2007 42′ Beneteau 423
Overview
- Category: Beneteau
- Office Email: yachtbroker@pacbell.net
- Sales Agent Name & Number: Kimberly at (213) 798-5117
- Sales Agent Email: kimberly@kimberlyforyachts.com
- Status: Available
- Boat Location: Downtown Long Beach, California
- Model: 423
- Type: Sloop
- Year: 2007
- Length (feet): 42
- LOA: 42
- Beam: 12'10
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Drive Type: Direct Drive
- Boat Name: Valhalla
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hull ID#: BEYN3327A707
- Fuel Capacity (gallons): 53
- Water Capacity (gallons): 143
- Waste Tank (gallons): 22
- Engine 1 Make & location: Volvo Penta
- Engine 1 Model: D2-55
- Engine 1 Power (hp): 40
- Max Bridge Clearance: 54'4
- Flag of Registry: 19499
Description
The Beneteau 423 offers traditional lines with a modern underbody.
Easy to handle with:
- In-mast furling mainsail
- Furling genoa
- All control lines led aft to the cockpit
Her helm is complemented by:
- Autopilot
- Chartplotter/GPS
- Wind, depth and speed instruments
Recently added for additional sun protection and comfort are custom stainless steel dodger and bimini frames with Sunbrella canvas.
Below decks, she features the renowned Beneteau wood finish along with:
- Private forward and aft cabins
- Large galley
- Forward-facing nav station
- Wraparound dinette
- Newly updated upholstery coverings
- Two heads
There is significant customization to the electrical system that helps make Valhalla a world-capable cruiser or casual racer.
Ready to sail away!!
Accommodations
Entering the vessel from the forward section of the cockpit and down a set of stairs brings you into the main cabin. Immediately to port is an enclosed marine toilet and shower.
Aft is a cabin with a double berth in the port rear quarter. Beneath this berth are:
- Water tank
- Battery switches
To starboard is a second cabin with a double berth. Forward of this are:
- Chart table
- Convertible dinette
On the port side is the galley running along the hull.
Continuing forward through the bulkhead:
- To starboard is a second enclosed marine toilet
- Forward is the master cabin with ensuite composting head and shower
Additional features include:
- Chain locker in the forepeak
- Hanging lockers
- Cabinets
- Drawers
- Additional storage areas
The auxiliary engine is located beneath the companionway ladder.
The fuel tank is located beneath the starboard double berth.
Sails and Rigging
- 135% genoa – Precision Sails, new 2023
- Harken furler
- In-mast furling mainsail
- Asymmetrical spinnaker in excellent condition
- (2) Lewmar #54 primary winches
- (2) Lewmar #40 winches
- Boom vang
- Traveler
Sail Area
- I: 49.54 ft
- J: 16.54 ft
- P: 43.44 ft
- E: 14.83 ft
- Working Sail Area: 915.58 sq ft
Exterior Deck Features
- Lewmar H3 windlass
- Hot and cold cockpit shower
- Waterproof cockpit speakers
- Mooring lines and fenders
- Bimini
- Extended mast (+70 cm) with track and cars
- Raymarine ST60 speed/depth sounder
- Raymarine ST60 windvane anemometer
- Raymarine ST6001+ LS40 autopilot
- Multifunction GPS screen and chartplotter
- Raymarine C80 LCD color chart reader compatible with Navionics Gold cartography (with charts)
- Raymarine radar
- Walk-through transom
- Transom seats
- Cockpit cushions
- Teak-slatted pivoting helm seat for easy access to scoop transom (Beneteau patent)
The cockpit is fitted with:
- (2) side lockers with teak-slatted lids
- (2) aft lockers with teak-slatted lids
- (1) separate gas locker
Additional cockpit features:
- Leather-trimmed pivoting steering wheel
- Engine control lever
- Steering compass
- Navigation instrument console
- Handrail
- Cup holder
- 12-volt socket
- Oddments locker with stainless steel protection
- Teak cockpit table with removable leaves
- Stainless steel table support with footrest
- Built-in engine control panel with PMMA protective cover
- Manual bilge pump
- Overhead lamp
- Cold-water shower
- (2) loudspeakers
- Life Sling
Electronics
- Raymarine E-80 display
- Raymarine integrated chartplotter
- Raymarine radar
- Raymarine ST6002 autopilot
- Raymarine ST60+ wind display
- Raymarine ST60+ Tri-Data display
- ICOM IC-M412 VHF
- Dual MXD44 media receiver
- Cockpit and salon speakers
- Insignia flat-screen TV
Electrical
- Victron 3000-watt inverter/charger
- Victron 30 amp DC-to-DC Bluetooth converter
- Victron 50 amp DC-to-DC Bluetooth converter
- Victron 100/50 MPPT solar controller with 500 watts of solar and Bluetooth
- Victron BMV-712 Bluetooth battery monitor
- (2) x 200 amp-hour lithium batteries with internal BMS system
- Total 400 amp-hours lithium power
- (5) solar panels
- DC panel
- AC panel
Electrical Panel Features
- 16-switch 12V electrical panel
- (4) x 220V breakers
- Blue back-lit indicator lights
- Cigarette lighter socket
- Differential and bi-polar thermal circuit breakers for 220V
- 12V thermal circuit breakers
Resource Management Indicators
- Voltmeter
- Ammeter
- Electric fuel tank gauge on engine control panel
- Electric water gauges
Lighting
- Approved navigation lights
- Bow and stern navigation lights
- Steaming light (masthead light)
- Anchor light
Engine and Mechanical
- Engine compartment with foam soundproofing
- Engine control panel with rev counter and alarms on port cockpit coaming
- Stainless steel propeller shaft with GRP protection molded into hull
- Fixed 3-blade propeller
- Engine mounting built into inner molding
- Rotomolded 200L diesel tank with electronic gauge
- Saltwater and diesel filters with separators
Galley
- Force 10 3-burner stove with oven and broiler
- Isotherm refrigeration system
- Insignia microwave
- Double stainless steel sink
- Custom faucet
- Hot & cold pressure water
- Electric & engine water heater (2022)
- Ample counter and storage space
- Stainless steel bottle rack
- Lewmar opening ports with curtains
- Opening hatch
- (2) halogen deckhead lights
Improvements Since June 2021
2021–2022
- Replaced engine heat exchanger and stainless steel exhaust elbow
- Port head converted to freshwater electric flush with new macerator and hoses
- Forward head, holding tank and hoses removed; installed Airhead composting toilet system
- New sink faucet and freshwater filtration system
- New water heater – electric / engine coolant heat
- Victron 3k inverter charger; all outlets always live
- Separate 120V line in garage
- Victron DC-to-DC converters and MPPT solar controller installed
- All Victron equipment installed in starboard cabin above waterline
- (2) x 200 amp-hour lithium batteries installed
2023
- New dodger with Makrolon, connector and bimini
- Pre-zippered for future full enclosure
- Cabrillo Boat Shop haulout – $13k
- Rudder removed and shimmed to remove play
- Removed and fiberglassed forward head intake and macerator thru-hulls
- New engine intake thru-hull valve
- New port head macerator thru-hull valve
- New port head sink & shower thru-hull
- Removed port head seawater intake thru-hull and fiberglassed
- Iron keel stripped, faired, treated, primed and painted
- Triple-coat waterline, leading edges and rudder
- Double-coat hull
- Z-Spar Bottom Pro Gold modified epoxy hard non-ablative paint
- New 135% Precision Sails headsail, 8 oz Dacron Navigator Package
2024/2025
- Updated chartplotter maps
- New Lewmar H3 anchor windlass with separate bow battery
- New Lewmar wireless and wired remote windlass controls
- New 120′ 3/8 BBB chain with color-coded markers
- 280′ anchor rode
- 85 lb Mantus anchor
- New Isotherm refrigerator/freezer combo unit
- Refrigerator drain pump converted to high-volume emergency water drain pump
Spares
- Factory engine raw water pump
- Factory engine freshwater pump
- Factory engine high-amp alternator
- Factory engine starter
- (2) factory engine motor mounts
- Fresh drinking water pump
- Macerator
Construction
The hull is single-skinned GRP construction.
Additional construction features include:
- Reinforced keel, rudder, chainplates and hull-deck joint
- Structural inner molding bonded and laminated to hull
- Improved load distribution and reduced hull strain
- Easier cleaning and improved finish
The standard hull is white with blue and silver livery.
The deck features sandwich construction (glass fiber and balsa) for:
- Excellent strength-to-weight ratio
- Thermal insulation
- Sound insulation
A non-slip surface increases safety throughout deck walkways.



