Beneteau Antares 9.80

Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom20049.8m
Asking Price
$74,950 GBP
MakeBeneteau
ModelAntares 9.80
Year2004
Length9.8m3.42m beam
FuelDiesel650L tank
Cabins24 berths

Overview

About this vessel

This 2004 Beneteau Antares 9.80 is a superb example of this popular pocket flybridge cruiser, well maintained and thoughtfully upgraded. Featuring Coppercoat antifouling, comprehensive electronics, and cabin heating, she is equipped for extended cruising. The spacious flybridge is ideal for entertaining, while the innovative extending transom offers flexibility between cockpit space and bathing platform. A capable, comfortable cruiser suited to coastal passages or longer adventures.

This 2004 Beneteau Antares 9.80 presents as an outstanding example of this highly regarded pocket flybridge cruiser, clearly benefiting from attentive ownership and continuous investment. Well specified and thoughtfully upgraded, she features Coppercoat antifouling for reduced maintenance, a comprehensive navigation electronics package, and cabin heating—ensuring comfortable, extended use throughout the seasons. The flybridge provides a generous and sociable helm and seating area, ideal for relaxed cruising and entertaining, while the versatile cockpit is enhanced by an extending transom system. This clever arrangement allows you to switch effortlessly between a spacious entertaining area and an enlarged bathing platform. Renowned for her capable hull and seakeeping, the Antares 9.80 is equally at home on coastal passages or longer cruises, offering a reassuring blend of performance, practicality, and comfort.

Specifications

The details

Vessel
MakeBeneteau
ModelAntares 9.80
Year2004
Dimensions
Length overall9.8m
Beam3.42m
Draft0.9m
Accommodation
Cabins2
Berths4
Heads1
Engine & Fuel
Engine makeNanni
Engine model4.390 TDI
Engine count2
Drive typeShaft Drive
Fuel typeDiesel
Fuel tankage650L

Features

On board

Built by Beneteau in France in 2004
GRP hull, deck and superstructure in white
Hull Coppercoated 2023
Teak cockpit, bathing platform and flybridge decks with teak capping rails to cockpit
Extending cockpit system
Additional stainless rails around cockpit to coding requirements
Stainless radar arch
Annual professional polish
Bow thruster
Trim tabs
Fuel Capacity: 650 Litres - tank drained and cleaned 2023
Fresh Water Capacity: 220 Litres
Holding Tank: 80 Litres
2 x Nanni 4.390 TDI four cylinder diesel engines (Toyota based)
Shaft drive to four-bladed bronze propellors
Professionally serviced annually
Engine cooling system chemically flushed in 2025
3 x 12v batteries charged by engine alternators and 240v shore power
Sleeps six in two cabins plus saloon
Flat screen TV with DVD player
Eberspacher 5DL diesel fired central heating
Gas, Carbon Monoxide and Smoke detectors
Forward cabin with large centreline double berth
Wardrobe and lockers
Mid cabin with two bunk berths
Lockers
Heads compartment with WC, shower and basin
Saloon dinette in cream leather converts to double berth
Folding saloon table
Saloon storage to starboard in generous sideboard
Galley with stainless sink, ENO two burner stove and oven with grill
Fridge with freezer compartment
Water purification system
Cockpit with extending sliding transom to prioritise cockpit space or bathing platform
Flybridge with helm and co-pilot seating plus sun lounger
Navigation Equipment: Raymarine C120 plotter and radar, Raymarine 6001 autopilot, Raymarine Hybrid Touch plotter with bronze sonar transducer, Raymarine RL70 CRC on Flybridge, Icom console DSC/VHF, SeeMe active radar reflector
Deck Equipment: Bimini cover, Flybridge covers, External Windscreen and window covers, Exterior covers for cockpit with frame
Electric Lofrans X2 windlass with remote controls
4 person liferaft
High luminosity LED Flare
Fenders x 8
Boat hook x 1
Fire extinguishers x 5 (two automatic, two remote and one under helm seat)

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