Beneteau Antares 12 Boats For Sale

The Beneteau Antares 12 is the flagship of Beneteau's Antares line, a 40-to-42-foot multipurpose cruiser built for couples and small families who want to spend more than a few nights aboard. It made its global debut as a coupe at Cannes and as a flybridge version at Fort Lauderdale, extending the bestselling Antares 11 with extra length and beam for long-term cruisers and those tackling routes like America's Great Loop. Base price for the Beneteau Antares 12 with triple engines starts around $680,000 US, though a high-spec example with options like a Seakeeper gyro stabilizer pushes close to a million dollars. Anyone looking at a Beneteau Antares 12 for sale will find it sleeps six across three cabins and two heads.

Buyers choose between triple Mercury 300 V8 outboards and twin 400-horsepower V10 outboards. The triple installation reaches roughly 37 knots top speed against about 34 knots for the twins, and costs about $70,000 more. Fuel consumption between the two packages runs broadly similar across the mid, high and low ranges, with the triples' main advantage being the higher top speed. A full walkaround behind the motors gives easy access for line handling. Maneuvering is handled by a joystick that coordinates all three engines, with Skyhook station-keeping, autopilot and an optional bow thruster for extra control.

The Antares 12 carries two matching helm stations. The lower helm sits behind a generous skipper's side door with a large adjustable seat, flip-down bolster and adjustable wheel, fitted with twin 12-inch Garmin plotters, twin throttles, a forward joystick and trim tab controls. Onboard systems include a Fisher Panda diesel generator, an inverter and battery charger, 50-amp shore power on a cord reel, Fusion audio and a control panel monitoring fresh water, black tank and electrical loads. A pop-up TV is tucked behind the galley on the coupe, and the entire boat is finished in Infinity flooring from bow to stern.

The cockpit uses an asymmetric layout: an L- or C-shaped settee biased to port, a high-low table that drops with an infill cushion to form a sunpad, and a three-section door that slides fully open to merge the interior with the aft deck. A two-way backrest folds forward so guests can face into the cockpit or forward while underway. Drop-down platforms on both sides, joined by a bridge, expand the swim area, and a beach door deploys an electric ramp and swimming ladder. The narrow port walkway is a true walkaround, while the wider starboard side deck pairs with the skipper's door; high stanchions add security forward to the electric windlass and delta-plow anchor. Up front, a central island sunpad with contoured headrests and stainless cup holders sits ahead of a flip-down three-person forward bench and anchor lockers.

The flybridge is well-proportioned for a boat this size, with a full helm matching the lower station, forward-facing seating whose backrest folds flat into a sunpad, and an optional wet bar adding a grill and fridge. There is no hardtop; a folding bimini provides shade, and radar can be mounted up top. On the coupe, an electrically opening sunroof with crossbars lets owners carry bike racks or paddleboards overhead.

Down below, the saloon offers 6 feet 9 inches of headroom and a 3.2-meter C-shaped dinette that converts to an occasional double, with hidden glass and crockery storage behind the seating. The galley has an induction cooktop, microwave-convection oven, fridge and freezer drawers, and a fiddled counter, with gas as an option. The forward master features an island berth, opening port lights both sides, an overhead hatch and an ensuite with a separate walk-in shower at 6 feet 3 inches of headroom. The two guest cabins convert between twin and double layouts and share a second head with a full walk-in shower. Soft-close drawers, enclosed watertight electrical panels and a deep, strut-assisted cockpit storage bay housing the generator, Seakeeper and life raft reflect the build quality from a French builder whose Antares line has run for 45 years.