Bluewater Beneteau Oceanis 500 Systems Tour—FOR SALE, fresh in from 2025 Pacific crossing

1990 Beneteau Oceanis 500 – Proven, Comfortable, and Lightly Owned Offshore Passagemaker

2:45 Cockpit and winches
6:50 Sugar scoop transom, Hyrdovane, Watt&Sea, swim ladder, shower, paddle board
9:15 Tender + outboard
10:35 Solar arch, Starlink, radar, wind generator, AIS, Iridium antenna
12:00 EPIRB, MOMs, other safety equipment
13:00 Cockpit table and lazarettes
16:10 Coachroof, mast and halyard winches
22:15 Foredeck, anchor locker, headsail fuller
26:00 Forward sail locker
29:04 Salon and berths
34:00 Fridge/freezer, galley, galley/salon storage
40:30 Fire extinguishers, smoke/CO alarms, bilge pumps, other safety equipment
42:45 Freshwater system and water maker
47:00 Waste water system
48:00 Batteries and electrics, including main bilge
51:30 Inverter and dive compressor
53:15 Engine and drivetrain
1:00:00 Steering system

This is not just another production cruiser—it’s a boat with a story and pedigree. For 29 of the past 31 years, she’s been in the hands of just two sets of owners, each of whom sailed her across oceans and maintained her with care. From 1998–2004 she completed a successful circumnavigation from California along the Pacific Milk run, North Indian Ocean, South Africa, Brazil, Caribbean, and Panama Canal. From 1994–2022, she was fastidiously maintained by one long-term owner. Between 2022–2024 she was barely used—just 5 engine hours. In 2025, her current young owners invested over $50k into a major refit and sailed her from California across the Pacific, through Mexico, French Polynesia, Tonga, and Fiji. Now, reluctantly, they’re selling only because it’s time to return to work.

She’s a true bluewater cruiser: fast, comfortable, and safe offshore, while also being remarkably livable at anchor. With a shallow wing keel, rugged mast and rig, enormous tankage, and huge amounts of storage, she’s built for extended voyaging. Her systems are simple and accessible—engine and steering can be reached easily, the stuffing box can be repacked in the water, and all thru-hulls are within reach. She carries prodigious battery and solar capacity, a brand-new Spectra watermaker, Hydrovane windvane, Jordan Series drogue, Fiorentino para-anchor, and an enormous galley and fridge/freezer capacity to keep a crew fed and comfortable on passages. And an onboard dive compressor to boot!

At 50 feet, she’s just small enough for a couple to cross oceans in comfort without relying on electric winches and overloaded sails. Lee cloths in every cabin make it possible to carry crew on passage if desired. Her hull speed of nearly 9 knots makes crossings faster than smaller boats. At anchor, she’s airy, spacious, and practical, with capacious closets, fans and lights in every cabin, oversized berths, and a secure, enclosed cockpit.

For buyers looking for a proven passagemaker with a remarkable ownership history, this Oceanis 500 represents an opportunity: recently surveyed, fully equipped, refitted, ready-to-sail world cruiser with the reliability and upgrades already in place. She’s not just another yacht on the market—she’s a boat that has already carried her people safely across oceans and is ready to do it again.

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