Beneteau Oceanis 351

Main Description

‘Camelot’ is a 1998 Beneteau Oceanis 351, the sought-after two-cabin owner’s version of Jean Berret’s successful cruising design. She combines a particularly generous interior for her length with a practical cockpit, straightforward sail handling and a manageable cruising rig well suited to short-handed sailing. Mooring also available with the boat.

Already a well-equipped example, Camelot has benefited from a substantial programme of mechanical, rigging, navigation and onboard systems work since changing ownership in 2023. Major work undertaken across 2024 and 2025 includes complete standing rigging replacement, a new Harken Ocean headsail furling system, renewed stern gear components, redesigned sanitation system, replacement portlights, AGM batteries, modern Raymarine navigation equipment, AIS transmit and receive capability, solar charging and further engine servicing.

Construction & Dimensions

Construction

• GRP hull and superstructure


• Blue Awlgrip hull finish, professionally applied 2014


• Fin keel with wing


• Spade rudder


• Extended hull moulding around shaft installation


• Shaft-drive propulsion


• Teak laid cockpit seating and sole areas


• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and guardrails

Principal Dimensions

• LOA: 10.62m / 34ft 10in


• LWL: 9.27m / 30ft 5in


• Beam: 3.81m / 12ft 6in


• Maximum draft: 1.52m / 5ft 0in


• Displacement: 5,300kg


• Ballast: 1,700kg

Engine & Propulsion

• Volvo Penta MD2030


• Three-cylinder marine diesel engine


• 29hp


• Fresh-water cooled


• Shaft drive


• Three-bladed bronze propeller


• Ambassador rope cutter


• Approximately 7-knot cruising speed


• Approximately 8-knot maximum speed


• Engine installation accessible beneath companionway

2024 Mechanical & Stern Gear Work

March 2024:

• Stern tube water-feed nipple renewed


• Volvo shaft seal renewed


• Cutless bearing renewed


• Ambassador rope cutter serviced


• Heat exchanger removed/cleaned


• Bilge pumps serviced


• Fuel tank emptied and internally cleaned


• Fresh fuel added following tank cleaning


• Engine fuel lines attended to


• New engine impeller


• Coolant renewed

April 2024:

• New engine thermostat

Engine Controls

• Volvo Penta engine instrumentation


• Volvo engine control panel fitted January 2025

Electrical & Charging Systems

• 12V DC domestic electrical system


• 240V shore power system


• Alternator charging


• Shore power battery charging


• Three internal 240V outlets with European sockets


• Two domestic batteries


• One engine-start battery


• All three batteries replaced with AGM units, April 2024


• Victron Smart battery charger


• 100W solar charging installation


• Electrical distribution panel at navigation station

Tankage & Plumbing

Fuel

• 100-litre diesel tank


• Located aft of engine


• Tank emptied, cleaned and refuelled March 2024

Fresh Water

• Total freshwater capacity approximately 400 litres


• Two tanks


• One beneath forward berth


• One beneath aft berth


• Pressurised hot and cold water system

Hot Water

• Approximately 25-litre calorifier


• Located beneath saloon seating

Waste System

The sanitation system was substantially redesigned in March 2024.

• Jabsco manual marine toilet


• Tek-Tanks 40-litre vertical waste holding tank


• Tek-Tanks polyethylene tank


• Tank manufactured December 2023


• Dedicated sanitation hose installation


• Redesigned waste plumbing and discharge arrangement


• Separate shower area within heads compartment

Rig & Sails

Spars & Standing Rigging

• Aluminium mast


• Conventional masthead cruising rig


• Complete standing rigging renewed June 2024


• Mast removed for standing-rigging replacement


• Harken Ocean Unit 1 headsail furling system fitted June 2024


• New Windex fitted June 2024


• LED navigation lights fitted during mast work, June 2024


• Running rigging previously renewed in 2019


• Lines led aft to cockpit for short-handed operation


• Genoa tracks mounted on coachroof

Sails

• Solo Sails mainsail


• Fully battened mainsail


• Three slab reefs


• Lazy jack system


• Stack-pack mainsail cover


• Furling genoa


• Traditional slab-reefing arrangement rather than in-mast furling

Deck & Cockpit

• Large aft cockpit


• Wheel steering


• Stainless steel steering wheel


• Binnacle-mounted compass


• Drop-leaf cockpit table with internal storage


• Large starboard cockpit locker extending deep into bilge area


• Shallower port cockpit locker


• Drop-down helm seat providing access to bathing platform


• Stainless steel folding bathing ladder


• Cockpit shower


• Stainless steel outboard lifting davit


• Pushpit-mounted outboard bracket


• Large sprayhood with grab rail


• Teak cockpit seating and sole sections


• Sail controls led aft for cockpit operation


• Two Lewmar self-tailing halyard/genoa sheet winches beneath sprayhood


• Ground Tackle
  
  
  
  • 20kg Bruce anchor
  
  
  • 30m of 10mm chain
  
  
  • Approximately 30m additional rope rode
  
  
  • Electric anchor windlass
  
  
  • Replacement windlass control switches
  
  
  • Bow anchor roller
  
  
  • Chain locker
  
  
  
  

Navigation & Electronics

• 2025 Raymarine Installation
  
  
  
  • Raymarine 9-inch multifunction chartplotter
  
  
  • Colour cartography and GPS navigation
  
  
  • Raymarine autopilot control head
  
  
  • Autopilot computer
  
  
  • Autopilot ram seal renewed
  
  
  • Raymarine combined depth and speed/log instrument
  
  
  • Raymarine Smart remote controller
  
  
  • AIS transmit and receive system
  
  
  
  

Accommodation

• Two private double cabins


• Additional saloon berth


• Accommodation for approximately five


• Large forward double cabin


• Particularly spacious aft double cabin


• Hanging lockers and dedicated storage in both cabins


• Large saloon


• U-shaped/settee seating arrangement


• Saloon dining table


• Extensive under-seat storage


• Timber interior joinery


• Numerous lockers and cupboards


• Opening deck hatches and portlights


• Portlights replaced March 2024


• Carpeting fitted through saloon and galley (not fitted)


• Dedicated navigation station


• Chart table


• Electrical distribution and navigation equipment at chart table


• Eberspächer diesel heating throughout

Galley

• Large linear galley arrangement


• Double stainless steel sink


• Pressurised hot and cold water


• Filtered galley water supply


• Techimpex oven


• Two-burner gas hob


• Techimpex cooker installed with new gas pipework in 2023


• Approximately 200-litre refrigerator


• Internal ice box


• Extensive worktop space


• Overhead cupboards


• Under-counter cabinetry


• General galley storage


• Beneteau-branded crockery and cutlery inventory


• New galley carpeting

Heads & Shower

One of the more useful recent upgrades aboard Camelot is the redesigned sanitation installation.

• Large heads compartment


• Jabsco manual marine toilet


• 40-litre Tek-Tanks waste holding tank


• Sanitation system redesigned March 2024


• Separate shower compartment


• Hand basin


• Hot and cold pressurised water


• Flexible shower head


• Wet-storage locker


• Mirror


• Storage cabinetry


• Opening portlight


• Dedicated shower area separated from the toilet space

Heating

• Eberspächer diesel-fired warm-air heating system


• Four cabin outlets


• Heating distributed throughout accommodation

Safety

Safety Equipment

• Horseshoe lifebuoy


• Dan buoy


• Rescue sling


• Bilge pumping arrangements

Broker’s Comment

Camelot has had a serious amount of sensible work carried out since changing hands in 2023. Rather than simply updating the cosmetics, the current owner has worked through the areas that matter on an established cruising yacht: standing rigging, stern gear, sanitation, charging, batteries and navigation.

The Oceanis 351 has always been a very usable cruising boat and this two-cabin version makes particularly good use of the space. Camelot retains the warmth and practicality of the original Beneteau interior, but now benefits from a much more current cruising specification. For someone looking for a straightforward, comfortable yacht that can genuinely be handled short-handed, there is a lot here to like.

Notable Recent Maintenance & Upgrades

March 2024

• Stern tube water-feed nipple renewed


• Volvo shaft seal renewed


• Cutless bearing renewed


• Ambassador rope cutter serviced


• Portlights replaced


• Heat exchanger cleaned


• Sanitation system redesigned


• New Jabsco toilet


• Tek-Tanks waste tank installation


• Bilge pumps serviced


• Fuel tank emptied and cleaned


• Fuel renewed


• Fuel lines attended to


• New engine impeller


• Engine coolant renewed

April 2024

• Engine thermostat replaced


• Two domestic AGM batteries fitted


• AGM engine-start battery fitted

June 2024

• Mast removed


• Complete standing rigging renewed


• Harken Ocean Unit 1 headsail furler installed


• LED navigation lights fitted


• New Windex

January 2025

• Autopilot ram seal renewed


• New Raymarine autopilot head unit


• New autopilot computer


• New 9-inch Raymarine multifunction plotter


• Raymarine Smart remote controller


• New Raymarine depth/log instrumentation


• New Volvo engine control panel


• AIS transmit and receive installation


• Victron Smart charger


• 100W solar charging installation