The Beneteau Antares 8 is a testament to Beneteau’s commitment to creating versatile and comfortable motorboats. Designed for both day cruising and extended stays, this compact vessel offers a seamless blend of practicality and style. With an overall length of 8.23 meters, the Antares 8 is perfect for families or groups seeking adventure on the water. The spacious cockpit provides ample seating and is equipped with a modular bench seat that converts into a sunbathing platform, offering the ultimate relaxation under the sun. Inside, the Antares 8 is thoughtfully appointed with a cozy cabin that includes a double berth and an optional head compartment, ensuring comfort for overnight trips. The cleverly designed galley offers all the essentials for meal preparation, making this boat ideal for weekend getaways. Powered by a robust Suzuki 200 HP inboard engine, the Antares 8 delivers a smooth and efficient ride, with a cruising speed of 20 knots and a top speed of 28 knots. The hull’s planning design ensures excellent stability and performance, even in challenging conditions. With a fuel capacity of 280 liters, this vessel offers a generous range, perfect for exploring coastal waters. The Antares 8 also features modern navigational equipment to enhance safety and ease of use. Designed by Beneteau’s in-house team, this boat reflects a sophisticated aesthetic and functional design ethos. Whether you are looking for a day out with family or a longer sea adventure, the Beneteau Antares 8 provides an exceptional boating experience.
Length
8.2M
Beam
2.8M
Draft
0.9M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
2
Cabin
1
Cruise Speed
20KT
Max Speed
28KT
Fuel
280L
Range
150NM
Engine
Suzuki 200 HP
Option 1
Yamaha 200 HP
Option 2
Mercury 200 HP
Naval
Beneteau Powerboats
Exterior
Beneteau Powerboats
Interior
Beneteau Powerboats
New Starting From
€95,000
High Price Brokerage
€85,000
Low Price Brokerage
€75,000
Down to plane and up to cruise, with almost nothing in between.
The standard 200 horsepower Suzuki outboard gets the Antares 8 onto the plane within moments of the throttle going down, and holds a 20 knot cruise with a top speed of 28 knots. At 2,485 kilograms she is light enough to reach that pace briskly, and a V shaped bow with matching stern deadrise keeps the ride settled in a chop, a useful trait on a hull carrying a deckhouse this tall. Handling favours simplicity over sportiness, true to a single engine boat built for family days rather than competitive lap times, and the cabin stays quiet enough at cruise to hold a conversation with the hatches closed.
Volume is the story here, built in rather than added on.
Beneteau’s engineering team dropped the dinette floor below cockpit level on a hull just 8.2 metres long, freeing up headroom inside the deckhouse that reaches over two metres where most boats this size ask you to stoop. The tall superstructure that results is balanced by a V shaped bow and stern deadrise that keep the profile purposeful rather than boxy, and the extra glass area that comes with the height fills the saloon with daylight. It is a compact hull doing the work of a much larger one, without the extra length or mooring fees that would come with it.
The cockpit rearranges itself to suit the moment.
A removable storage unit doubles as galley workspace when the boat is at anchor, and the helmsman’s seat tilts back to open up extra working space once the day’s running is done. Small dinette sofas carry reinforced backs that fold down to create forward facing seating, so guests can watch the water ahead rather than sitting with their backs to the helm. With capacity for eight day guests, the cockpit and dinette between them give a group room to spread out without anyone feeling like an afterthought.
One cabin, properly finished, is worth more than several done half heartedly.
A double berth forward sleeps two in comfort for a night at anchor after a day on the water, and a separate head keeps things civilised for family use. By day, the dinette’s convertible bench seating turns from a dining table into a lounging area, adding flexible space without pretending to be a second cabin. It is an honest layout: enough accommodation for a genuine weekend away, built around a couple or a family who will spend most of their time on deck rather than below.
At 95,000 euros new, the Antares 8 asks a fair price for the volume she delivers.
Naval architecture, exterior styling and interior layout all come from Beneteau’s own teams, engineered in house rather than farmed out to external studios, which keeps the boat a coherent, single vision design. A 2.8 metre beam and 0.9 metre draught strike a practical balance between interior space and access to shallower moorings, while a 280 litre fuel tank supports a 150 nautical mile range for a full day on the water. For a family’s first proper boat, or a tender to a larger yacht, she offers genuine usable space in a hull that still handles like something considerably smaller.
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