Details
WHARF RAT is a 2020 Beneteau Oceanis 46.1 in the sought-after three-cabin, two-head Alpi mahogany layout, extensively optioned from the factory and equipped since delivery for serious cruising. She is a deliberately specified East Coast boat: her owner ordered both the shoal-draft cast iron keel and the factory ICW-height mast, a combination that lets her run the Intracoastal Waterway and work the thin water of the Chesapeake without the compromises that force most 47-footers to go outside for the trip south. She has been privately owned since new and has never been chartered.
What sets her apart is everything that has been added for self-sufficiency. A Spectra Newport 400C watermaker, a Victron inverter system with Cerbo GX monitoring, Starlink and an IridiumGO! satellite communicator, three-zone air conditioning on a Cummins Onan generator, a Viking eight-person liferaft, a Para-Tech delta drogue and a Fortress storm anchor mean she can leave the dock and stay gone. The working sail inventory furls – a North Sails in-mast mainsail and 107% jib, and a Quantum Code 0 on an electric Profurl with wired and wireless remotes – with a Quantum asymmetric spinnaker and an unused Elvstrom storm jib to cover both ends of the range. All four Harken winches are two-speed electric, so two people handle her comfortably. The Yanmar 4JH80 has 816 hours with its 1,000-hour service already completed in Summer 2025.
Key Features:
- Factory ICW-height anodized furling mast by US Spars – 63′ 6″ air draft, inside the Intracoastal Waterway’s 65-foot fixed bridge standard that a standard-rig 46.1 at 66′ 8″ is not
- Shoal-draft cast iron keel – 5′ 9″ draft
- Upgraded Yanmar 4JH80 common-rail diesel, 80 hp, on saildrive with a Flexofold three-blade folding propeller – 816 hours, 1,000-hour service completed Summer 2025
- Spectra Newport 400C watermaker
- Comprehensive sail inventory – North Sails in-mast furling mainsail and 107% jib, Quantum furling Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker, and an unused Elvstrom storm jib
- Cummins Onan QD 7.5kW diesel generator with 36,000 BTU air conditioning across three zones – master cabin, saloon, and one unit shared between both aft cabins – with both heads air conditioned as well
- Victron MultiPlus Compact 12V/2000W/80A inverter with Cerbo GX and display, and nine new batteries – all installed Fall 2024
- Twin B&G Zeus³ 7″ multifunction displays, one at each helm, with NAC-3 autopilot and hydraulic drive
- Simrad radar installed Fall 2025, B&G NAIS-500 AIS transceiver, WS310 wireless wind, Airmar DST810 transducer and Precision-9 compass
- Starlink high-speed satellite internet and IridiumGO! satellite communicator with external antenna
- Highfield tender on hideaway davits with both a Mercury Avator 7.5 hp electric and a Suzuki 20 hp gas outboard
- Viking 8UKL eight-person ISO 9650 liferaft in valise, Lifesling, MOB throw rope and MOB ladder
- Four Harken two-speed electric self-tailing winches with digital buttons – two 50.2 genoa primaries and two 46.2 secondaries
- Three cabins and two heads in Alpi mahogany with Ultraleather cushions throughout
- Tunnel bow thruster with Quick control at the starboard helm
- Pearl grey gelcoat hull with white stripes and graphics, matching grey halyard covers, and a fixed bowsprit rigged for both Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker
- Varnished teak cockpit table with integrated refrigerator, teak decking in the cockpit and on the swim platform
- Electric fold-down swim platform, mainsail arch, dodger, bimini with side curtains and windows, connector and three-sided sun screens
- 50A 125V/250V shore power with two 50A shore cords included
- Delta 20 kg (44 lb) anchor with 105′ of 3/8″ chain and 147′ of 11/16″ rode, Quick windlass control at the cockpit with chain counter and a second remote in the sail locker
- Para-Tech delta drogue, Fortress aluminum storm anchor and emergency steering tiller
Interior Accommodations and Layout
WHARF RAT is finished in the factory Alpi mahogany scheme, a warm, straight-grained veneer that reads considerably richer than the light oak alternative and sits well against the pale overhead panels and the Ultraleather cushions specified when the boat was ordered. Nauta Design's brief for the 46.1 was to trade the traditional chart table for daylight and volume, and the interior feels a full size larger than her hull length suggests: long hull windows at seated eye level, cabin-side ports, and opening overhead hatches in every compartment. Every deck hatch carries an Oceanair blind and shade and every portlight a shade, so the boat can be shut down against sun and bugs without improvisation.
The companionway drops into the heart of the boat. Immediately to port is the L-shaped galley, set at the foot of the steps so the cook can brace against the companionway module on either tack. Opposite to starboard is the guest head with an attached stall shower. Forward to starboard, a U-shaped settee wraps a dining table that lowers with a filler cushion to make a fourth berth; opposite to port is a straight settee with the laptop desk and electronics display against the forward bulkhead. Through a solid door forward, the owner's stateroom takes the full beam of the bow, with an island queen berth, standing room at the foot of the berth on both sides, twin hanging lockers, and separate head and shower compartments split port and starboard. Aft, twin guest cabins tuck beneath the cockpit to port and starboard, each with a double berth, hanging locker and hull port.
Galley
The L-shaped galley is to port at the foot of the companionway, which is the right place for it on a boat this beamy: the cook wedges against the companionway module on either tack rather than being thrown across an open cabin. The counter is Clay compact with Corian fiddles, and the split cold storage - a top-loading freezer alongside a front-loading refrigerator - means frozen stores do not have to be dug out from under the day's food.
- Top-loading freezer and separate front-loading 12V refrigerator
- Two-burner propane range with gimballed stainless oven and guardrail
- Microwave
- Double-basin stainless steel sink with cutting-board cover
- Pressurized hot and cold fresh water plus salt water foot pump
- Clay compact countertop with Corian fiddles
- Fitted cupboards, drawer stowage and bin under the sink
- Opening portlight and hull port
Navigation and Electronics
Construction and Key Features of the Hull and Deck
Ship Systems
Additional Information
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.