A well-traveled Beneteau cruiser listed with a Caribbean brokerage that has been matching sailors with boats since 1981.
The 2011 Beneteau Oceanis 43 S/V Tiffany Nicole is offered by Chris Burke through BVI Yacht Sales, one of the Caribbean’s longest-established brokerages. While the accompanying video is more of an introduction to the brokerage than a walkthrough of the boat itself, it speaks to the kind of hands-on regional expertise that matters when buying a cruising yacht in the islands.
The Boat
The Oceanis 43 is a proven Beneteau cruising platform — a 43-footer designed for comfortable passages and easy shorthanded handling, with the volume below decks that made this generation of Oceanis popular with liveaboards and charter-style owners alike. Tiffany Nicole is a 2011 example, positioned in a cruising ground — the British Virgin Islands and wider Caribbean — that this design was practically built for.
The Brokerage Behind the Listing
BVI Yacht Sales has operated since 1981, with its main office at Nanny Cay Marina in Tortola and a broker network spanning the Dominican Republic, US Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Antigua, Grenada, and Barbados. That regional footprint is useful for buyers: viewings, surveys, and closings in the islands are logistically different from a mainland transaction, and working with a broker like Chris Burke who lives in the market simplifies the process. The firm partners with a dedicated yacht closing company for escrow and fund transfers.
Market Snapshot
The Beneteau 43 Oceanis is a relatively thinly traded model, which makes context useful when evaluating any individual listing.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Solds, last 24 months | 1 |
| Median sold price | $70,000 |
| Median time to sell | ~42 days |
| Active listings | 2 |
| Asking range | $124,500–$134,000 |
| Median Sold (24 mo) | $70,000 | |||
| Median Active Asking | $129,250 |
Inquiries on the model have also ticked up recently — one in the last 30 days versus none the prior 30 — a modest but real signal of buyer interest returning to this size and price band.