1997 Beneteau
46' (14.02m) 461 - Blue
1997 46' Beneteau Oceanus 461
- Delaware City Delaware United States
- 461
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
Description
Blue is a 1997 46' Beneteau 461 sloop rig. She offers a single Yanmar 80 HP auxiliary, Norpro 9.5 kW generator, 2 X LG solar panels, 2 AirBreeze wind generators, watermaker, cockpit transom pass-thru, dodger and bimini with a connector and a 2 stateroom 2 head layout. Her rig and rigging were removed and inspected in 2022.
Data Sheet
LOA: 46' " (14.02 Meters)
Type: Sail - Used
Year: 1997
Beam: 13' 11"
Bridge Clearance: 59' 1"
Draft Max: 5' 9"
Draft Min: 5' 9"
Cabins: 2
Sleeps: 6
Single Berths: 2
Queen Berths: 2
Heads: 2
Maximum Speed: Knots
Cruise Speed: Knots
Range NMI:
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Fuel Tank: 53 Gallons (200.63 Liters)
Fresh Water: 218 Gallons (825.22 Liters)
Holding Tank: 20 Gallons (75.71 Liters)
Full Details
View Full Details46' Beneteau Vessel Walkthrough
From the sugar scoop transom, you walk through the transom pass-thru into the cockpit and find seating on each side and aft and the helm. Walk forward and step down through the companionway into the salon to find a stateroom with a queen size berth aft, head port aft, nav station to port, benchseat with storage port forward, galley starboard aft and wrap-around seating with storage, removable double pedestal table and benchseat with storage to starboard. Walk forward into the forward stateroom where there is an island queen size berth and ensuite head. Auxiliary access is via two side panels and lifting companionway stairs. Generator access is via the cockpit starboard seating compartment.
The headroom in the salon is 6'4", 6'1" in the forward stateroom, 6'3" in the forward head, 6'5" in the aft stateroom, 6'3" in the aft head and 6'11" in the cockpit. The forward stateroom berth is 7' long, the aft stateroom berth is 6'8" long, the salon port benchseat/berth is 5'8" long and the starboard seating/berth is 8' long.
The height above the waterline is 59'1".
46' Beneteau Accommodations
Blue offers a stateroom forward with an island queen size berth and ensuite head with access to the head also from the salon; and a stateroom aft with a queen size berth (Currently half of this area is being used for storage) and an ensuite head with access also from the salon.
46' Beneteau Salon
The salon offers wrap-around seating with storage, removable double pedestal table and benchseat with storage to starboard, benchseat with storage to port, 4 fixed ports, 4 portlights, 2 overhead hatches, shelves, teak sole, storage cabinets, fans and auxiliary access.
46' Beneteau Galley
The galley is starboard aft in the salon.
- Galanz air fryer/microwave oven
- OZE cold-plate refrigeration
- Force 10 Marine 3-burner propane cooktop and oven
- Stainless steel sink
- Storage cabinets
- Spice shelf
- Dry storage
- Trash compartment
- Overhead hatch
- 2 portlights
46' Beneteau Dining
Dining space is available at the salon table and cockpit fold-up tables.
46' Beneteau Forward Stateroom
The forward stateroom offers an island queen size berth, fan, storage cabinets, shelves, hanging locker, benchseat with storage on each side, bound carpet over finished wood, 2 fixed ports, portlight, 2 overhead hatches, reading lights and an ensuite head, which also has access from the salon.
46' Beneteau Aft Stateroom
The aft stateroom offers a queen size berth (Presently using half for storage with mattress in storage), overhead hatch with a shade, 2 portlights, fixed port, hanging locker, storage cabinet, shelf, bound carpet over a finished wood sole and an ensuite head, which also has access from the salon.
46' Beneteau Cockpit
The cockpit offers a teak deck, fold-up tables, dodger, bimini, connector between the dodger and bimini, Eisenglass enclosure on the sides and forward, stainless steel arch for the solar panels, transom pass-thru, auxiliary panel, propane locker, storage under the seating and seat cushions (In storage).
46' Beneteau Audio/Video Equipment
- Fusion MS-RA70 stereo
- Boston interior speakers
- Fusion exterior speakers
46' Beneteau Electronics
- Garmin Radar
- Garmin GPSmap xsv multi-function display
- Gamrin GHC20 autopilot
- Garmin GNX 20 multi-display
- Garmin GNX wind display
- Icom IC-M802 SSB
- Garmin VHF
- Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC+ VHF
- Plastimo Olympic 135 magnetic compass
- Iridium satellite telephone system
- Tablet holder
46' Beneteau Electrical System
- NorPro Navigator Series 9.5 kW generator with approximately 64 hours
- Victron Energy BMV-712 smart battery monitor
- Xantrex TrueCharge2 60 amp battery charger
- 2 X AirBreeze wind generators
- 2 X LG 340 watt solar panels
- Victron Energy SmartSolar Charge MPPT 100/30 and 100/50 solar controllers
- Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart 12/24-15 DC to DC charger
- 2 X Redodo LifePo4 house batteries (2025)
- Group 31 auxiliary start battery (2025)
- Interstate 24M-XHD generator start battery
- Bass electrical panel
- 2 X 30 amp shore power cords with Smart Plug adaptors
46' Beneteau Engine/Mechanical Equipment
- Yanmar 4JH80 80 HP auxiliary with approximately 1,404 hours
- Gearbox rebuilt in 2025
- Yanmar gauges
- VDO fuel tank level gauge
- Groco sea strainers
- Cruisair reverse cycle air conditioning/heating system with SMX II controls (2 units)
- Seawater Pro 19 gph watermaker
- Jabsco manual heads
- Spare parts
- Max Prop 3-bladed feathering propeller
46' Beneteau Deck Equipment
- Lewmar anchor windlass with foot controls
- Rocna 55 LB anchor
- Washdown fore and aft
- Non-skid deck
- Aluminum deck hardware
- Stainless steel rails fore and aft
- Double lifelines on stainless steel stanchions each side
- Boarding gate on each side
- Stainless steel Dorades
- West Marine outboard bracket
- Fresh water deck shower
- 3 rod holders
- Stainless steel & teak swim ladder
- Swimplatform storage locker
46' Beneteau Tender
- AB 10' RIB tender
- Yamaha 8 HP outboard
46' Beneteau Sails and Rigging
- Rig and rigging removed and inspected in 2022
- ProFurl roller furler
- Wire standing rigging
- Aluminum double spreader mast and boom
- Boom Vang
- Whisker pole
- In-mast Mainsail furler
- Lewmar traveler
- 2 X Lewmar 54 self-tailing winches
- 2 X Lewmar 44 self-tailing winches
- Spinlock rope clutches
- Mainsail (2008)
- 150% Genoa
- Asymmetrical Spinnaker
46' Beneteau Safety and Fire Protection
- Lifesling2 overboard recovery system
- Whale manual bilge pump
- Fire extinguishers
- First Alert carbon monoxide detector
46' Beneteau Exclusions
- Sellers' personal belongings
46' Beneteau 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.
Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
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ENGINES
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 4JH80
- Engine Year:
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 80.00
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 1404.00
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Curtis Stokes
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Saint Michaels, MD
Phone: 410-919-4900
Email: curtis@curtisstokes.net
Curtis Stokes was born in Lewes, Delaware and grew up in nearby Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and St. Michaels, MD until he moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1992. Curtis grew up on the water and around boats through many years of fishing, sailing and hunting up and down the East Coast of the U.S. and The Bahamas.
While attending Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland, Curtis decided to obtain his real estate license and joined his father’s real estate firm, Anderson-Stokes Realtors. Curtis became president of the firm after his father’s death and led the company through its expansion to 20 offices and expanded the publicly traded company into insurance, advertising and development. The company was sold in 1991 and Curtis decided to pursue his real love of the water and made yachting his career.
Curtis’ yachting career includes everything from a 75’ Trumpy to a 180’ Feadship, 2½ circumnavigations and a half dozen Atlantic Ocean crossings. He has been associated with and enjoyed worldwide cruising on such well known vessels as EXCELLENCE, FIFFANELLA, OUR TOY, MOECCA, RENEGADE, KISSES and HUNTRESS. Curtis also gained experience as sales manager at Hatteras Yachts, in New Bern, NC, where he helped develop and sell new models and train and coordinate his dealer network.
Curtis then spent six years as a very successful yacht sales broker with The Sacks Group Yachting Professionals, Inc. Curtis was consistently a top producer at the firm. Curtis decided to form his own yacht sales and charter firm September 1, 2009, which took off on a very successful start, even in a recession! Curtis has grown the company to multiple offices and 50 full time sales associates located around the US; and he has sold virtually every type and size of yacht and boat possible.
Curtis held a USCG 3000 ton All Oceans Master license, UK MCA Class IV Master certificate, Cayman Islands Master certificate and a PADI Divemaster certificate. He is also a former Emergency Medical Technician, firefighter and CPR instructor.
Curtis is an active member of the America’s Great Loop Cruiser Association (AGLCA), Superyacht Society, United States Superyacht Association, Marine Trawler Owner Association (MTOA), DeFever Cruiser Club, Seven Seas Cruising Association, Billfish Foundation, International Gamefish Association and Ducks Unlimited.
Curtis also is a Certified Professional Yacht Broker (CPYB), a member of the International Yacht Broker Association, Yacht Broker Association of America and the Northwest Yacht Broker Association.
Curtis Stokes can be reached at curtis@curtisstokes.net or Cel (954) 684-0218.
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Saint Michaels, MD
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Curtis Stokes & Associates have a brokerage office in St. Michaels, Maryland. The St. Michaels office is run by yacht broker Bill Boos, a long time resident of the Eastern Shore and a well known broker for many years for the Delmarva area.
St. Michaels is on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, a delightful cruising area and boating center. There are many rivers in the Chesapeake Bay area to explore by boats and yachts.
St. Michaels is famous as a boating and cultural center featuring the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels Museum at St. Mary's Square, and the Classic Motor Museum. Excellent harbor facilities and many boater friendly restaurants, shops and attractions can be found. St. Michaels has a long history of boat building and commercial fishing since before the Revolutionary War. Many homes and other structures in the town reflect the historical significance of St. Michaels.
