Beneteau Oceanis 343 Clipper Boat for Sale

• Manufacturer: Beneteau
• Price: €77,000
• Location: West Cork
• Year: 2008
• LOA: 35'6" (10.82m)
• LWL: 30'10" (9.40m)
• LWL: 30'10" (9.40m)
• Displacement: 6100 Kgs
• Ballast: 1543 Kgs
• Colour: Navy Blue
• Designer: Berret-Racoupeau
• Beam: 11' 5'' (3.48m)
• Berths: 6
• Draft: 1.91
• Keel: Fin Keel
• ID no.: 56160

• Cabins: 2
• Heating: Yes
• Heads: 1
• Showers: 1
• Watertank Size: 255 Litres
• Engine Make: Yanmar
• Horsepower: 29hp
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Fuel Tank Size: 75 Litres
• Cruise Speed: 6 knots
• Top Speed: 7 knots

Broker Remarks

This (2008 Model) Beneteau Oceanis 343 Clipper was built in November 2007 and was commissioned in 2008. She is the very desirable owner’s version with two cabins, including a very spacious owner’s aft cabin. The comfortable saloon is very roomy, bright and airy and also has excellent headroom. The well equipped galley includes a cooker with hob and oven and a large front-opening fridge. The heads is sizable and includes a separate shower area. When anchored or moored, the Tecsew cockpit enclosure transforms the cockpit into a comfortable living area protected from the weather, while the wheel swivels to one side to allow easy access around the cockpit. Her inventory includes a 29HP Yanmar diesel engine with shaft drive, bow thruster, electric windlass, fully battened mainsail with single line reefing, lazy jacks and lazy bag, furling genoa, gennaker, sprayhood, chart plotter, depth, log, autopilot, DSC VHF, heating and a lot more. “Pilibín” pronounced Pilibeen (Lapwing) is in excellent condition and is E.U. VAT paid. Viewing is highly recommended.

Accommodation

Owner’s Aft cabin to port:

Large double berth (2.04m x 2.15m) with fitted navy sheet over cream fabric cushion covers with zips, hanging locker, wood shelving along the side of the hull, transom and hull port-lights with curtains, opening port-lights with curtains to coachroof coaming and cockpit, ventilation deck hatch with blind and screen, access to engine compartment and starboard locker.

Forward cabin:

V-shaped double berth (2.00m x 1.66m x 1.40m), with fitted navy canvas cover over cream fabric cushion covers with zips, shelving along both sides, hanging locker, shelved locker and opening deck hatch with blind.

Saloon:

Settee (1.76m x 0.52m) and chart table to starboard. Curved settee to port (2.00m x 0.52m). Easily removable and washable navy canvas covers over cream fabric cushion covers with zips. Drop-leaf dining table with moulded wood fiddles and central storage area. Wood handrails along both sides of the coachroof. Shelving along thye hull on both sides of the saloon. Stowage locker with door along the hull to port. Stowage under port and starboard settees. Two opening deck hatches and two deck skylights, all with blinds. Two coachroof port-lights and two hull port-lights (all with curtains).

Chart Table:

Aft facing chart table to starboard with moulded wood fiddle and hinged top to access chart storage area underneath. Stowage drawer and locker under the chart table.

Galley:

U-shaped galley to port with laminated worktop, moulded wood fiddle and perspex divider to port settee. Stainless steel sink with infill chopping board. Mixer tap for hot/cold pressurised water. Gimballed 2-burner hob and oven with stainless steel guardrail. Front-opening, 12v fridge with 130 litre capacity and 2022 Ketotek STC-1000 temperature controller. Three high-level stowage lockers with doors along the hull. Additional stowage under hob and sink. Hatch in worktop to shelves under for stowage. Bottle stowage area under hatch along bulkhead to aft cabin. Bin stowage under sink. Opening port-light above hob for good ventilation.

Heads and Shower:

The heads is bright and airy, and has 2m headroom. One opening port-light and one fixed port-light in coachroof coaming. GRP washbasin with mixer tap for hot/cold pressurised water. Mirror-fronted locker over washbasin. Jabsco marine toilet. 80 litre holding tank with deck and sea pump-out. Shower area with wooden slatted seat. Shower is emptied by an electric sump pump.

Water System:

Electric fresh water pump with filters and accumulator. Two roto-moulded water tanks, 160 litre forwards and 95 litre in the saloon, with separate filling points in the deck. Hot water is provided by a 25 litre calorifier operated by a heat exchanger, and by 220V immersion when in port.

Other:

Woodwork in fruitwood-stained Alpi.
Wood laminated soles with black strips
Eberspacher hot air heating to saloon and both cabins.
Sliding PMMA tinted companionway hatch.
Wooden washboards. The bottom section hinges down to provide easy access to the companionway.

Mechanical and Rigging

Yanmar 3YM30 29HP inboard diesel engine.

Engine spares kit and service manual.

Sound-proofing foam in engine compartment.

Indirect fresh water cooling system, with filter on sea water circuit.

Engine control panel built into port cockpit seating.

Stainless steel propellor shaft with rope cutter.

Shaft protected in a GRP skeg moulded with the hull.

Three-bladed Flex-O-Fold folding propellor with a new anode.

75 litre fuel tank with electric gauge.

2023 Lewmar 185TT 3kW bow thruster

Inventory

Construction

The hull is a single-skinned GRP construction. Reinforced points (keel, rudder, chain plates, hull-deck joint) help to strengthen the structure.

A 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 (shroud chain-plate tie rods, keel, rudder, etc.), and spreads any loads, resulting in reduced strain on the hull. The surface material on the inner moulding makes cleaning easier and provides a better finish.

The deck is of sandwich construction (glass fibre and balsa) for an optimal strength/weight ratio and thermal and sound insulation.

The top surface of the deck has a ‘diamond point’ non-slip finish to increase safety over all areas of movement. The hull/deck joint is secured by an aluminium toerail bonded and screwed in position, which forms a foothold all around the hull for increased safety.

The steering wheel is mounted on a pivoting column in the cockpit. This allows the wheel to be placed in a fore-and-aft position when not in use, thereby facilitating movement around the cockpit. An emergency tiller is also provided. The wheel operates a spade rudder. 

The keel is of cast iron construction with a bulb at its base.

Sails and Rigging

Fractional 9/10 Z Spars tapered mast in anodised aluminium. Deck stepped with stainless steel pillar in the saloon. Aft swept twin spreaders. Boom topping lift on a cleat on the mast.

Z Spars anodised aluminium boom fitted with two reefing lines and mainsail outhaul tackle. Rigid boom vang, with adjusting line led back to the cockpit. 

Elvstrom polyester mainsail with four battens, lazy jacks and lazy bag. Two single line slab reefing system led back to cockpit. Elvstrom polyester furling genoa with anti UV strip in white acrylic.
Rolly Tasker gennaker with snuffer (like new), sheets and telescopic spinnaker pole.

Discontinuous stainless steel wire rigging (1 x 19).

Forestay with furling gear including 2023 halyard swivel with thrust bearings.

Two backstays. Two aft inner shrouds and two cap shrouds on side deck. 

Adjustable main traveller with two control lines led back to cockpit winches. Mainsail halyard and sheet also led back to cockpit winches. 

Two 4-sheave deck organisers. Two double clutches and one single clutch to port and starboard for lines led back to cockpit.

Two Harken H40 two speed self-tailing genoa sheet winches on cockpit coamings.
Two Harken H32 two speed self-tailing winches on the coachroof.

2022 Elasticated canvas covers with Velcro fastenings to all winches.

Winch handle pocket in the cockpit.

Deck and deck fittings

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpits surrounding the aft section of the cockpit with opening gate between. Two rows of stainless steel wire guardrails supported by six stainless steel stanchions.
Two teak handrails on coachroof.
Lifebuoy support, outboard motor bracket and ensign staff support on pushpits.
Continuous aluminium toerail along both sides.

Stainless steel bow fitting with offset fairlead rollers. Two fairleads and two 250mm aluminium mooring cleats forward. Two midship roller fairleads and two mooring cleats amidships. Two roller fairleads and two 250mm aluminium mooring cleats at the stern. 

Self-draining anchor locker with eyebolt and integrated windlass bracket, lid with locking bolt.
Electric Quick anchor windlass with 20m of 10mm galvanised chain and 30m of warp.
2020 Rocna 15kg anchor.

9 x Fenders, bow fender, warps and boat hook. 

Cockpit and Transom

Leather-covered, pivoting stainless steel steering wheel on a pedestal.
Chart plotter, navigational instruments, steering compass, engine control lever, handhold, 12V socket, and cup holder are mounted on the pedestal. Fold-down teak cockpit table with fold-out leaves attached to front of the pedestal.

Teak slatted benches along both sides of cockpit. Central pivoting teak slatted helm seat aft of wheel, with teak slatted seats on both sides. 

Very large cockpit locker to starboard, with shelves and access hatch from rear cabin. Storage locker to port. Gas locker to port quarter with storage for two cylinders. 

Manual bilge pump in cockpit.

"Tecsew" cockpit tent with stainless steel supports fully encloses the cockpit area. Fast and easy to erect and take down. Zipped cover neatly encloses folded tent on its 2020 support frame. Plastic windows on both sides and the stern give all-around visibility. Zipped side and back panels can be rolled up and secured for ventilation.

Spray hood, 2021 cockpit dodgers
2022 Wheel/pedestal/table zipped cover..

Level access, when central helm seat is raised, to teak slatted bathing platform on sugar-scoop transom. Stainless steel bathing ladder. Stainless steel handrails to assist boarding. Hot and cold shower in transom.

Protective rubber rubbing strake to aft edge of transom. 

Electrical

Ten switch 12V electrical panel with Clipper BM-1 battery monitor.

12V and USB sockets on the panel.

Sony FM/MW/LW radio with two speakers in the saloon and one in the cockpit.

One 70Ah engine start battery, two 85Ah domestic batteries, one 120Ah bow thruster battery.

220V shore power cable.

2021 Victron Energy Blue Smart IP22 battery charger.

220V sockets located in the saloon, cabins and galley.

Fore and aft navigation lights, steaming light and anchor light.

Electric bilge pump controlled from the electrical panel.

Navigation

In the cockpit:

2020 Raymarine Element 7 S chart-plotter with AIS display.

Raymarine ST60+ Wind instrument (wind speed and direction).

Raymarine ST60+ Tridata instrument (speed, depth and log).

Raymarine ST6002 Smart Pilot autopilot with 2025 wheel drive.

Bow thruster controls.

Steering compass.

Fusion VHF marine speaker.

At the chart table:

B&G Vulcan chart-plotter with AIS display.

2021 Em-Trak B100 AIS Class B.

ICOM IC-M411 DSC VHF radio.

ICS Nav6 Plus Navtex receiver.

Safety:

DSC VHF.

Jackstays (2020).

Danbuoy.

Lifebuoy.

Lifesling overboard rescue system.

Other

Antifouled June 2025

Hull polished June 2025

Engine serviced June 2025

Documentation

Previous Bills of Sale to first purchase.

Builder’s Certificate.

Declaration of Conformity.

Evidence of VAT payment.

Owners Comments

"Pilibín" (meaning Lapwing) is a lovely, spacious, comfortable boat. When moored or at anchor, the cockpit tent can be quickly and easily erected. This allows the cockpit area to be used in all weathers, while the windows on all sides allows 360° visibility. She is a fast, sea kindly boat and will glide along effortlessly in a Force 3 or on engine at less than 2000 rpm. For those who want to go faster, an almost unused gennaker is included. 

Broker's Comments

"Pilibín" was imported in from Wales in 2020 and one can see immediately that this boat has been exceptionally well minded by her owners. She is a lovely cruising yacht with all the bells and whistles!