Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 Boats For Sale

The Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 is the largest model in the Swift Trawler line, a semi-displacement passage maker with naval architecture by Bill Dixon and exterior styling by Pierre Angelo Andreani, formerly of Pininfarina. It carries the fine forward entry that flattens amidships and lifts slightly toward the stern, so it runs level across its speed range. The boat targets owners who want to stay aboard for weeks rather than days, often retired couples running the boat themselves, and the layout reflects that priority for long-distance cruising over marina posing. A Beneteau Swift Trawler 54 for sale typically comes well stocked for living aboard, with extensive storage worked into the sole, the cabins and the deck lockers.

Power comes from twin Cummins QSB 6.7 550hp diesels on straight shafts, paired with a Mase generator. Joystick control links the engines, transmissions and thrusters, and the proportional bow and stern thrusters include a hold function that pins the boat against a dock while you handle lines. Performance backs up the passage-maker billing: at 8 knots the boat burns roughly 3 litres per nautical mile for a range above 900 miles, around 920; at 10 knots fuel use rises to about 5.5 litres per nautical mile for roughly 500 miles; and at 14 knots it uses about 9 litres per nautical mile for a 300-mile range. It will push toward 20 knots when you need to get somewhere quickly. Two 1,720-litre fuel tanks, one each side of the engine room, supply that range, and Zipwake trim tabs plus zero-speed Sleipner fin stabilizers keep it flat and steady, including against passing ship wash.

The Swift Trawler 54 uses a single internal staircase to move between the cockpit and flybridge, with a shallow gradient and a wide aperture, so no one goes outside to change decks and no cockpit floor space is lost to a ladder. The lower helm sits centrally with a single adjustable seat, a companion seat, a Garmin plotter and the joystick controls, while the flybridge helm has room for up to three 16-inch plotters and a seat that rotates toward the dining area. An optional third docking station with a joystick sits in the cockpit, supported by cameras feeding the multifunction displays so you can see the stern when backing into a berth. A matte grey fabric headliner replaces the older gloss-white deckhead to cut screen glare at night.

The galley sits transversely amidships rather than aft, placing it next to the lower helm and the staircase so a cook stays in contact with the helm on passage. It includes a Miele induction hob, a dishwasher, domestic-size fridge and freezer, and a side door on each side, with the double-width door to starboard. A neat touch is a galley bin accessed directly from the side deck, so rubbish goes straight out to the dock. The saloon aft has a U-shaped dinette, a rise-and-fall TV, a wine cooler, a beer fridge and a separate 12-bottle red wine store, all framed by large hull and superstructure windows.

Below, the three-cabin layout centres on a full-beam master with an ottoman-style bed on gas rams, a dressing area, a private en suite with a rainfall shower, and a large TV. The VIP forward has a dressing nook and an en suite that doubles as the day heads, while the third cabin uses crossed bunks for more headroom and adds its own door into that heads, plus a washer/dryer nearby. The hydraulic high-low bathing platform handles a 400kg tender on built-in chocks, with fold-out boarding steps and a concealed ladder, and the transom glass hinges up on rams to reveal a cavernous lazarette that can be specified as a crew cabin with its own heads. An 18-panel Silent Running solar package with a ten-battery bank allows around eight hours of running air conditioning and stabilizers at anchor without the generator. Decks are finished in engineered Iroko.

On price, the UK base figure for the Beneteau 54 is just shy of £997,000, with a well-optioned boat including the comfort trim, fin stabilizers, air conditioning, bimini and hydraulic passerelle reaching closer to £1.5 million excluding VAT; heavily specified examples have been offered around £1.8 million. When weighing a Beneteau Swift Trawler 54, the options list does a lot of work, so factor stabilizers, the solar and battery package, the cockpit table forward, the lazarette crane and the third docking station into any comparison.



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