HERMIT OF HYTHE

32' 2" | Beneteau | Antares 9.8

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.

Description

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 heatingâ€”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.

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Build

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
Extendiing cockpit system
Additional stainless rails around cockpit to coding requirements
Stainless radar arch
Annual professional polish
Bow thruster
Trim tabs

Dimensions
Length Overall (LOA): 9.95 m - 9.98 m (approx. 32'8")
Hull Length (LWL): 9.56 m
Beam (Width): 3.42 m (11'2")
Draft: 0.90 m (2'11")
Air Draft: 4.30 m (approx. 14'1")
Displacement: 6,200 kg

Tankage and Capacity
Fuel Capacity: 650 Litres - tank drained and cleaned 2023
Fresh Water Capacity: 220 Litres
Holding Tank: 80 Litres

Mechanical and Electrical

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

Accommodation

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)