Fairline Phantom 46 for Sale
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Updated 9 October 2026 · By Hulls.io Editorial
The Fairline Phantom 46: A Complete Guide
The Phantom 46 is a three-cabin flybridge motor yacht from Fairline, launched in May 1999. Fairline’s launch press release, dated March 1999, called it the largest Phantom yet launched and the new flagship of the Phantom range. Its hull was designed by Bernard Olesinski and the Fairline design team. Fairline’s website quoted Motor Boat & Yachting’s November 1999 issue as saying the Phantom 46 was “packed with good ideas and clever detailing”.
Writing in Motor Boat & Yachting in 2020, Nick Burnham explained where the boat sat. In the Nineties and early Noughties, Fairline’s Phantom flybridges sat below its high-end Squadron motor yachts, being perhaps a little more practical and a little less glitzy. He noted that the Phantom 46 overlapped in size with the Squadron range, which started at 43 ft.
The Phantom name covers many different boats, so check the model number carefully when comparing listings. The Phantom 43, launched in December 1999, is a smaller two-cabin boat. The Phantom 50, which Motor Boat & Yachting reported in June 2001 would make its debut at that September’s Southampton Boat Show, took over as the largest Phantom, joining the 38, 43 and 46. By October 2006 Fairline’s website was showing a longer Phantom 48, with provisional performance figures. In 2009 Fairline announced that all its future flybridge boats would be called Squadrons, which Motor Boat & Yachting reported as the end of the Phantom brand. The name has since returned on the much larger Fairline Phantom 65.
Hulls.io currently tracks 1 active listing for the Fairline Phantom 46. Among them is a 2006 Fairline Phantom 46 listed in Hayling Island, United Kingdom.
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Fairline Phantom 46 Specifications
These figures are from Fairline’s own specification pages for the Phantom 46, as archived from its website between 2001 and 2004. Fairline’s published fuel and water capacities changed between these pages, so both sets of figures are shown. Listings often give the boat’s length as 46 ft, which is the length of the hull from the bow to the aft end of the bathing platform; the overall length is 47 ft 10 in. Fairline’s launch press release of March 1999 gave slightly different pre-production figures, including a wider beam and a heavier weight, so expect figures to vary between adverts.
| Length of hull (bow to aft end of bathing platform) | 14.02 m (46 ft 0 in) |
|---|---|
| Length overall | 14.59 m (47 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 1.12 m (3 ft 8 in) |
| Dry weight (approx.) | 14,528 kg |
| Height above waterline (inc. arch and navigation-light mast) | 5.02 m (16 ft 6 in) |
| Transport height (approx.) | 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in) |
| Fuel capacity | 1,591 litres (specification to 2002); 1,580 litres (specification from December 2003) |
| Water capacity (inc. calorifier) | 752 litres (specification to 2002); 708 litres (specification from December 2003) |
| Engines (twin diesels) | Options varied by year — see Engines and Performance below |
| Accommodation | 3 cabins and 2 heads, with an optional single-berth crew cabin aft |
| Helm positions | Lower helm in the saloon and a flybridge helm |
| Hull design | Bernard Olesinski and the Fairline design team |
| Hull form | Deep V forward, 18° deadrise aft |
| Launched | May 1999 |
Design and Accommodation
Saloon and galley
The galley is on the main deck with the saloon, forward to port, which Motor Boat & Yachting noted leaves room below for three cabins. The saloon has a dining table seating six, and the lower helm has split helm and navigator seats, so either person can get out without climbing past the other. MBY also singled out the handrail built into the headlining to help you through the saloon in rough conditions. Fairline offered the joinery in lacquered American cherry with eucalyptus, or in maple with bird’s eye maple.
Cabins
There are three cabins and two heads, each heads with a separate shower. The master cabin is forward, with a king-size double berth and its own en suite. The starboard guest cabin has two single berths that convert to a double (Fairline’s specification also offered a double berth instead), with a door to the second heads, which also serves as the day heads. The port guest cabin has twin full-length bunks. Fairline also offered an optional crew cabin aft, reached from the cockpit, with a single berth, a toilet and a basin.
Deck and flybridge
A stairway with solid teak steps leads from the teak-laid cockpit to the flybridge. Up top there is a helm seat with two co-pilot seats, seating for six around a table that converts to a sunbathing area, and a bar with a sink; a fridge and griddle were options. MBY found it easy to get around the boat, with guardrails that sweep well back along 10-inch side decks. The bathing platform is teak-laid, with a hot and cold shower.
Engines and Performance
The Phantom 46 has twin diesel engines on straight shafts. Motor Boat & Yachting notes that the Olesinski hull extends beneath the bathing platform, with the propellers set in tunnels to reduce the shaft angle. Fairline’s engine options changed over the years, and its specification pages did not name any of them as standard:
- February 2001: Caterpillar 3126 (426 hp, estimated 30 knots), Volvo Penta TAMD74L (430 hp, 30 knots) or Volvo Penta TAMD74P (480 hp, 31 knots).
- December 2002: the same Caterpillar and TAMD74L options, with the Volvo Penta TAMD75P (480 hp, 31 knots) replacing the TAMD74P.
- October 2004: Volvo Penta TAMD75P (480 mhp, 31 knots), Volvo Penta D9-500 EVC (500 mhp, 32 knots), Caterpillar C9-510 (510 mhp, 32 knots) or Volvo Penta D9-575 EVC (575 mhp, 34 knots).
The speeds are Fairline’s own estimates, which it said were given in good faith but not guaranteed. Motor Boat & Yachting achieved 30 knots on its original test, with a new, unloaded boat fitted with TAMD74Ps. Reviewing a boat with TAMD75s in 2020, it noted that the two engines have the same capacity and power, and said to expect close to that speed with a mid-20-knot cruise. What stood out most on its test was how responsive the boat was to the helm.
How It Compares
Fairline Phantom 43. The 46’s smaller sister, launched in December 1999 and introduced at the London Boat Show 2000. Fairline’s figures from October 2000 give it an overall length of 13.53 m (44 ft 5 in), a beam of 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) and a dry weight of about 12,200 kg. It has two cabins rather than three. In 2000 Fairline listed it with twin Volvo Penta engines from the 370 hp TAMD63P to the 480 hp TAMD74P.
Fairline Phantom 50. The larger three-cabin Phantom that followed in 2001. Fairline’s specification from January 2001, before its debut, gives it an overall length of 15.79 m (51 ft 10 in), a beam of 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in), a dry weight of about 17,300 kg and 2,180 litres of fuel, with engines of up to 675 hp each.
Fairline Phantom 48. A later, larger boat with different dimensions. The specification on Fairline’s website in October 2006 gave it an overall length of 15.19 m (49 ft 10 in), a beam of 4.46 m (14 ft 8 in), a dry weight of about 15,600 kg, with provisional performance figures for twin 575 mhp Volvo Penta D9-575 EVC engines.
Buying a Used Fairline Phantom 46
The Phantom 46 was launched in 1999, so condition and maintenance history matter more than the original specification. Even so, the specification changed during production, and a few points are worth confirming against the boat in front of you.
What to check
- Which engines are fitted, and their hours and service history. Options ranged from the Caterpillar 3126 to the Volvo Penta D9-575.
- Whether the optional crew cabin aft was fitted.
- Which of the extras Fairline recommended were ordered, such as the generator, air-conditioning and radar.
- The condition of the teak cockpit, flybridge steps and bathing platform.
- The age and condition of the electronics, which on a boat of this age may have been replaced.
- A full out-of-water survey, with an engine survey, by a surveyor who knows boats of this era.
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