47' Beneteau 473

For sale by owner.

Beneteau 473 (47ft)
2003
UK registered
USD159,000
Puerto Plata North coast Dominican Republic (cheap package deal holiday flights make viewing very easy).

Bought inJuly 2020 after a full survey. Then we were held up in USA with covid and then sailed
St. Augustine to Ft. Lauderdale to the Dominican Republic via San Salvador and have been with her one year in the Dominican Republic.

She has a reverse cycle Air Conditioner (December 2015) and bow thruster (2015), plus a Sea Water Pro water maker 38 gph electric pump (2020/21) plus a Fisher Panda 4KW DC generator.

Shes a sloop rig and has a fin bulb keel with spade rudder. Max draft 6ft 11 inches with 7275 lb ballast, a 14ft 2 inch beam which gives her lots of space down below with good head room ie 6.6ft in the salon and the
L shaped galley and 6.4ft in the forward stateroom and 6.7 ft in the aft two staterooms so shes big and airy down below. She has Galley to starboard with refrigerator and freezer. Heads are fore and aft with separate stall showers. There are numerous hanging lockers and there is plenty of storage throughout. Shes never been in charter.

YANMAR 75hp 4 JH3-TE (2003) with 1,698 hours with fuel tank capacity of 57 gals.

sail area is 898.3 ft square
24277 lb displacement.
222 gallon water tank

Galley:
* Refrigerator/freezer
* Force 10, (3 burner) propane stove
* Pressure water system
* Water heater
* 2 x 10lb aluminum propane tanks
* Propane magna BBQ (stern rail mounted).

Electronics:
* Raymarine ST6000 autopilot
* 2 x compasses
* Ray marine depth sounder
* Raymarine radar
* 2 x VHFs
* Rudder angle indicator
* Wind speed indicator
* Speed and distance logs
* Stereo
* TV
* Video recorder

Electrical:
* 4 x AGM (sealed) batteries (new 2020 and 2022)
* 100 amp Xantrax battery charger and built-in 2000w inverter 2000w (new 2022)
* Fisher Panda 4KW DC generator
* reverse cycle Air conditioning system (December 2015)

Deck equipment:
* 60# CQR anchor with 200ft chain and 150ft rode
* Spare Fisherman fl anchor which breaks down for storage in lazerette.
* 40 pound Bruce anchor
* Bow pulpit/rails
* Side stanchions/lifelines
* Bimini (new 2022)
* Dodger (new 2022)
* Manual dinghy davits
* Winslow life raft (to be serviced)
* Highfield dinghy ( 2020)6.6ft
* Mercury outboard 15hp (2 stroke)with 9 hp cover
* Outboard stainless hoist (new 2014)
* Harken Bosuns chair
* Transom and bow docking lights
* Fenders/lines
* Life jackets
* Navigation lights
* Single electric search light
* Swim ladder
* Swim platform
* Horizon Manual/electric windlass

Sails and rigging:
* manual backstay adjuster
* Manuel boom vang
* SS Wire standing rigging
* Niel Pryde mainsail
* 2018 Spare mainsail (never used)
* Doyle #2 Genoa
(All sails surveyed in 2020 in good condition ie main very good, Genoa slightly older all lightly used from date of survey ie USA to the Dominican Republic)
* New gennaker with sock (virtually new 2020)
* Profurl furling for headsail (refurbed 2014)
* US spars furling for main (refurbed 2014)
* Spinnaker/whisker pole (mounted in mast)
* Aluminum spars (keel stepped)
* Lewmar winches (one electric)

Mechanical/engine bay:
* bilge engine blower
* Auto and Manual bilge pumps
* Vetus bow thruster (new 2015)
* Engine alarm
* Portable fire extinguishers
* Stove/engine fuel shutoff valves
* Webasco water heater
* Max Prop
* Manuel wheel steering system (not hydraulic)
* 2020/21 water maker (Seawater Pro) 38 galn (2 membranes)