Cool Breeze

Cruiser-Racer Cool Breeze

2004 Beneteau 331

Overview: Set sail on your next adventure with this beautifully maintained 2004 Beneteau 331. Known for its exceptional performance and comfort, this sailing yacht is perfect for both seasoned sailors and newcomers alike. With its spacious layout and modern amenities, you'll feel right at home on the water.

As you’ll see in the pictures, the interior and exterior have been meticulously cared for, bilges are dry and clean and many upgrades are detailed below.

With full dodger, bimini and connectors, Cool Breeze is ready to sail in any conditions, today!

The design was built by Beneteau in France and in the United States, with 822 examples completed between 1999 and 2004, but it is now out of production. It was introduced in 1999 as a 2000 model. The Beneteau 331 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid fiberglass with the deck balsa-cored. It has a masthead sloop rig, aluminum spars, a deck stepped mast, a raked stem and a walk through reverse transom.  

The layout has sleeping accommodation for four to six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin around a drop-leaf table and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, 39.6 U.S. gallons (150 L; 33.0 imp gal) icebox and a single sink. A navigation station is forward of the galley, on the port side. The head is located opposite the galley on the starboard side and includes a shower. 

Headroom is 74 in (188 cm) in the galley and head, 74 in (188 cm) in the main and aft cabins and 73 in (185 cm) in the bow cabin.

The design has a hull speed of 7.40 kn (14 km/h)

Key Specifications of the 2004 Beneteau 331

- Length Overall (LOA): 33 ft (10.06 m)

- Beam: 11.5 ft (3.48 m)

- Draft: 4.5 ft (1.37 m)

- Displacement: 10,500 lbs (4,763 kg)

- Ballast: 4,000 lbs (1,814 kg)

- Sail Area: Approximately 500 sq ft (46.5 m²)

- Engine: Yanmar 3GM30F (27 HP, 3 cylinder diesel engine), 971 hours

- Fuel Capacity: 19 gallons (72 liters)

- Water Capacity: 40 gallons (151 liters)

- Keel Type: Fin keel

- Rudder Type: Skeg-mounted rudder

- Designer: Groupe Beneteau

 Additional Features

- Rig Type: Fractional rig

- Sail Plan: in-mast mainsail (2015), furling genoa and beautiful spinnaker

- Running rigging terminates in cockpit convenient for solo sailing

- Hull Material: Fiberglass

- Propeller Type: Fixed

- Berths: Sleeps up to 6 people

- Headroom: Approximately 6 ft (1.83 m) in the cabin

Improvements

8/25/2003

Screens, microwave, Macerator pump, Spinnaker Halyard, Ratheon ST60 Tridata, Standard Horizon Eclipse & VHF & Antenna, Sternrail seats, AM/FM Radio & cassette player with cockpit & salon speakers, Shore Power cord, Hot & Cold Cockpit Shower,

11/20/2003

Dodger & Bimini & Boot & Connector & Binnacle

1/28/2004

165% Cruising Asymmetric with parrel beads & Crusing Sock

2/27/2004

Mermaid Air conditioner with reverse cycle

Cockpit Cushions & Captain's Seat

Anchor Washdown System Pump

Head Upgrade to Jabsco Electric

Electric anchor windlass /Lewmar

4/14/2012

Anchor Chain and Rode

2/22/2014

Standard Horizon CPN101i Chartplotter & Fish Finder

3/31/2014

Electric Winch Handle (Winch Buddie)

4/10/2014

Replace Thru Hulls, Reinstall AC pump, Replace A/C pump, Wax hull

11/17/2014

Mast & rigging Survey, replace in-haul & outhaul lines

6/12/2015

In Mast Furling Mainsail

9/14/2015

Replace Mainsail with Furling Main, travel lines

3/28/2016

Service winches

6/5/2017

Replace glass & repair dodger

12/1/2018

Lewmar Folding Wheel

12/6/2018

Convert anchor & head to electric

12/14/2022

 2 new heavy duty batteries

7/14/2024

Replace engine seacock & thru-hull, PSS seacock & thruhull, & AC seacock & thru-hull