Beneteau Cyclades Boats For Sale

The Beneteau Cyclades is a cruising sailboat line that Beneteau built around three ideas: simplicity, convenience and pleasure. The range spans the Cyclades 39.3, the Cyclades 43.3 and the Cyclades 50, all sharing high interior volume and a hull form proven on blue water passages. The 43.3 became widely recognized through the long-distance cruising couple behind the Sailing Vagabond channel, which demonstrated these boats are well equipped for offshore passage making to distant destinations. Shoppers looking at a Beneteau Cyclades for sale will most often find the 39.3, 43.3 and 50, frequently from the 2005 to 2007 build years.

The Cyclades 39.3 carries twin wheels, an enormous cockpit and a step-through transom opening to a swim platform. Power comes from a 40-horsepower Yanmar diesel; one well-kept example showed just 650 hours on the clock. The common layout is three cabins and two heads, with a large inline galley to port, a forward-facing navigation station to starboard, an ensuite shower and head off the V-berth, a second head for day and guest use, and two identically sized double berths aft. Galley equipment includes a 170-litre top-loading fridge-freezer, a two-burner gas stove and oven, and a twin-basin sink. Some boats add an extended bimini, a Raymarine suite with GPS plotter and autopilot, and a sail wardrobe running to a storm jib and asymmetrical kite.

The Beneteau Cyclades 43.3 was launched from 2005, with 2007 examples common on the market. It uses a Yanmar 54-horsepower shaft-drive engine and runs a three-cabin, three-head layout that comfortably sleeps six adults across large double aft cabins. The sugar-scoop stern and opening transom give open access between the cockpit and the swim platform, and the cockpit is large enough for entertaining several guests as well as day sailing. A double bow roller lets you keep an anchor on one side while handling a mooring line on the other. Below, the boat offers a large inline galley with deep refrigeration, a dedicated forward-facing nav station, three holding-tank-equipped heads, and navigation gear including a color chart plotter at the helm and another below with autopilot.

Owners have set the 43.3 up extensively for liveaboard and coastal cruising. Documented upgrades on one 2005 boat include a variable-thrust bow thruster, a lithium battery bank, a removable prodder bowsprit with a gennaker, in-boom furling for the mainsail, and an electric furling/halyard winch in the cockpit to ease sailing two-handed. That boat carries reverse-cycle air conditioning, a water maker, two heads and two showers plus a cockpit shower, with the third shower converted to house the water maker and washing machine. Equipment included upgraded Raymarine MFDs, a Victron inverter, a sonar ultrasound antifouling system, an inner-sprung mattress in the master, and all-induction cooking. Engine maintenance covered a new cutless bearing, dripless seal and exhaust elbow, with all through-hulls and seacocks replaced with TruDesign fittings.

At the top of the line, the Beneteau Cyclades 50 offers a five-cabin layout with substantial fuel and water capacity, suiting larger families living aboard. A well-maintained 2007 example based in French Polynesia came prepared with a brand-new lithium battery bank ready for installation. Across the range, buyers consistently report the familiar Beneteau feel below decks, with intuitive systems and the kind of access that makes a 50' Beneteau Cyclades, a 43 Beneteau Cyclades or a 39.3 a straightforward boat to own and sail. When evaluating any Cyclades for sale, check engine hours and service history, the age of the standing sails and canvas, and whether systems such as air conditioning, water maker and battery banks have been recently upgraded.