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SOLD

B3988

Bènèteau
First 27.7

Lying

Devon

Builder

Bènèteau, France

Year

2004

Price

£32,000

LOA

29' 0"

Sail area

538 sq ft main and genoa, plus 646 sq ft spinnaker

Brief details

LWL

27' 2"

Rig

sloop

A fast cruiser-racer from Beneteau, this First 27,7 has an electric lifting keel to allow use of drying moorings. She has the optional larger 18 hp Yanmar diesel, a good sail inventory including a furling assymetric, Webasto hot-air heating and good instrumentation including a colour chartplotter with AIS.

Beam

9' 8"

Cabins

2

Draught

2' 0" to 7' 0" keel down

Berths

6

Displacement

5,842 lbs

Engine

Yanmar 2GM20C diesel

Ballast

1,323 lbs

BHP

18

Keel type

Lead keel bulb on GRP composite lifting keel stub, with electric winch to lift keel
The Beneteau First 27.7 was designed for Beneteau by Groupe Finot in 2002, and is virtually a miniature replica of their Open 50 and Open 60 racing designs.

She has a deep lead-bulbed keel which gives 7 feet draught down, and lifts with an electric winch to give a keel-up draught of just two feet. The interior is fairly spartan, but suitable for fast cruising on shorter, marina-hopping passages.

'Yachting Monthly' boat tested the First 27.7 in their October 2003 issue, and their tester reported that she was "....the best boat I have sailed this year", and "....exhilarating and responsive to sail".

This is a very high performance boat - the designer's VPP (velocity prediction program) indicates hullspeed peaking at over 16 knots - see the polar diagrams here from Groupe Finot

Please let us know if you find these larger images helpful

Accommodation plan
The electric lift keel is controlled by a n up/down switch ( to the right of the engine hours counter above the chart table ). The keel can also be raised or lowered manually via a valve and the manual pump lever. There is a facility to lock the keel in the down position. In the up position the keel bulb remains below the hull, so she cannot dry out on hard ground, but in soft mud this will sink in and she can lie level.

Photographs August 2008

Photos mostly August 2008 - but photo below September 2008 with cockpit teak just cleaned!

Brochure photos

Equipment List: (provisional)

Engine details

Yanmar 2GM20SD 18 hp diesel with Saildrive, raw water cooled, run 343 hours. This is the optional larger engine - the standard engine is a single-cylinder 9 hp

Fuel tank capacity

30 litres

Propeller

two-bladed folding prop

Batteries

2 x batteries

Battery charging

engine alternator and shorepower battery charger. NASA BM-1 battery meter

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Bermudan 9/10 fractional sloop, alloy mast & boom, retractable bowsprit, S/S standing rigging

Mainsail

 

Genoa

 

Genoa furling

 

Spinnaker

Furling assymetric with Bamar furling gear

Other sails

2 other headsails

Storm jib

new 2006 - unused

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 30 two-speed self-tailing

Halliard/secondary winches

2 x Lewmar 14 self-tailing on coachroof

Bower anchor

Danforth type

Steering

Tiller

Autopilot

Raymarine ST2000+ tiller pilot

Steering compass

Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass

Warps & fenders

 

Navigation Equipment and instruments

GPS/chartplotter

Garmin GPSMap 2106 colour chartplotter - new 2006, with AIS engine

Log/speed

Raymarine Tridata

Windspeed

Raymarine ST60

Depth sounder

Raymarine Tridata

VHF radio

Icom IC-M421 with DSC

Safety/emergency equipment

Liferaft

Plastimo Cruiser 4-man - valise type

Bilge pump

manual

Fire extinguishers

2

Interior

Cabin layout

Open plan saloon/heads/aft cabin

Berths

6

Cabin heating

Webasto hot-air diesel heating with 2 outlets and programmable 7-day timer

Water tank capacity

50 litres

Cooker

single-burner gimbaled gas cooker

Coolbox

coolbox by galley (not refrigerated)

Heads

Jabsco
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

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