Beneteau Evasion 37 Zu verkaufen (1981) in Rhu, Argyll and Bute, Vereinigtes Königreich

The Beneteau Evasion 37 "ALGOL" is a well-proven and much admired cruising ketch.The Evasion 37 is a motorsailer with the emphasis on sail. She has internal and external steering positions and benefits from Beneteau's sailing boat design heritage.

These boats tick a lot of boxes and were built in an era of substantial mouldings. A lot of boat for the money and well maintained with a good broad specification.

Dimensions & general info.

• LOA - 11.33m
• LWL - 9.54m
• Beam - 3.58m
• Draft - 2.00m.
• Displacement - Approx. 9000kg.
• Ballast - Approx. 2197kg.
• Headroom - 1.90m
• Built - 1981
• Builder - Beneteau Yachts FR.
• Designer - Andre Beneteau.

Hull, deck & superstructure

The Beneteau Evasion 37 is a GRP motor sailor with fin keel, internal and external steering positions and a central cockpit with raised aft deck. 

• Cream (gelcoat) GRP hull.
• Deck - Side decks and foredeck in cream non-slip GRP. The raised aft deck, and cockpit is laid with teak.
• Substantial iron fin keel.
• Skeg hung singe rudder.
• Wheel steering internally and externally.
• Unwater hull epoxied from new.
• Hull soda blasted back to epoxy winter 2010 and coated with two further coats of epoxy before being primed and antifouled.
• Hull taken back to primer again in 2020.
• Antifouled and new anodes spring 2025.

Additional maintenance

• New saloon windows 2019.
• Floorboards refurbished 2019.
• Interior lighting refurbished 2019.
• Gunwhales stripped and revarnished 2022.
• Teak deck refurbished 2024.
• New aft cabin windows 2024.

Interior & accommodation

• New upholstery 2015.
• Eberspacher diesel fired warm air central heating.
• Electric cool box.
• Full compliment of galley items including crockery and cutlery.

Forward heads

• In the bow is one of two heads.
• To port is a marine flushing toilet with cupboard above.
• To starboard is a sink with pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
• Separate shower head.
• Cupboard with polycarbonate sliding doors for toiletries.
• Mirror.
• Cup holder and soap dispenser holder.

Saloon

• L shaped seating to port with pilot berth above.
• Single settee berth to starboard with storage above.
• Large, double leaf table with solid stainless steel frame.
• Plenty of storage under the seating areas and under the pilot berth.
• Coachroof windows with curtains.

The galley and internal helm are within the raised coachroof area with large forward windscreens and side windows giving a panoramic view for the helm and lots of light for the interior. 

Internal helm

• There is a raised steering position to starboard with helm seat, engine and navigation instruments and ships electrical distribution panel.

Galley

• The L shaped galley is aft to port, opposite the internal steering position. It is at the entrance to the corridor leading to the aft cabins.
• Double, full sized sinks, one with a cover.
• Pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
• Secondary filtered cold water supply via a pressurised tap. Spare filter.
• Gimbaled 3 burner gas cooker with oven.
• Front loading Dometic fridge.
• Storage above with polycarbonate sliding doors.
• Plenty of additional storage and good work surface area.

Corridor aft to port

• Giving access to the aft cabins via a door.
• Side access to the engine compartment. Two panels can be removed to give good maintenance access.

Corridor facilities

• Outboard are wash facilities shared by the two aft cabins. Wash hand basin with pressurised hot and cold water and cupboards for storage.

Aft shared heads

• There is a separate heads compartment with manual marine flushing toilet.

Starboard aft cabin

• Double berth with hanging locker.
• Access to aft heads and wash facilities.

Aft  cabin

• Large double offset berth to starboard, wrapping round to a settee and desk to port.
• Wrap round shelf.
• Large storage area under the aft cabin berth.
• Hanging locker.
• Coachroof windows.

Deck & deck equipment

Deck

• Stainless steel pulpit and stanchion posts running twin guard wires to the aft deck. There are side access gates.
• The guard wires meet the stainless steel aft deck rails which extend the full length of the raised deck area and partially wrap round the stern with central access wires.
• Centre cockpit with teak floor grate and teak laid seats.
• The raised aft deck is laid in teak.

Deck equipment

• Fixed dinghy davits.
• Electric anchor windlass with control & spare. New circuit breaker and cleaned and refurbished 2023.
• 22kg Mantus anchor, new 2019 with 60m of grade 4, 8mm chain connected with a stainless swivel, new 2023.
• 20kg kedge with 6m of chain and 50m warp.
• Fortress alloy anchor for sandy bottoms.
• Outboard crane.
• Boarding ladder.
• Side boarding step.
• Three foredeck mooring cleats, 2 x midship cleats and 2 x aft cleats.
• Fenders and mooring warps.
• Deck wash pump with expanding hose..
• Deck brush & bucket.
• Boathook.
• Hook & Moor buoy pick up.
• Mooring pick up hook.
• 60m towing line.
• 2 x 60m multi braid shorelines.

Winch gear

• Winchrite electric winch handle.
• Manual winch handles.

Rig, rigging & sails

Rig

• Ketch rigged.
• Standing rigging age approx. 2007. Regularly inspected.

Running rigging

• Maintained in good working condition.

Sails

• Dacron mainsail. Laundered and serviced by Owen Sails 2025.
• Dacron Mizzen. Laundered and serviced by Owen Sails 2025.
• Dacron Genoa. Laundered and serviced by Owen Sails 2025.
• Cruising chute and snuffer. Not serviced.

Engine

• Yanmar 4JH4AE, 54hp diesel engine with shaft drive.
• Engine hours - Approx. 3506.
• Last engine service Spring 2025. Filters, oil and impeller changed.
• New fan belt tensioner 2021.
• New fuel lift pump 2022. Old one is a usable spare.
• New oil pressure sender 2022.
• New cutlass bearing 2022.
• Stern gland repacked 2025.
• Bronze 3 blade fixed prop.
• Engine panel rewired 2024.
• Engine spares including filters, oil and coolant.

Electronics & navigation equipment

• Standard Horizon GPS Chart CP300i chart plotter. New 2024.
• Koden CVS 102 radar display.
• Garmin GPSMap 750S. Cockpit.
• Garmin 128 GPS.
• Horizon DSC VHF. New 2021.
• iCOM IC M-71 handheld VHF.
• Entel submersible handheld VHF
• NASA speed/log. New 2023.
• Clipper wind speed and direction.
• Clipper Duet depth.
• Ascot Electronic Barometer / Temp.
• Tide clock.
• Hand bearing compass.

Electrical

• 12v ships system.
• 240v shore power system with internal 13A sockets.
• 12-240v power inverter.
• 12v 30amp Sterling Pro Charge Ultra Lite digital/adaptive battery charger. New 2020.
• 3 x 115 Ah AGM domestic batteries. New 2025.
• 2 x new engine batteries 2022.

Tankage & systems

• Fuel - 1 x 272L stainless steel tank with inspection hatches.
• Water - 2 x 200L flexi water tanks under the saloon sole. New 2025.

Systems

• Eberspacher diesel fired heater.
• Pressurised hot and cold water.
• Hot water via a calorifier tank.
• Gas system with 3 x Calor gas bottles. New gas hose to the bottle 2020 and to the cooker 2021.
• Heads discharge seacocks changed 2020 and pipework cleaned and rear heads refurbished 2023.

Canvas work

• Owen Sails sprayhood. 2015.
• Owen Sails dodgers. New 2018.

Safety gear & equipment

• Ocean Safety 6 person liferaft, 2022 with 20yr life. Bespoke single person launching system.
• Emergency tiller.
• Life buoy.
• Dan buoy.
• Compass rescue harness.
• Electric bilge pump. Rewired and new float switch 2025.
• Carbon monoxide alarm.
• Emergency ball valve and through hull plugs.
• Bosuns chair.
• Bolt cutters.
• Anchor ball.

Additional equipment

• Honda 2hp 4 stroke outboard. New 2019. Serviced 2025. Spare engine oil.
• Zodiac dinghy with oars, pump and repair kit.
• Extensive tool kit.
• Extensive list of boat spares including greases, oils, gelcoat repair etc...
• 2 sets of jump leads.
• Diesel hand pump.
• Water hand pump.
• Water filler funnel.
• 2 x diesel filler funnels.
• 2 x 10L spare red diesel containers (full).
• 1 x 5lt petrol container (empty).