1993 Beneteau Oceanis 440 - Moorings 445 / 444 For Sale

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1993 Beneteau Oceanis 440 - Moorings 445 / 444 For Sale

1994 MODEL BENETEAU OCEANIS 444 - $89,000

Beneteau Oceanis 444, 1994 model built in 1993. Exceptionally priced at $89,000. Southeast Florida location.

Compare that price with these.

1994 - 44o at $179,500

1992 - 44 at $159,900

1993 - 445 at $129,000

Here's a bunch more nearly all older vessels.

Most of those listed are 440 layouts and have the one-berth cabin forward. That might work OK at anchor but imagine how it would sleep heeled over under way!

Our crew remained perfectly comfortable in two forward cabins, on our 6 day trip home from Tortola, in respectably heavy weather.

Or cut through the divider and make it convertable!

The highly experienced crew at BVI Painters performed a bottom peel and epoxy barrier coat in 2004 at Nanny Cay Marina, Tortola, BVI.

The bottom remains in excellent condition, and blister free as of our haul-out in January 2010, protected by this epoxy barrier.

If you buy a used Beneteau or any other production boat, that is laid up with polyester resin as virtually all are, there is a good chance that it has osmotic blistering. If you doubt this, simply call at random on any boat with a little age on it and act like you are ready to buy it. Then tell him you don't have an interest if it currently has any osmosis. If he says it doesn't then ask if he's willing to pay the cost of the haulout for the survey if osmosis is discovered.

The osmosis in this case was manifest as a light rash, which is the most desirable, particularly when compared with deep blisters. The osmotic penetration did not go through the matt layer under the gelcoat.

Cost of a peel and epoxy on a vessel of this size runs 10 to 15 thousand dollars, which should be added onto the price, of virtually any other used Beneteau you are considering. Now consider the prices above again.

Photos taken at the time of the survey.