Today’s used-boat watch is a practical Mediterranean cruiser that could be interesting for buyers who want a manageable family-sized sailing yacht without jumping into a much larger refit project.
Boat: 1998 Beneteau Oceanis 351
Location: Lefkada, Greece
Asking price: €32,000
Source: Apollo Duck
Original listing: https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/beneteau-oceanis-351-for-sale/799218
Why it caught my eye: the Oceanis 351 is a familiar Beneteau cruising design with a useful three-cabin layout, 10.62m LOA, 3.79m beam, diesel shaft drive, in-mast reefing, and broad appeal for coastal cruising or seasonal family use. This listing is marked tax paid and notes several practical maintenance items: yearly servicing, new tender, new bimini and spray hood in 2022, engine rebuild in 2023, rigging serviced in 2024, and some sheets/lines replaced in 2024.
At €32,000, it appears competitively positioned enough to be worth a closer look for buyers and brokers tracking accessible Med-based cruising inventory. As always, this is not a recommendation to buy sight unseen: survey, title/VAT documentation, engine records, rig inspection, seacocks, deck moisture, and a realistic maintenance budget all matter.
Image note: the cover image is a generic/representative multi-boat yacht basin scene, not the specific listed vessel. No listing photos were used. Photo source: “YACHT BASIN CROWDED WITH SAIL AND POWER BOATS” by Jim Pickerell / U.S. National Archives, public domain via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YACHT_BASIN_CROWDED_WITH_SAIL_AND_POWER_BOATS_-_NARA_-_546877.jpg