2007 Beneteau 49

INTRODUCTION:

Cruising World Boat of the Year Award 2007 – “Best Full-Sized Production Cruiser Category”

It’s incredibly rare that we come across a yacht so spectacularly updated or an owner so meticulously focused.  Purchased in 2023, he went over every feature, every system, and embarked on a plan to make her even better.  The goal?  Serious ocean passage making:  the Caribbean, Europe and beyond.  The latest systems, updated rig, new sails, new hull paint job, new decks, the latest and best power and yacht management system from Victron, the works really…. The vast list of updates go far beyond just the major enhancements as expressed in this highly detailed listing. Why for sale???? Life gets in the way of the best laid plans sometimes. The owner of PIXIE DUST is moving abroad to check out another part of the world for a while.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• 2007 “Cruising World” Boat of the Year – Best Full Size Production Cruiser
• Over $120k overhaul over the past year!
• “Owners Layout” with 2-cabin, 2-head configuration
• Hull painted – winter 2023 
• New nonskid decks (teak decks removed) May 2024
• New standing rigging July 2024, mast stepped 7/29/24
• Main and genoa sails new in 2021, extra main new in 2020
• Upgraded Victron smart charging system integrated with solar 2024
• 78hp Yanmar engine with 2,850 hours, folding 3-blade max-prop
• Fischer Panda 8kw genset with 2,772 hours, rebuilt in 2017 by previous owners
• Custom Kato arch with solar panel system
• Raymarine electronics package with radar, Hybrid touch plotter – new in 2018
• 2-Zone CruisAir reverse-cycle air conditioning and heat system
• Electric quiet-flush heads

A touch of super yacht styling in an affordable package, this brilliant renovated Beneteau 49, PIXIE DUST, offers all the performance and accommodation of a much larger yacht in the sub-50’ category.  To truly enjoy an off-shore passage, you need some mass underfoot.  At around 30,000 to 35,000 pounds (loaded), an adventurous couple can travel fast, far and wide in comfort, style and safety – across oceans or around the world as desired.

Beneteau fine tunes the big boat feel a­­nd offers true blue water performance.  She’s as easy to handle in a big blow as she is around the dock.  Her spacious cockpit is easy to navigate and offers­­ ample space for electronics at just the right locations.  All sailing gear is at arm’s length.  She enjoys blue water thoughtful touches like built-in life raft storage in the stern and high cockpit coamings for comfort and safety.

Her interior, by Italian firm Nauta Designs, famous for megayacht interiors, provides a layout below that is safe to navigate in spirited seas w/plenty of handholds from bow to stern.  In this highly sought after two-stateroom layout, both fore and aft cabins are equally huge and accommodating with abundant storage.

Though rare for yachts this size, owners can enjoy the aft stateroom in rougher seas or, equally, the forward stateroom at anchor when a breeze is desired.  The aft stateroom on this aft-cockpit yacht rivals the owner’s cabin on most center cockpit yachts.

Her cockpit, rig, gear, and decks are laid out for a couple to manage easily - single-handed sailing is a breeze when the rest of your crew is off watch.  Oversized all-electric cockpit winches do all the work, making this big boat feel much smaller for a cruising couple in a big blow while maintaining the safety and comfort that a big yacht provides.

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UPDATES AND UPGRADES

• Hull sides painted by M-Yachts, Annapolis - (2023)
• Other M-Yachts Service:
•  Hull serviced, nicks and scratches removed pre-paint
•  Thru-hulls replaced
•  Deck washdown salt-water intakes added
•  Cutlass bearing serviced
•  Bottom painted with Interlux primer and Trinidad bottom paint (spring 2024)
• Teak decks removed and professionally painted with new nonskid – Diversified Marine (2024)
•  Removed teak decks (with full structural inspection to check for any leaks from bunging, leak free!!)
•  Awlgripped new top decks (full hardware removal, spray job in Diversified tent)
• Rig removed and serviced by CL Rigging for full inspection (2024)
•  Replaced standing rigging
•   Replaced Harken Mk IV furler unit
•  New Genoa (2021) - recut for enhanced fit (Aug 2024)
•  New main sail w/performance vertical battens (2021 - has about three days of use since new)
•   Replaced lower drive unit of in-mast furling (2023)
•   Replaced spreaders (2024)
•   Installation of new whisker pole and hardware for vertical mast storage (2024)
•   New genoa halyard run – Enduro (2024)
•   Mast stepped 7/29/24 and re-rigged with 2023 new sails
• Upgraded electrical and mechanical systems with Diversified/Bayshore Marine (2024)
•   Upgraded Balmar alternator from standard 80amp (2024)
•   Victron smart charger/regulator system installed, tied into solar (2024)
•   Victron battery monitoring system on smart screen display (2024)
•  New house, starting and bow thruster batteries (2023-2024)
•   Tachometer and throttle serviced at helm (2024)
•   Engine coolant system checked
•   Installed new tank monitoring system to integrate with Victron (2024)
•   Replaced engine room companionway access struts (2024)
•   Serviced fuel tank hoses (2024)
•   Serviced fresh water washdown pump at stern/cockpit (2024)
•   Serviced refrigerator drain pump in galley (2024)
• Upgraded dodger and (2) side panel polycarbonate windows with Yacht Canvas (July 2024)
• EPropulsion Electric Spirit 1.0 Plus S 1000w outboard (May 2022)
• SimplySafe on board security and monitoring system added (all 2023)
• Custom Zarcor Companionway doors with interchangeable panels/screen inserts (spring 2024)
• Lights converted to LED
• StarLink internet antenna and system added (2024)
• Cockpit teak refurbished and oiled (July 2024)
• All exterior deck teak sanded and brought back to natural (July 2024)
• Fischer Panda 8kw genset rebuilt by previous owners in 2018 (when hours read 2772 hours)
• Raymarine electronics upgraded (2018)
•   Raymarine Hybrid Touch chart plotter at the helm (2018)
•   Raymarine 48mi radar – mast mounted (2018)
•   Raymarine AIS send and receive transceiver new (2018)
• SeaGull water filtration system installed (2018)
• Custom canvas covers for salon cushions and salon dining table
• Full enclosure with some polycarbonate panels upgraded (2024) (dodger and two side panels)

COCKPIT

This is a big boat with a huge comfortable cockpit. The long benches, large drop down table leaves, twin wheels, full enclosure, complete set of modern electronics, and ALL power primary and secondary winches make PIXIE DUST a pure joy to sail.

• Teak cockpit (oiled summer 2024)
• Centerline table w/drop down leaves
• Dual helms
• Easy passthrough to swim platform with fold-up aft seating
• Electric Lewmar ST65 primary winches on cockpit coaming, easily reachable from helms, leaving your guests free and clear from the mechanics of sailing the yacht if desired
• Electric Lewmar ST46 halyard winches at companionway cabintop
• All running rigging leads aft to cockpit
• Full enclosure for cockpit with some updated polycarbonate side panels (2024)
• Dodger has upgraded polycarbonate panels for enhanced visibility, new (2024)
• Dual Raymarine i60 data instruments (autopilot, multi and wind) at each helm (2018)
• Raymarine Hybrid Touch 12" chart plotter at centerline cockpit table with 48mi radar (2018)
• Ray 55 Raymarine VHF with AIS 700 transceiver w/CommandMic at cockpit table (2018)
• Lewmar bow thruster control at starboard helm
• Yanmar engine panel at starboard helm with single-lever shifter/throttle control at coaming
• Dual Olympic lighted compass at each helm
• Custom stainless-steel Kato arch with solar system, cockpit and aft spotlight lighting
• Dinghy davit system off of custom Kato arch
• West Marine AB Navigo 10.6 dinghy with electric outboard
• E-Propulsion Electric Spirit 1.0 Plus S 1000w outboard – (2022)
• Outboard motor mount on stern rail
• Stainless steel stern rail stretches up to front of cockpit for added safety
• Lifesling mounted to stern rail
• Magma grill mounted to stern rail
• ACR automatic MOB bouy light mounted to arch
• Starlink satellite internet antenna mounted to arch (2024)
• Raymarine GPS mounted to arch
• AIS transducer mounted to arch
• Marine stereo speakers in cockpit
• Whaler manual pump at port helm
• Wash down pump (switchable for salt or fresh) at port helm
• Cockpit shower (salt or fresh) at cockpit swim platform entry
• 12v outlet at cockpit swim platform entry
• Stainless steel fold-down swim ladder w//custom storage bag
• Teak swim platform
• Custom swinging Zarcor doors for companionway with clear, mesh and privacy inserts, (2023)
• Canvas helm, cockpit table, and winch covers

DECKS

The decks of PIXIE DUST are clean, broad, and uncluttered. Her simple sloop sail plan is designed for easy management in choppy seas as well as when setting anchor. A huge dedicated sail/storage locker forward, right behind the large anchor/windlass locker helps you keep the boat neat and organized at all times. Shrouds come down to the deck inboard of the toe rail so navigating fore and aft along the deck is easy on both the low and high side even with an athletic heel.

• Completely new decks! – teak decks removed, deck re-glassed, new non-skid and bow-to-stern painted by Diversified Marine Services (July 2024)
• Hull painted white by M-Yachts with blue cove and boot stripe (Sept 2023 - boat just came out of the tent in July 2024)
• Dodger, bimini and connector with full isinglass enclosure (some new panels July 2024)
• Kato custom stainless steel arch with davit system, solar system, and deck lighting
• Custom LED up-lighting at forward coach roof grab handles
• Opening Lewmar deck hatches
• Custom hatch covers – exterior mounted to reduce UV exposure and prevent crazing
• Teak rigging cove cap grab handles along coach roof with stainless steel grab handles on foredeck (teak stripped and oiled August 2024)
• Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits
• Lewmar electric windlass with Quick handheld remote
• Forward anchor and chain locker
• Anchor 1: Delta 40lb. with 120ft. chain
• Anchor 2: Fortress FX-37 21lb. with ? chain/rode
• LED running lights
• (8) stainless steel cleats (2 bow, 2 stern, 4 midship)
• Teak toe rail (natural, just stripped down and cleaned)
• Rub rail with stainless steel cap
• Cockpit deep storage lockers below both helm seats
• Lewmar hatch access to forward sail locker with stainless steel and teak ladder (room for sails, fenders, line)
• Dual propane tank locker below swim platform companionway passage
• Aft and forward safety spotlights, arch mounted
• (4) Solar panels, mounted above arch, with new Victron digital control system (2024)

SAILS AND RIGGING

PIXIE DUST is a powerful yacht, capable of handling some spritely off shore sea conditions but she's also set up to be easily and comfortably handled by a cruising couple. With electric winches (ALL of them), nearly all lines led aft to the cockpit, primary winches right next to both helm stations, these are the features that make her a joy to sail. Anchoring and docking is a breeze with the help of her bow thruster. Below the waterline, her spade rudder and bulb keel helps her back like a car. New standing rigging, new sails, new furlers (both mainsail and genoa), all position you to head off shore

• New standing rigging, mast re-stepped (July 2024)
• In-mast furling main with new ProFurl Seldon furling system, (new 2024)
• Vertically-battened main sail
• Neil Pryde performance mainsail w/vertical battens (new 2021)
• 140% Neil Pryde genoa, (new 2021)
• Extra Doyle performance mainsail (new in 2020)
• Harken MKIV genoa furler, (new 2024)
• Rigid boom vang with jibe preventers
• Genoa tracks with adjustable sheet cars
• ALL electric winches with electric Lewmar ST65 primaries and electric ST46 halyard winches
• All running rigging leads aft to cockpit
• Adjustable back stay for double-spreader 9/10 fractional rig
• Spreaders (new 2024)
• Spinnaker pole – mast mounted (new 2024)
• Enduro Genoa halyard (new 2024)
• Lewmar traveler forward of companionway with 6:1 ratios
• Lewmar turning blocks

ELECTRONICS

Major electronics update in 2018. Bonus duplication of main displays at both helm stations. Large 12" Raymarine touch screen radar/chart plotter at chart table. PIXIE DUST is so easy for a cruising couple to handle. Single-handed sailing is a breeze.

• Raymarine Hybrid-Touch chart plotter at cockpit table/helm, swivels for best view from either helm (2018)
• Raymarine 48mi radar, mast mounted (2018)
• Raymarine p70 autopilot control heads at port and starboard helms (2018)
• Raymarine i60 multifunction displays at port and starboard helms (2018)
• Raymarine i60 wind instruments at port and starboard helms (2018)
• Lewmar bow thruster control at starboard helm
• Raymarine multifunction display at nav station (2018)
• iCOM IC-M422 VHF at nav station with remote at starboard helm
• Second backup VHF not connected, but in place and easily connected if needed
• Sony CDX-GT400 CD-stereo with marine speakers

INTERIOR OVERVIEW

Step below via gradual gently sloping companionway stairs to a spacious and rare two-cabin layout below. PIXIE DUST has a huge salon, full size nav station with plenty of room for all your passage making electronics. Her galley provides a ton of counter space, abundant storage, and large fridge/freezer space for extended passages. Sleeping cabins fore and aft are so spacious, either can be used as an 'owner' space. The forward cabin, with the larger dedicated en-suite head, is perfect at anchor with ample opening ports for ventilation. In a seaway, her aft cabin is huge, safe and comfortable underway with tons of useful storage, large lockers and opening ports for ventilation. This cabin is so large, one might think you were in the master suite of a center cockpit yacht. From the main salon back to this spacious aft cabin, owners will realize the huge benefits of her 14'-9" beam.

• Owner’s two-cabin layout with dual primary suites fore and aft
• Two private double berths with individual en-suite access to two heads
• CruisAir reverse-cycle air conditioning and heat, 2-zone
• Gourmet L-shaped galley to port of companionway
• Traditional full navigation station with large chart table to starboard of companionway
• Spacious salon with U-shaped dining seating to port, arm-rest seating to starboard
• Off-center aft double berth
• Centerline walk-around v-berth double bed forward, 6’4’’ headroom has private en-suite head

SALON

The daylight flooding the salon is enticing. The space is huge and comfortable for lounging or entertaining. PIXIE DUST has a satin cherry interior that presents as modern, sleek, yet sumptuous. Her forward facing nav station is part of the social space or a good station for your sous chef during gourmet meal prep. If you must, you can drop the table and turn the salon into additional sleeping space for three, two persons to port, one to starboard. Every possible nook and cranny provides additional storage for long range cruising.

• U-shaped settee to port with folding and swiveling teak table, seats 8
• Starboard settee with fold-down arm rest
• Tan weave settee cushions have custom tan sunbrella canvas covers
• (2) Moveable salon bench boxes with cubby storage
• Reverse-cycle air conditioning and heat
• Electric lifting television in forward cabinet at salon bulkhead to port
• 40’’ Samsung television, 4K HD
• (2) Lower fixed side ports to starboard and port for eye-level visibility out
• (4) Opening overhead Lewmar hatches with OceanAir shades and screens
• Overhead LED lighting
• Custom canvas cover for salon table
• Ample cabinet storage to port and starboard behind settees
• Weems & Plath 4’’ ship’s clock on salon bulkhead
• Weems & Plath 4’’ ship’s barometer
• Optional custom fresh water storage at starboard settee with strap and bag system

NAVIGATION STATION

Traditional nav stations seem to be vanishing with modern yacht design. Not on PIXIE DUST. Her full-function station offers ample paneling for current and future electronics. She has a real chart table and easy access to systems and wiring.

• Full chart table makes a great home office!
• Beneteau 12V and 120V panels, backlit 
• Raymarine i60 multifunction display (2018)
• ProSine 2.0 Inverter/charger digital control panel
• Fischer Panda 8kW generator control
• Victron Energy touchscreen control for Wakespeed solar and smart regulator (July 2024)
• Xantrex monitor dedicated to bow thruster battery bank
• iCOM IC-M422 VHF radio and mic
• Sony CDX-GT400 stereo unit with marine speakers
• Storage at chart table and in chart table seating
• Battery selector switches below nav seat

GALLEY

Too often, yacht designers neglect galley space in favor of other aspects of a yacht interior. Not so on PIXIE DUST. She has TONS of counter space, TONS of deep storage, deep and spacious fridge/freezers, and the galley is appropriately architecturally connected to the main salon. At the same time, chefs will find it easy to brace between the sink island and L-shaped galley space when preparing a meal in bouncy seas.

• Gourmet L-shaped galley with separate double-bowl sink at companionway
• Vitrifrigo front loading refrigerator, 12V – 34 gallon
• Vitrifrigo top loading freezer, 12V – 26 gallon
• Corian countertops
• Gimballed Force 10 3-burner stove and oven
• LP control, gas bottles stored in cockpit
• Tappan 700w microwave
• Magma gas grill mounted on stern pulpit
• Double stainless-steel sink
• SeaGull water filtration system at sink, separate faucet
• Dedicated trash storage
• Ample galley storage with shelving and storage cabinets
• LED overhead lighting
• Opening Lewmar coachroof side port for cooking ventilation
• Large, fixed side window for tons of natural light

OWNER'S STATEROOM FORWARD

Spacious, broad, with high ceilings, PIXIE DUST has a huge owner's suite forward. Well lit and ventilated with a large private head & shower, her queen-sized bed (with brand new custom inner spring mattress) is easy for a couple to access on port and starboard. Large hanging lockers, drawers, nooks and crannies all provide abundant storage.

• Centerline double berth 6’7’’ x 5’3’’ – brand new custom mattress Aug. 2024
• Private en-suite head
• Reverse-cycle air conditioning and heat
• Cabin headroom 6’7’’
• Dressing table with mirror and locker to starboard
• (2) Hanging lockers to port and starboard
• Large drawer under berth
• Large shelves to port and starboard
• (2) Fixed side ports for nice visibility out from berth
• Large overhead Lewmar opening hatch with OceanAir screen

OWNER'S EN-SUITE HEAD FORWARD

• One-piece molded head compartment w/ separate shower
• Shower has curved pivoting plexiglass shower door
• Quiet flush 12v electric head
• 21-gallon holding tank
• Vanity and wash basin
• Hot & Cold mixing tap
• Vanity mirror
• Overhead opening Lewmar deck hatch for ventilation
• Overhead LED lighting

VIP STATEROOM AFT

You would just never know this wasn't a center cockpit yacht when you step into this spacious aft VIP guest stateroom. Her offset queen sized bed ingeniously allows for two people to separately get in and out of bed while also providing ample headroom for those who want to hang out back here, sitting up in bed against the starboard hull side. Huge lockers, drawers, cubbies, and an installed washer/dryer combo-unit (not currently operational) rounds out this bright and well ventilated space.

• Offset double berth – 6’7’’ x 5’3’’ – Brand new custom mattress new Aug. 2024
• En-suite access to aft head
• Reverse-cycle air conditioning and heat
• Dressing table and removable seat to port
• Large hanging locker to port
• Hanging locker with storage cabinet below to starboard
• (2) Fixed hull ports for easy visibility out while relaxing in bed
• (2) Cockpit ports and (2) side coaming ports for great ventilation
• Overhead LED lighting
• Access to Splendide Washer/Dryer combo (plumbing/wiring/unit in place, unit’s control panel not currently operational)

VIP EN-SUITE HEAD AFT

• Day-head access at companionway or en-suite access from aft cabin
• One-piece molded head compartment with separate shower w/ double folding door
• Electric 12v marine head
• 21-gallon holding tank
• Molded vanity and sink with hot and cold mixer tap
• Large dry locker storage cabinets, glass holder and locker under the washbasin
• Overhead Lewmar opening hatch
• Fixed side port in coach roof
• Overhead LED lighting

ELECTRICAL

Yacht systems monitoring has turned a major corner in very recent years. This owner has purchased the best that money can buy, a fully integrated Victron ship's system monitoring suite that tracks power in & out, controls alternator charging, solar charging, water and fuel tanks, and provides easy access and control from any smart device with the versatile Victron app. It's an amazing system and so easy to use. Between the engine, genset, and solar panels, PIXIE DUST can spend weeks at sea covering all your electrical needs with ease.

• Victron smart controller for battery charging and solar system (August 2024)
• Victron smart controller at nav also has tank monitoring for fuel and water tanks (2024)
• Wakespeed WS500 external regulator with blutooth linking for monitoring from a smart phone (2024)
• Victron Cerbo GX, Victron GX Touch 70 and Victron GX Tank 140 monitoring (2024)
• Solar panel system mounted on custom Kato cockpit arch, 4 panels (540 watts) Kyocera KD135GX-LPU panels
• Fischer Panda 8kW genset, rebuilt by previous owners in 2017, 2772 hours total
• Balmar high-output 170A alternator with new Victron shunting system, (2024) (upgraded from 80amp standard) Balmar XT- Series DF-170-J10 alternator
• Replaced alternator belt and pully systems 2024
• ProSine 2.0 2000W Inverter/charger
• Xantrex LinkPro battery monitoring system dedicated to bow thruster battery bank (re-tasked in 2024 for thruster)
• Deck and running light panel at nav
• All lights converted to LED
• (2) 30amp shore power inlets for house and AC/heat
• Battery selector switches below nav station seat
• (1) Odyssey Extreme AGM Group 31 starting battery – 100Ah (2023)
• (1) Odyssey Extreme AGM Group 31 bow thruster battery – 100Ah (2024)
• (4) Odyssey Performance 4D-1300 house batteries – 6800Ah (2023)
• 11-gal Racor 500MA Series water heater
• Samsung 40’’ 4K HD tv w/concealed lifter in salon at forward bulkhead
• (7) 110v sockets on board
• (7) Personal reading lights
• (24) Overhead LED lights
• Ambient lighting under shelves
• Backlit electrical panel at nav station with 12V and 110V switches
• Electric Jabsco Quiet Flush heads both fore and aft

PLUMBING

• 150 gallon fresh water tanks (2 tanks: 87 and 63 gallons)
• Seagull water filtration system at galley sink
• Electric pressure water pump with filter
• (2) Aluminum deck fills for water
• Cockpit shower with hot and cold water
• Electric shower drain sump pumps
• (2) Electric and (1) Manual bilge pumps
• Electric drain pump for refrigeration

SAFETY

• ACR go-bag at companionway hatch (needs recertification)
• Viking 4-man life raft in swim platform compartment (new in 2023)
• ACR Electronics GlobalFixPro 406 MHz GPS Epirb
• LifeSling 5:1 Block and Tackle
• LifeSling 2 rail mounted throwable PFD
• Rescue Mate Throw Bag
• Rescue Mate Throw Flag
• ACR MOB bouy – stern rail mounted
• Life jackets

Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

Disclaimer

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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