Beneteau took a long hard, look at us cruisers and how we sail to figure out what sort of boat we wanted. The result is the Sense range - essentially an apartment with amazing views that's great fun to sail. We tested the 46 in Palma.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Chris Beeson is in a class of his own. One of the finest presenter and reviewers of yachts I’ve ever listened too!
I love the way this guy reviews boats. I've seen him do it a few times, he doesn't berate the boat, but just nonchalantly lists off everything that's less than stellar. A good critic.
I am really not familiar with that area , since I only have 6 weeks a year to sail on the open seas . So far in the med ,( Croatia, Italy , Greece ) and the Caribbean , where I have sailed , I am confident this boat would suit me just fine . Greetings from Hungary , Lake Balaton
I really appreciate the honesty and thoroughness of your reviews. Not like a selling video. :-)I hope to see reviews on recent boats. Discovery 48 perhaps?Take care!
***** Thanks for the tip I'll look for a french one when I'm ready to buy as for below the water line I would never buy any boat with out having it hauled out and surveyed.
Awesome review as always! However i do have a request and that is a long and detailed review of my absolute favorite sailing yacht the BENETEAU OCEANIS 55. I would absolutely love to see a full on review on it. I have only seen it once on a boat show in Sweden but i didnt get a good look at it since there where so many people on it and the line was so long it take forever to get on it and have a look and feel. I hope it will be possible! Cheers !
...forget about everything of this great boat; the idea of the "mirror-waveline" is reeeeeaally awesome! why aren't there more people, that have foliatecs on there boats? for cars its a normal thing... why not with boats?! great idea! - and by the way; thanks a lot to all your GREAT videos and reviews! ;)
I thought that some of the design ideas were inspired: e.g. that fold down bench seat in the saloon neatly solves the problem of wasted space vs no passage forward when you have a linear galley. Some of the other things were weird (window into the head) verging on stupid (not fully enclosed showers in the stateroom). That pull up transom thingy was particularly stupid: either get an open transom boat or get a closed one and be ready to step up and down over it. The very low step in the companionway is just inviting seawater into the saloon; and the companionway doors were a joke. Chris pretty much said it: Beneteau built this boat for people that don't like sailing. In that case, it should be equipped with blazers and cravats for guests who forget to bring their own...
At sea the front of the boat rocks up and down the most, while the back got the least movement. Therefore you would want to sleep where there is the least movement. If planning on sleeping at all.
One of the major problems we have had was delivery time, and build time. 6 months is what we were quoted through a competitor. HAHAHAAAAAAHAHAAA!!! 20 months later.. where o where...
Chris is great! This boat illustrates how boat interiors are evolving towards simplest and least compicated manufacturing, as he opens the table I immediately feel that floppy cheap cornered movingeverywhere light breakseasily willnotlastlong ikea feel. Pathetic. That robust cozy well detailed aestetic old feel of beneteau is long gone. All went down into the squared furniture style from Elan and Hanse. I guess sales figures justified it. Sad That middle rail thingie in the cockpit? That would be the absolute number 1 for me for not to buy. Who wants to start a boat ownership with a steel rail removal and see the cockpit floor base attachment every day (what was this here?)
Audio is way over compressed, lap mic is on the left channel. Hard to understand because of poor post production, it sounds like a preset compressor in Premiere. Love the content of the vids though!
Definitely not nearly as impressive of a boat as I would expect from beneteau.. honestly, I think they're 20 year old boats are put together a little better than this..
YACHTING MOUNTHLY REALLY LACKS OVERALL REVIEW OF THE YACHTS! 70% OF THEIR PORAGRAMES ARE ABOUT HOW MANY LOCKERS AND HOW MUCH STORAGE A YACHT HAS! SAD!!!
This guy look like he hate this job apology’s for been rude but he just opens a door and close shut done explain at least what the doors are where and what is anyway that’s my opinion 😂
Like the way the parrot doing the review, parrots just repeat the same thing all the time, he just brushes past the subject of access for maintenance. As someone who has had the misfortune to have done maintenance on these boats I would say the are the worst I have ever come across for maintenance. If the parrot says something might be a bit hard to get at read that as impossible. Buyer beware.
