2002 Beneteau Oceanis 393 "MAYARI", Berkeley, CA 94710

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Ability analysis

Everything below is costed to cross the Pacific.

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Specifications

All-in, cruising

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not analysed

All-in, offshore

$193k–$204k

offer + full refit

Length

39.25 ft

Draft

5.08 ft

Capability

5.4 · 5.4

cruising · offshore, of 10

Capability is scored for both standards from the same design research, re-weighted. The money is not: a coastal refit has to be costed on its own, which is why it can read “not analysed” above while the score beside it is real.

Assistant's read — an opinion, not a source

Opinion, revised again under the user-confirmed evidence rule that every document supplied in the in-person review is verified evidence that the corresponding equipment/item is aboard MAYARI unless contradicted.
This materially improves the sail picture and clarifies several legacy systems.
MAYARI is a French-built Oceanis 393 with 5.08ft shoal keel, CE Category A certification, 56hp Yanmar 4JH3E showing 5,450.3 hours, shaft drive, documented 2,380kg maximum recommended load, and a large onboard archive tied to actual installed equipment.
The major new positive is sails: four mainsails are verified aboard — North 322 sq ft 8oz Dacron (Excellent), Banks 327 sq ft 8oz Dacron (Excellent), Elvstrom 307 sq ft 8oz Dyneema (Very Good), and Doyle 428 sq ft 8oz Dacron in-mast furling (Very Good).
The Second Wind condition scale defines Excellent as roughly 70-85% life remaining and Very Good as roughly 60-70% at the time of assessment.
This eliminates the previous 'sail inventory unknown' framing and materially reduces pre-departure sail-replacement risk; a loft inspection is still required to establish current condition.
Likewise, supplied manuals/documents are treated as verified onboard equipment for the legacy Raytheon ST60/ST6000/Type100-300 electronics/autopilot family, Raymarine SR50/SR100 weather system, Power First/Dolphin charger, Vetus exhaust system, Force 10 water heater, ENO cooker and Lewmar Ocean winches.
These verified legacy systems still do not automatically zero modern offshore catalogue lines where they do not meet the voyage specification.
After this correction, face-value boat-attributed costs are required-offshore $24.2k/$47.4k/$99.2k, recommended $5.1k/$11.8k/$25.2k, optional $0.6k/$1.4k/$3.0k.
Probability-weighted boat-specific work is about $49.3k with about $19.7k of separate risk-weighted exposure.
The boat remains a credible low-entry-price refit platform; the purchase still turns mainly on structural survey findings and the measured condition/service history of the 5,450-hour Yanmar.

Costed to cross the Pacific.

Finance

Offer$69,500

$34kasking $70k

At the asking price. Drag down to model a lower offer.

Likely refit cost

$123,198

each line × its odds

Holding / yr

$12,481

slip $6k · ins $1k · tax $765

All-in departure cost

$193k–$204k

offer + full refit

Worst case, every line landing in full: $134,533. Planning figure is the likely cost above; this is the tail, not the expectation.

Resale

The gross figure flatters: Australian duty and GST fall due on sale, and brokerage is charged on the sale price.

Expected resale

$108k

in Australia, gross

AU duty + GST

$11k

on sale, not arrival

Brokerage

$11k

on the sale price

Recouped value

$86k

what actually comes back

Taxes and brokerage, total

$30k

incl. $7k CA use · $765 CA property/yr

All-in after resale

$147k–$155k

cash gone once sold in AU

DIY savings

$63 an hour of your own time, blended. Not folded into any total above — every figure on this page assumes the yard does the work.

Labour saved

$21k

across 16 jobs · $6k more must go to a pro

Hours of your time

329 hrs

about 21 weekends

Where the money goes

Purchase $70k
Use tax $7k
Refit $105k
Risk $20k
Unknowns $16k
Holding $17k
AU import $11k

Purchase: $69,500
CA use tax: $7,124
Required refit: $86k–$145k
Risk, expected: $19,715
Unknown reserve: $15,525
Holding: $16,641

Cash to Pacific-ready: $193k–$296k
All-in by Australia: $212k–$315k
Net after resale: $147k–$155k

Where to open

Suggested opening offer$25,031

Asking price less $44,469 — the negotiable share of $54,400 in disclosed and suspected defects plus $19,715 of weighted risk. Offshore upgrades are excluded on purpose: a watermaker and a liferaft are your ambition, not the seller's problem, and the next buyer wanting a Bay daysailer would pay near the ask.

Negotiable defects: $44,469
Weighted risk: $19,715
Max at high case: $35,462

Schedule

A boat that cannot be ready is not cheaper, it is a year late.

ready in 36 weeks42 weeks spare

How much of this is actually known

A boat priced from guesses is a different risk from one priced from quotes, at the same total.

Costs actually quoted0%

Systems assessed50%

31 questions to answer 2 costs to price

Walkthrough script51 of 51 left — what to ask and look at, in order