Sophia is a lightly used, very lovingly maintained example of Beneteau’s hugely successful Oceanis 40.1. With only 204 hours on her Yanmar 45 HP diesel, she has spent her life as a family cruiser on the waters of New Jersey, used for relaxed daysails, weekend getaways, and short coastal hops. She has never been beaten up offshore or lived aboard full time, and it shows – cushions, joinery, gelcoat, and systems all present beautifully.
The Oceanis 40.1 was conceived as a new-generation performance cruiser: a powerful Marc Lombard hull with a step and full beam carried well aft for speed and stability, combined with Nauta Design’s bright, open interior that feels more like a larger yacht. Beneteau’s marketing focuses on three big advantages – space, ease of handling, and modern performance – and Sophia delivers on all three. The roomy cockpit, twin wheels, large drop-down swim platform, and clever sailplan make her simple to sail short-handed, yet still fun and responsive when the breeze fills in.
With her shoal-draft keel and ICW-friendly mast height, Sophia is an ideal East Coast cruiser: equally at home exploring the rivers and bays of New Jersey as she is cruising the ICW to Florida, reaching across to the Bahamas, or gunkholing in the Chesapeake and New England. Her size and draft make it easy to keep her in almost any port or marina, and her systems—dual-zone air conditioning, upgraded batteries, bow thruster, and full B&G electronics—make her a truly turnkey package.
Sophia features the light white oak interior with Marlin Weiss upholstery, upgraded brown oak cabin soles, and teak cockpit floor. Air conditioning, extra water capacity, AGM batteries (all replaced in 2023), electric toilets, a gimbaled oven with dual burners, a large DC refrigerator with top and front-loading, and a large electrically operated swim platform make life aboard comfortable at the dock or on the hook. Featuring the optional Upwind & Downwind Pack with bowsprit, furling genoa, extra winches, and spinnaker/Code 0 rigging, gives her the exhilarating performance and sail-handling options in both lighter and heavier winds that the Oceanis 40.1 is known for.
HIGHLIGHTS
- 2022 Beneteau Oceanis 40.1 – 3 cabins / 2 heads, shallow draft keel (5’ 6”)
- Lightly coastal cruised in New Jersey – never heavily lived aboard
- Yanmar 4JH45 45 HP shaft-drive diesel (204 hours)
- Comfort Trim Level with upgraded interior lighting, Fusion stereo, extra 115V outlets, AGM batteries, battery and tank monitors, and more
- All house AGM batteries replaced in 2023
- Upwind & Downwind Pack – genoa tracks and winches, bowsprit with integrated anchor roller, additional jammers, spinnaker/Code 0 rigging, furling Dacron genoa (replaces self-tacking jib)
- Offshore Pack (B&G) – Zeus 7" touchscreen plotter at both helm stations, wind/speed/depth sensors, NAC3 autopilot with control head and WR10 wireless remote, V60 VHF with AIS receiver, H60 wireless handset
- Retractable bow thruster for confident docking
- Electrically-opening transom swim platform with remote control
- Teak cockpit floor and luxe cockpit table with blue Sunbrella cover
- Custom 3-piece blue Sunbrella bimini/dodger/connector, wheel covers, winch covers, and turnbuckle covers
- Dual 24,000 BTU air conditioning units, extra 330 L (87 US gal) water tank
- Electric coachroof winch, electric windlass with remote, 3-blade folding propeller
- White hull, white oak Alpi interior joinery, brown oak laminated floors
- ICW-friendly rig and shoal draft – excellent choice for ICW and Bahamas cruising
- Custom SeaCanvas Exact Fit Winter cover, Top Gun fabric, Tenara thread, 4 vents, 3-piece design
If you are looking for a late-model production cruiser that is easy to sail, comfortable to live aboard, and perfectly sized for East Coast, ICW, and Bahamas cruising, Sophia deserves serious consideration. She combines Beneteau’s modern Oceanis 40.1 design with light private use, thoughtful options, and recent battery upgrades—ready for her next chapter wherever you choose to cruise.
