout has the galley in a traditional portside nook next to the companionway, with a settee to starboard opposite the dining area; the tri-cabin setup removes the facing settee and puts the galley there in a linear arrangement with an array of finished cabinets and drawer stowage.

Beneteau has been building boats of solid glass reinforced with a fiberglass structural grid. The method has been refined in light of material changes and streamlined in places for greater efficiency. Still, it remains essentially the same process that has yielded every First, Oceanis.