By successfully combining a nicely slender outline and a most unusually large living area for her size, the Océanis 343 highlights the Bénéteau know-how and delights her owners. Bearing the Berret-Racoupeau designers. signature, this cruiser with lots of personality has quite simply everything to give you exceptional comfort and pleasure when sailing.
Tempest is a two cabin layout that offers great accommodation and exceptional head height throughout. She has a lift keel, full cockpit covers, heating and Yanmar engine and has a number of recent upgrades including a new spray hood August 24, new B & G electronics, reapplication of cooper coat with a large sail wardrobe, she is currently laying ashore up the river Dart and available to view.
Vessel type: | Sailing |
Designer: | Berret-Racoupeau |
Builder: | Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 343 - Lifting Keel |
Make: | Beneteau |
Model: | Oceanis 343 |
Constructed: | 2008 |
Sail number: | GB 4677L |
Berths: | 6 |
No. of engines: | 1 |
Engine model: | Yanmar 3YM30 |
Engine power: | 29 |
Engine hours: | 1052 |
Fuel type: | Diesel |
Drive type: | Shaft drive |
Length over all: | 10.82m |
Beam: | 3.48m |
Maximum draft: | 1.2m |
Bridge clearance: | 20.73m |
Hull material: | Glass Fibre |
Hull colour: | White |
Keel type: | Lifting Keel |
Displacement: | 6 metric tons |
Fuel capacity: | 152 Litres |
Water capacity: | 75 Litres |
Holding tank capacity: | 75 Gallons |
Sleeps six in two cabins and saloon
interior joinery in teak with cream upholstery
Eberspacher diesel heating
Forward cabin double V berth two hanging wardrobes with sliding door access
Saloon sofas to port and starboard, central drop-leaf table with storage and keel mechanism
LG television on forward bulkhead
Yanmar 3YM30 30 HP inboard diesel engine hours 1035 last serviced June 2024. Shaft drive to 3 blade propeller with new rope cutter, cutlas bearing new June 2024. New anodes June 2024.
1 x 2v engine battery, 2 x 12v 120ah domestic batteries (2022) charged by engine alternator and 240v battery charger, shore power connection and cable. 2 x 100 watt flexi solar panels with smart solar MPTT and a 3000w inverter.
Tankage
Fuel 80 litres, water 255 litres in 160 litre and 95 litre tanks, holding tank of 80 litres
Water system is hot and cold pressurised system throughout water heater with immersion (independently switched) and engine calorifier
Navigation Aids
B & G Vulcan 9R chartplotter at helm (2020)
B & G Triton instruments for wind, speed and depth (2020) at helm and nav station
B & G V20S VHF DSC radio with cockpit switched speaker
Raymarine ST6002 Autopilot
Vesper XB- 8000 AIS transponder
B & G Forward scan transducer
B & G Wireless wind pack
Plastimo steering compass
Yanmar 3YM30
29HP
Engine hours 1052
Inboard
Running on white diesel since 2020
Serviced in 2023 not used much since
Fractional 9/10ths sloop rig
Aluminum mast and boom
stainless steel rigging (checked 2024), spinnaker pole, Selden removable bowsprit with removable ring attached to the bow roller, Furlong Genoa roller, Hi-Lever releasable inner forestay, Various running rigging replacements, stack pack and lazy jackets (replaced 2024)
Sails
Crusader Fully battened mainsail with two reef lines (2017)
Elvstrom Sobstad Furling Genoa
Crusader Aysmmetric spinnaker with magic furl controlled from the cockpit (2019) little used
Dart Sails working jib with hanks for inner forestay (2020)
Crusader storm jib with hanks for inner forestay (2017)
winches one Harken 30 coachroof winch
two Harken 32 cockpit winches
Ground Tackle
16kg stainless steel Danforth anchor with 30m of 10mm chain and 40mm of 18mm warp, Quick high performance electric windlass, anchor chain snubber, spare Danforth with chain and warp
General Equipment
LED navigation lights
New sprayhood (2024) full cockpit cover, dodgers (plain) and 'Tempest' dodgers
Pioneer CD stereo with speakers in saloon and cockpit. Crockery and utensils, clock and barometer, boarding ladder, warps and fenders, boathook, Transom shower, New Simpson and Lawrence engine crane.
Safety Equipment
Coastal flare pack (09-25)
Horseshoe lifebuoy and light, Danbuoy, 4 x life jackets, bosuns chair, Auto engine extinguisher and 2 x manual extinguishers
ALSO
by separate treaty outboard engine and dinghy
Note: Indicated location is approximate general area only.