Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 Boats For Sale

The Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 is a family cruising sailboat that became one of the brand's most successful designs, with more than 800 hulls built. It comes in two- or three-cabin layouts, paired with either a longitudinal galley or an L-shaped galley, and carries a single head with a separate shower stall. The hull was built at Beneteau's Marion, South Carolina factory in the USA, and shoppers searching Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 for sale will find listings across the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 model years. Pricing has run roughly from $180,000 to $250,000 depending on how a particular boat is equipped.

Performance comes from a chined hull and a twin-rudder, twin-wheel configuration that keeps the boat controllable even when overpressed, with light helm feel down to two fingers on the wheel. Power is a Yanmar diesel of 29 to 30 horsepower with a sail drive, and some boats carry a three-bladed feathering prop. The shoal keel version draws 5 feet 5 inches and the mast stands 55 feet 5 inches, making it ICW friendly. The standard sail plan uses an in-mast furling mainsail with a furling genoa, while options and upgrades include a self-tacking jib, a slab-reefed main, and a spinnaker package run off the double anchor roller with a stainless bobstay tack point.

The twin helms give clear sight lines and a wide path to the transom. The port station typically carries B&G electronics with a Zeus multifunction display, autopilot control, a chain counter for the electric windlass, and the engine throttle; a Triton wind display sits to starboard. AIS transceiver, bow thruster (a Quick unit on some boats), inverter, and a Fusion stereo with Bluetooth and interior and cockpit speakers are commonly fitted. The main arch over the companionway carries the mainsheet clear of the cockpit, which is why these boats omit a traveler.

On deck, the polymer toe rail looks like wood but needs no maintenance, and halyards, reefing lines, vang and mainsheet all lead aft to the cabin top, worked by two-speed self-tailing Harken winches including an electric one to port. The cockpit seats fold up to open an eight-foot-wide transom that folds down into a swim platform with a telescoping ladder. A deluxe folding cockpit table with bottle storage and cup holders sits centerline, and there is one large cockpit locker plus a dedicated life raft stowage area in the transom. Optional teak runs on the cockpit floor and seats. The side decks are narrow, so moving forward calls for some caution on a 38-foot boat.

Below, French double doors open the forward cabin into the salon so the interior reads larger than 38 feet, with a centerline berth, hull windows, an overhead hatch with shade and screen, hanging lockers and a drawer beneath the bed. The three-cabin version places two aft cabins of equal size on either side. The galley offers a two-burner gimbaled stove with oven, a top-loading fridge with freezer, a stainless sink with foot pump, and a microwave option, while the nav station to port has a flip-up desk that converts the starboard settee into an extra berth. Standard fresh water capacity can be expanded with a second tank — an extra 53-gallon tank, or a professionally installed system bringing capacity to 112 gallons — for fewer marina stops on coastal passages. Interiors come in light oak or mahogany, and many listed boats include extras such as a dinghy, electric outboard, air conditioning and upgraded canvas.