Beneteau 49 Buyer's Guide
Shopping the brokerage market for a Beneteau 49 means considering a 2007-launched French cruiser from Beneteau, designed by Berret-Racoupeau with a Nauta interior, built both in two- and three-cabin layouts and offered in meaningful numbers as ex-charter boats. She is a 49-foot-6-inch sailboat with a bulb fin keel, twin wheels, and a 9/10 fractional rig—a modern production cruiser whose used supply spans several cruising regions.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin versions appear more often than the two-cabin arrangement, though both reach the market, and ex-charter examples are common. The two-cabin layout gives a forward teardrop double, a starboard aft cabin with a berth angled across the corner, and a saloon with U-shaped and straight settees; the three-cabin plan splits that aft space into two smaller staterooms while keeping the same forward berth and port-side L-galley. Either way you get two heads, one forward and one aft of the nav station, plus a centerline cockpit table and a fold-away transom seat between the wheels.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats carry electric winches, a furling main, bimini and dodger, radar, autopilot, chartplotter, air conditioning, inverter, and heating as standard used-market kit—a power and comfort cluster that means a buyer need not budget immediately for climate or navigation basics. Often-seen additions include dinghy davits, a bow thruster, solar, a freezer, and hot water, speaking to owners who extended autonomous cruising range. Less common but worth noting are a swim platform, cockpit shower, spinnaker, AIS, and simplified shorthanded rigging. The transom life-raft insert can be pulled to accept a generator, a meaningful refit for livaboard plans.
What to Inspect
Period reviews noted a forward-head shower door that did not close easily on the demo boat, so work it through its travel on any candidate and check the curved sliding track for binding. Both heads have Corian counters without fiddles, which lets items slide when heeled—verify no cracks or added aftermarket lips. The galley sinks sit close to centerline but were called shallow, so confirm they drain and the refrigerator door still hinges aft as designed. None of these are structural, but they define the boat's weak corners.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically turn up in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Italy, and Canada. For a shopper, the checklist is short: confirm the cabin count you want (three-cabin owner boats lead the market), verify the head doors and counters, check the transom insert for generator conversion, and confirm the electric winch and climate suite are functional. A well-kept 49 rewards with a predictable hull and a liveable Nauta interior.
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Beneteau 49. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 16 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 2 | $275,000 | — |
| Feb 25 | 1 | $230,000 | -16.4% |
| Mar 25 | 5 | $225,000 | -2.2% |
| Jul 25 | 1 | $219,000 | -2.7% |
| Aug 25 | 4 | $229,450 | +4.8% |
| Sep 25 | 9 | $229,000 | -0.2% |
| Oct 25 | 3 | $178,000 | -22.3% |
| Dec 25 | 1 | $157,204 | -11.7% |
| Jan 26 | 9 | $189,000 | +20.2% |
| Feb 26 | 4 | $249,500 | +32.0% |
| Mar 26 | 8 | $199,500 | -20.0% |
| Apr 26 | 7 | $198,000 | -0.8% |
| May 26 | 8 | $209,000 | +5.6% |
| Jun 26 | 3 | $265,485 | +27.0% |
| Jul 26 | 3 | $270,000 | +1.7% |
| Aug 26 | 3 | $298,000 | +10.4% |
Where they're listed
Beneteau 49 listings appear across 5 countries. United States has the most listings with 51 (91.1%), followed by Mexico and Canada.
Country view
56 listings · 5 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $218,500 | 51 | 5 | 91.1% |
| Mexico | $298,000 | 2 | 1 | 3.6% |
| Canada | $265,485 | 1 | 1 | 1.8% |
| Spain | $231,730 | 1 | 0 | 1.8% |
| Italy | $157,204 | 1 | 0 | 1.8% |
Comparable models
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Sun Odyssey 49 | 49.16' | $ 173,454 | 105 | 19 |
| Bavaria Cruiser 50 | 49.18' | $ 138,124 | 67 | 10 |
| Beneteau 49You are here | — | $ 218,750 | 58 | 9 |
| Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 449 | 45.08' | $ 206,632 | 44 | 9 |
| Bavaria Yachts Cruiser 49 | 50.5' | $ 125,725 | 30 | 4 |
| Hunter 49 | 49.92' | $ 214,000 | 27 | 7 |
| Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 49 DS | 49.15' | $ 199,000 | 19 | 4 |
| Hanse 495 | 50.52' | $ 276,680 | 17 | 7 |
| Beneteau 40 | 39.83' | $ 152,682 | 14 | 1 |
| Beneteau 46 | 47.24' | $ 174,619 | 13 | 4 |
| Oyster Yachts 49 | 51.83' | $ 383,986 | 12 | 0 |