What the fleet has seen
The Beneteau Oceanis 50, as the fleet has seen it
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Beneteau Oceanis 50 is a 15.1-meter fractional sloop designed by Berret-Racoupeau, built by Beneteau since 2010, and shares its hull with the earlier Oceanis 49. It features a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, displacing 12,452 kg with a 1.7-meter draft. Aboard *Ale & Max - Y2K Sailing Adventure*, the crew prepared their Beneteau Oceanis 50 for extended voyages by sanding its copper-coated hull and replacing Marlon through-hull valves with True Design fittings.0:52 They serviced the Maxprop propeller and applied PropSpeed, and installed water intake strainers to prevent engine flooding.18:39 The crew sailed their Beneteau Oceanis 50 from the US Virgin Islands to the Panama Canal, navigating squalls and currents, and later undertook a 4,100-mile round-trip passage from Fiji to the Marshall Islands, enduring heavy rains and squalls.3:52 They also sailed from Savusavu, Fiji, to Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, where an alternator failure forced reliance on solar power and a portable generator.7:05 The crew frequently adjusted anchorages in the Gilbert Islands due to unstable weather and 180-degree wind shifts, which caused gusts up to 33 knots.
