The 2007 Beneteau 46 is an excellent example of the successful collaboration between Berret-Racoupeau and Nauta Design. This model is widely regarded for its balance of comfort, seaworthiness, and ease of handling, making it an excellent choice for both extended cruising and local sailing.
"Sunniva" has many Key Features that should not be overlooked:
- Two Stateroom
- In-Mast Furling
- Standing Rigging Replaced 2021
- Shoal Draft
- Solar Panels
- Dinghy Davits
- Onan Cummins Generator
- Two zone Air Conditioner
- Electric winches
- Watermaker
- Bow Thruster
Currently on her mooring for the 2025 Sailing Season and available for viewings by request.
Accommodations
The interior layout offers a spacious salon with abundant natural light from panoramic windows. The two-cabin configuration allows for flexibility in use, accommodating family cruising with two spacious staterooms forward and aft.
Galley:
The L-shaped galley is fully equipped with a stovetop, oven, microwave, refrigerator, and ample counter space, designed for both practicality at sea and convenience at anchor.
- 1 rectangular stainless steel double sink with chopping board
- 1 mixer tap with hot and cold pressurised water
- 1 stainless steel, gimballed 3-burner stove and oven with stainless steel safety rail
- 1 front-opening 12 V, 130 litres refrigerator
- 1 top-opening GRP 100 L icebox compartment
- Synthetic resin worktop surrounding sinks, along the hull and over the icebox
- 1 locker with double doors under sink with wastebin and stainless steel bottle rack
- 1 unit comprising 3 lockers with shelving and tea towel holder
- 1 cutlery drawer
- 1 locker with sliding stainless steel vegetable rack
- 3 closed shelves
- 1 shelf with stainless steel fiddle
Deck and Cockpit
Twin helm stations provide excellent visibility and access to the sail handling systems. The cockpit is designed for comfort, featuring a folding table, ample seating, and a walkthrough transom for easy access to the swim platform. In-mast furling mainsail and furling genoa make single-handed or shorthanded sailing straightforward.
- Dodger, Bimini, Connector and Full Screen Enclosure
- SeaDek Cockpit Flooring
- Teak Slatted Cockpit Benches
- Cockpit Cushions
- 3 cockpit stowage lockers: 1 locker to port, 1 locker under helm seat to starboard and 1 under helm seat to port.
- Twin steering consoles with stainless steel handrail capable of taking navigation instruments
- 2 column-mounted steering compasses, one at each helm position
- 1 engine control panel located near the helm seat to starboard
- GRP cockpit table with 2 folding leaves, oddments locker, stainless steel handrail, 12 V socket and lamp with shade
- 2 waterproof speakers.
- 2 winch handle pockets.
- 1 shore supply socket to starboard.
- GRP self-draining cockpit floor
- 1 gas locker for 2 bottles located at the bottom of the cockpit near the access to the transom skirt
Navigational Equipment
- Raymarine Axiom Chartplotter at Helm (2022)
- Raymarine Axiom Chartplotter at Nav Station (2022)
- Raymarine Digtal Radar 2024
- AIS
- ST60+ Tridata log, speedo, depth sounder.
- ST60+ windvane anemometer
- ST6002 Autopilot
- ST60+ Graphic display multifunction repeater.
Electrical Equipment
- Onan Cummins Generator (2007 hours 9/2025)
- Mastervolt AGM Batteries (2022)
- Mastervolt Charge Controller
- Two Solar Panels on Bimini
Mechanical and Systems
- Lewmar Bow Thruster
- Watermaker
- Yanmar 75HP engine
- Drive shaft transmission.
- Engine mounting built into the inner moulding.
- Engine compartment insulated with soundproofing foam
- Ventilation ensured by an air intake and forced air exhaust on transom.
- Engine access by companionway steps through an opening supported by a gas-strut.
- 2 side access hatches in the aft cabins for maintenance.
- Stainless steel propeller shaft is protected by a GRP moulding in the hull. -1 fixed three-blade propeller.
- 1 rotomoulded fuel tank (200 litres), located under the aft starboard berth with electronic gauge.
- Seawater and diesel filters and sediment reservoir.
- Engine control panel with built-in key start, located in the cockpit to starboard near the helm seat.
Construction
- The hull is of single-skinned GRP construction.
- Local areas of reinforcement (keel, rudder, chain plates, hull-deck joint) serve to strengthen the structure.
- A single-skinned structural inner moulding is bonded and laminated to the hull. Its structural role is important as it takes and absorbs the stresses at pressure points (chainplate tie rods, keel, rudder, etc.) guaranteeing reduced strain on the hull.
- The deck is sandwich construction (glass fibre and balsa) for optimum strength / weight ratio as well as excellent heat and sound insulation.
- All working areas and areas of movement around the deck are provided with a moulded diamond non-slip finish.
- The surface of the inner moulding makes cleaning easier and provides a better finish.
Sails and Rigging
- In Mast Furling
- Standing Rigging Replaced (2021)
- 135% Genoa - North Sails
- Mainsail - North Sails (2017)
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.