Beneteau Sense 57 Buyer's Guide
The Beneteau Sense 57 is a 58-foot ocean cruising yacht from Beneteau, designed by Berret-Racoupeau with Nauta interiors, and on the brokerage market she rewards buyers who understand her unusual forward-cabin, wide-cockpit layout. Most examples you will meet are owner three-cabin boats, though both layouts appear, and ex-charter units are common.
Layouts on the Used Market
Owner three-cabin arrangements are the more common on the used market, but both are available. In every Sense 57 the living spaces are pushed aft and all sleeping cabins sit forward, so the saloon sits close to the water and the cockpit is at the same level as the interior. The standard plan clusters three cabins forward, with a master in the bow carrying an ensuite head and plentiful stowage, plus two guest cabins reached by a central corridor and fitted with sliding doors to save space, each with its own bathroom. An extra cabin accessed from the cockpit features on some boats. The open saloon blends into a lengthwise galley, and a panel between them hides a pop-up TV.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted gear on the used fleet centers on powered comfort and self-sufficiency. Electric winches, a furling main and a Bimini are usual, as are a swim platform, radar, AIS, autopilot and chartplotter, with heating, an inverter, a freezer and dinghy davits frequently seen; teak decks are common too. Often-seen additions include air conditioning, a bow thruster, hot water and a hardtop. For a buyer, the hardtop matters most: it extends aft from the Beneteau arch to the twin helms, rigid at the sides with a canvas center that opens like a sunroof, leaving the ends open for tossing lines. Less common are reaching sails such as a gennaker or asymmetric spinnaker and a short-handed setup — worth having if you plan to sail short-handed, but not a baseline expectation.
What to Inspect
The defining structural point is the transom. The old Sense lifted its helm seats; the 57 replaced them with fixed seats and an electrically activated hydraulic transom that forms a teak beach when lowered and a backstop for pets and kids when up. Exercise the platform through its full travel and confirm the seal when closed, since it is what makes the cockpit safe under sail.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts typically turn up in the United States, Croatia, Greece and Spain. For the shopper, the checklist is short and specific:
- Verify the hydraulic transom operation and closed-cockpit seal
- Confirm which engine is fitted: 80 hp Yanmar saildrive or 110 hp straight-shaft
- Check the forward-cabin layout matches your crew needs (owner three-cabin vs other)
- Test the Bimini or hardtop closure and the concealed helm-seat galley
- Note fuel is 110 gal unless a second tank was added
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Beneteau Sense 57. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 1 | $549,950 | — |
| Sep 25 | 7 | $549,950 | 0.0% |
| Oct 25 | 4 | $492,500 | -10.4% |
| Jan 26 | 2 | $567,475 | +15.2% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $570,986 | +0.6% |
| May 26 | 1 | $700,000 | +22.6% |
Where they're listed
Beneteau Sense 57 listings appear across 4 countries. United States has the most listings with 11 (73.3%), followed by Croatia and Spain.
Country view
15 listings · 4 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $585,000 | 11 | 0 | 73.3% |
| Croatia | $541,271 | 2 | 0 | 13.3% |
| Spain | $198 | 1 | 0 | 6.7% |
| Greece | $570,986 | 1 | 0 | 6.7% |
Comparable models
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Similar boats to compare
11 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanneau Yachts 57 | 58.33' | $ 426,430 | 110 | 12 |
| HanseYachts AG 575 | 56.27' | $ 414,419 | 90 | 13 |
| Bavaria Yachts C57 | 54.89' | $ 713,950 | 52 | 7 |
| Dufour 56 -2 | 56.27' | $ 329,191 | 36 | 7 |
| Beneteau Sense 55 | 56.43' | $ 392,720 | 29 | 2 |
| Hylas 57 | 59.5' | $ 1,995,000 | 27 | 3 |
| Hallberg-Rassy 57 | 60.5' | $ 2,628,628 | 21 | 4 |
| Fountaine Pajot Sanya 57 | 56.63' | $ 745,000 | 19 | 10 |
| Royal Cape Catamarans 570 Fly | 57.02' | $ 1,095,000 | 18 | 1 |
| Beneteau Sense 57You are here | — | $ 559,333 | 15 | 0 |
| Oyster 565 | 59.35' | $ 2,582,859 | 7 | 4 |