Custmizable Boat: Fort Lauderdale

The Beneteau Antares 8 has a maximum rating of 250 HP and is a comfortable weekender, ideal for the whole family. With overnight accommodations and ample deck space, the Antares 8 is equally habitable as it is sporty.

The helm includes a captain’s chair with bolster function, steering compass, space for electronics, and a sliding side window for optimal ventilation.

The interior also includes a bow cabin with a double berth, full head compartment, reversible salon seat, dinette convertible to double berth, sliding side window and door, a galley area with a sink and area to add an optional cooking hob and refrigerator, and storage space.

The exterior includes a cockpit lounge, optionally convertible to a sunbed, in-deck storage, walkthrough transom, swim platform and folding swim ladder, side rails, mooring cleats, cup holders, and two rod holders.

Come test drive a Beneteau Antares at either of our Florida east coast stores, located in:

Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Stuart.

Standard Equipment

• Pilot console with space for electronics
• Steering compass
• Rev counter
• Fuel and engine gauge indicator
• 12 V Power outlet
• Luxe steering wheel 
• Encased side engine control (Engine controls and counters supplied with pre-rigging)
• Adjustable, swivelling Bolster function driver's seat, PVC Silvertex Sterling upholstery
• Pilot footrests
• Lighting from 1 ceiling light
• Hydraulic steering
• Wheelhouse with one-piece translucent glass windscreen
• Side windows in grey-tinted (translucent glass)
• Opening starboard side windows
• Port side sliding side window
• 2 leaf aft window door in translucent PMMA
• Electro-polished aluminium frame with lock
• Electric windscreen wipers
• Interior upholstery: Dove Matador
• Woodwork Alpi Walnut
• Brown oak laminated floors - Part in polyester
• Bow fitting
• Self-bailing mooring locker with hatch cover
• Eye bolt to secure mooring
• Two Foredeck cleats in aluminium 8’’ 
• 2 Cleats amidships in aluminum 8’’
• 2 Aft cleats in aluminium 8’’
• Stainless steel open pulpit surrounding the cockpit up to the cockpit steps
• Asymmetric catwalks
• Two Stainless steel handrails on wheelhouse uprights
• Two Stainless steel handrails on wheelhouse hood
• Two Stainless steel handrails on cockpit coamings
• Stainless steel hand rail on the cockpit bench seat
• Self-bailing cockpit
• Sliding aft bench seat
• Lockers in cockpit bottom
• Large central lockable chest with gas piston assisted opening
• 2 Rod holders
• Lighting from 1 ceiling light
• 74 US Gal hermetic and ventilated rotomolded fuel tank in the back of cockpit locker
• Fuel fill on stern deck
• Starboard swim access
• Security door
• Telescoping swim ladder

Options

• Electric windlass
• Cockpit salon with aluminium support and sun deck
• Wood cockpit table
• Marine toilet with 64 L / 17 US Gal sewage tank
• Shower in wash room
• Two Opening portholes (cabin + Head)
• Cockpit wheelhouse cover (Graphite)
• Cockpit aft enclosure (Graphite)
• Complete mooring/anchoring kit
• Blue-grey hull
• Full 110 V electrical circuit + Battery charger
• 110 V / 50 Hz Air conditioning (On shore power socket) 
• 2nd driving controls, in the cockpit
• Sliding wheelhouse hatch with blackout curtains
• Bow ladder (replacing the bow fitting)
• Overhanging stemhead with swim ladder
• Extended swim platform
• Bathing platforms in teak + Solid wood cockpit
• Solid wood cockpit
• Forward sun deck
• Bow thruster (battery not delivered)
• Pump for deck washing 
• Water heater of 25 L on the shore power socke
• Gas cooker (with work top)
• Diesel heater "air pulse"
• Additional berths in the salon

Power Options

• Honda Mechanical Throttle Shift side pre-rigging (1 x 115-200 HP)
• Suzuki Mechanical Throttle Shift side keyless pre-rigging(1 x 115-200 HP)
• Suzuki Digital DTS Throttle Shift side keyless pre-rigging (1 x 115-200 HP)
• Mercury Mechanical Throttle Shift top pre-rigging (1 x 200 HP)
• Mercury Digital DTS Throttle Shift pre-rigging (1 x 200 HP)
• Mercury pre-rigging (1 x 200 HP Verado)
• Yamaha Mechanical Throttle Shift side pre-rigging (1 x 150 HP)
• Yamaha Digital DTS Throttle Shift side pre-rigging (1 x 200 HP)

Audio Options

• Fusion MS-RA205
• 50 W speakers x 2

Electronic Packages

• Multifunction GARMIN 9’’ (ECHOMAP Plus 92sv) screen (chart not included)
• GARMIN GT20-TM Sensor
• Multifunction GARMIN 7’’ (ECHOMAP Plus 72cv) screen (chart not included)
• GARMIN GT20-TM Sensor