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

$11,500

Seller explicitly says standing rigging is older and should be replaced before offshore passage-making. The vessel was completed in 2001 and no supplied invoice or document shows a later re-rig. The Sunsail-linked provenance increases the importance of establishing service history, but is not treated as proof of charter use.

$2,600

Not a stated defect — a scheduled opportunity. The mast is coming out for the re-rig anyway, and this is the only time in the next fifteen months that the step, the partners and the masthead can be looked at properly. The 25 percent that is not certain is the chance that everything is found sound and the line collapses to an inspection fee.

$2,500

Same sentence as the standing rigging — the seller names running rigging explicitly as older and says replacement should be planned before ocean passage-making. Line that is a decade past its useful life does not improve by sitting in UV at a Berkeley dock.

$1,200

Inspection/service is still near-certain before an ocean passage, but the inventory itself is no longer unknown: four documented mainsails are verified aboard, two assessed Excellent and two Very Good at the time of their Second Wind evaluations.

$6,500

Direct evidence identifies a Yanmar 4JH3E and the VDO meter reads 5,450.3 hours. At this hour count, and without invoices establishing recent cooling-system, exhaust, injector and mount work, a comprehensive baseline service is appropriate before an ocean passage. This does not by itself prove internal overhaul is due.

$1,800

Nothing stated in either direction, and a shaft that has turned very little in ten years is not a shaft in known-good condition — stuffing boxes dry out, cutless bearings take a set, and couplings corrode. The engine work above will require a realignment in any case, which makes most of this line consequential rather than optional.

$1,500

This is close to a certainty rather than a precaution. Diesel that has sat for years in a warm tank grows bug, and the boat has barely moved for a decade; the seller's own account of regular servicing covers oil, not fuel. The only reason this is not 1.0 is the chance the tank has been drained and refilled recently.

$2,000

The boat is confirmed to retain legacy 12V architecture: a flooded Duralast Group-27 auxiliary/deep-cycle battery is photographed and the onboard papers include a Dolphin 10/15/20A charger manual. That does not prove defective wiring, but it makes targeted remediation of the existing AC/DC system more likely before integrating the centrally-budgeted lithium/solar/electronics package.

$1,600

Service is near-certain on a 24-year-old unserviced pedestal; full re-cabling is not, so the scope now leads with inspection. There is one hull-specific prompt to look harder than usual: a Cruisers Forum thread titled 'rudder stop problem - Beneteau 393' exists, which I could not read (HTTP 403) and therefore treat as a lead rather than evidence.

$3,800

Effectively a scheduled pre-departure item rather than a defect: no bottom paint date appears anywhere and you would not leave for 6,000 miles on antifouling of unknown age. What is uncertain is scope — whether the barrier coat needs patching or peeling — not whether the boat comes out. This lift is also where the keel, rudder, drivetrain and seacock work all happen, and the haul fee is charged here once only.

$2,200

Halved from the previous version. That figure rested on the keel being cast iron plus the boat being idle — a model-level susceptibility and a general age argument, not a finding about this hull. A boat kept in cold Bay water with intact antifouling may be entirely sound underneath. The haulout tells you in an afternoon, which is exactly why this belongs at a coin-flip rather than in the baseline.

$1,800

Reduced. An unsupported spade rudder with no recorded work in 24 years is a survey target, not a defect, and the previous 0.5 was closer to a presumption of failure than the evidence allows. The lever-and-tap test costs nothing while the boat is already out for the bottom, and it is what decides whether this line is a few hundred dollars or several thousand.

$4,200

Age, known hatch leaks and balsa-cored deck construction justify systematic inspection/rebedding, but no supplied image or document proves widespread fitting leaks or charter abuse. The scope remains inspection-led rather than assuming saturated core.

$3,000

One photographed through-hull valve is a proper Groco bronze ball valve, which is better evidence than the listing silence used previously and lowers the chance that the entire set is substandard. It proves only one fitting, however; every valve and hose still has to be exercised and inspected after years of low use.

$2,600

Beneteau's owner manual confirms two 250L freshwater tanks (500L/132 US gal nominal) and a 6-gal water heater, but does not establish present hose/tank cleanliness after long low-use periods. Commissioning and sanitation work remains likely.

$4,800

Reduced from 0.8. The previous figure treated the listing's silence about canvas as evidence there is none, which this re-audit does not allow — silence means unknown. What survives is weaker but real: no canvas appears in the seller's description or in the six listing photographs, and any canvas that did come with a 2002 boat is at the end of its life for tropical service. One photograph settles it.

$3,200

The seller states it outright as a known problem item: three hatches need repairs and new seals would help the others. This is one of the very few things on this boat that is a finding rather than an inference, and it is not a defect you take to sea — a leaking hatch over a sea berth ends sleep, and leaking hatch frames are how a balsa deck core gets wet.

$2,400

The seller says refrigeration/freezer are non-functional, and photographs now identify a Frigoboat 12V Series 2000 Twin electronic control installation. Work is certain; exact scope remains diagnosis-dependent.

$1,400

The HVAC plant is physically present and the unit label is photographed; seller states the air conditioning does not work. Removal remains optional rather than an offshore requirement.