A rare opportunity to acquire a top-spec, never-chartered Beneteau Sense 43. She is a 2012 example that has been meticulously maintained and generously upgraded, making her one of the finest on the market today.
Designed with comfort and performance in mind, this Beneteau Sense 43 boasts an airy and spacious layout, made all the more inviting by her light-filled saloon, oak laminate flooring, and luxurious white leather upholstery. The Sense 43 is known for its innovative design – fewer steps from cockpit to saloon (just three!), generous beam carried aft, and twin rudders for balance and responsiveness under sail.
Equipped for serious cruising, this Beneteau Sense 43 features a 6kW Onan generator, dual air-conditioning and heating systems, and a powerful Yanmar 55HP with sail drive. Docking is a breeze with her bow thruster. Recent additions include twin Raymarine Axiom 9 chartplotters (2024), new standing rigging (2023), and new furling mainsail and genoa (Quantum, August 2023).
Her inventory is extensive: in-mast furling mainsail, Furlex genoa, Code 0, electric coachroof winch, Raymarine radar, autopilot, AIS, VHF, and Simarine Pico tank and battery monitoring. Down below she impresses with a proper galley (3-burner stove, oven, microwave, twin sinks, dual fridges), a spacious saloon with Bose audio, TV, and dedicated chart table.
She sleeps six in two large double cabins and a convertible saloon. The heads compartment includes a separate shower, electric toilet (hoses and anti-return valve new July 2024), and generous headroom throughout (1.95m).
On deck, her large, well-protected cockpit includes a folding table, sunbed option, bimini, sprayhood, and hot/cold transom shower. For exploration ashore, a 2022 USHIP tender and 2.3HP Honda outboard (new carb) are included.
Whether you're aiming for bluewater cruising or comfortable Med living, this yacht offers a turnkey solution at a superb value.
Viewing highly recommended – boats of this calibre rarely linger.
Additional Information
General specifications
Year 2012
L.O.A 13,10 m
Hull length 12,80
Beam 4,28m
Deep draught 2,10 m
Deep ballast weight 2 650 kg
Air draught 18,88 m
Light displacement (EC) 10 070 kg
Fuel capacity 400 l (2*200 l)
Fresh water capacity 600 l
(1* 300 l + 2 *150 l)
Engine power 55 HP Sail Drive
Sail area
Main sail 40 m²
Genua 41 m²
Code 0 105 m²
Construction
Hull: Polyester
Deck: Balsa and glass fibre sandwich
Keel: Cast iron
Rudder: Twin underhung rudders
Deck equipment
Rigging
SELDEN furling mast alu Fractional (August 2023)
2 spreaders
Boom aluminium
Genoa furling system
Stabdibng rigging new (August 2023)
Rigging run back to cockpit
Furling genoa: furlex 304 s
2 rope boxes
2 genoa tracks with adjusted traveller cars
Winches 2 Genoa sheet winches (H46.2 STC)
1 Coachroof winch H40.2
1 Electric coachroof winch H40.2 (2023)
Sail
Quantum Furling genoa with UV protective strip (August 2023)
Furling Mainsail (August 2023)
Code 0 lightly used
Mooring
Anchor 20kg
Anchorchain 60m
1000 W Vertical electric windlass
Stainless steel bow fitting 2 Stem roller
6 Aluminium mooring cleats
Reling
1 Lifebuoy support bracket
1 Outboard engine bracket
Cockpit
Self-draining cockpit
large cockpit locker starboard and port
1 Gas locker
1 Liferaft locker in cockpit sole
2 Steering wheel consoles:
- 2 Stainless steel steering wheels, 900 mm diameter leather covered
- 2 Steering compass on binaccle
- 2 Chartplotter Raymarine Axiom9 NEW (September 2024)
- 1 Joystick bowprop
- 1 Engine throttle and control panel
- 2 Glass holders
1 Wooden cockpit table with leaf to starboard which can be transformed into sun-bathing area
2 waterproof loudspeakers on fixed arch NEW (2024)
Cockpit lighting integrated in fixed arch
Seat upholstery for all seats
Back upholstery for all seats
Splayhood
Bimini
Aft Transom
1 Stainless steel bathing ladder
- solid wood steps
- folds intolocker
1 Shower hot/cold water
1 Shore power socket 230V general
1 Shore power socket 230V for AC
• 2 wet lockers on skirt
Dinghy
USHIP tender 230 (low weight) . 2022
2.3 PS Honda (NEW Carburator)
Interior
General
Fruitwood Alpi joinery
oak laminate flooring
Indirect lighting - LED
Companionway
3 steps only (45°)
Saloon
Headroom: 1,95 m
U shaped saloon bench white leather upholstery
Saloon table varnished wood top
1 central unit with folding bench seat and Stowage - Bar
2 flush deck hatch
LED indirect lighting
Sonic Hub + Speakers (BOSE)
TV
Aircondition / heater (2 compressors)
Charttable
Control console with flap - oddments locker
Electric panel
Panel for generator (6kW)
Simarine Pico
- Batterycontrol
- Tanklevel
- Temperature
- Barometer
Panel for aircondition/heat
Galley
Headroom: 1,95 m
Synthetic resin worktop
Sink with 2 rectangular bowls
Gas cooker 3 burners, Stainless steel oven on mountings
Microwave
Steam exhaust
1 Fridge 130 l, front opening
1 Cooler 85 l, top opening
Foot-pump Seawater
Cupboards, Drawers and
equipped lockers
Forward cabin
Headroom: 1,95 m
Central double bed (2,10 x 1,55 m - 0,60 m)
Hanging locker, Cupboard, Shelving - Drawer - Mirror
2 Hull portholes with curtain
2 Opening deck hatches
Aircondition/Heating
Port cabin
Headroom: 1,95 m
Double bed (1,97 x 1,43 m - 1,07 m)
Hanging locker, Cupboards, Lockers and cubby holes
Aircondition/Heating
Head
Headroom: 1,95 m
Separate moulded shower (hot/cold)
electric toilet (All hoses and anti-return valve NEW July 2024)
Washbasin
Mirrors
Lockers
Aircondition/Heating
Engine
Yanmar 4JH5CE 4 Cylinder 39kW (55 HP)
Alternator 12V
Gearbox SD50 with new Clunch
Folding 3 blades propeller
2 * 200L Dieseltank
Bowprop
Sleipner Side Power SE80 2 Prop 4kW
New silent blocks (2024)
Navigation
1 Raymarine Chartplotter AXIOM 9 NEW September 2024
A second Raymarine Chartplotter AXIOM 9 NEW September 2024
Raymarine AIS 650
Raymarine VHF
Raymarine Radar Quantum (2015)
Echolot, Speedometer, Windanzeige
Raymarine Autopilot
Electricity 12V
4 * 125 Ah 12V AGM (JUNE 2024)
2 Batterycharges 25Ah (an 220V)
Supportbatterie Bowprop
Electricity 230V
Shorepower
6kW Generator 230V
many 230V Sockets (SCHUKO)
Inverter 12/230V 2kW
Plumbing
2 * 150L freshwater tank
1 * 300L freshwater tank
Pressurised electric water pump
Hot water from 230V or Engine
Blackwater tank / Hoses NEW (July 2024)
Deckwash pump
Shore freshwater supply
Gas
Gas bottle box in the cockpit (2 bottles)
System Campinggas
Add’s
6kW Onan Generator 2 * AirCondition/Heat
Radar
Bow prop.
1 electric Winch
Code 0
Inverter 12V 230V 2kW
Simarine Pico battery and tank monitor
electric toilet
Microwave
TV
Recent maintenance
Seacocks: all seacocks (6) changed in 2021. Three changed again in 2024.
Sails: Quantum sails (2023) for the genos and Main. Code0: Northsails (from the very beginning; very lightly used).
Last engine service (and generator): May 2025. Oil, oil filter, diesel filter, propeller.
Antifouling: (HI, 3 layers): May 2025
Polish (hull): 2024
Saildrive: oil changed in 2023.