Bénéteau First 45F5 Lead keel
Sailboat
46′ 7″
Monohull
Since 1990
Overview
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- Model
- First 45F5 Lead keel
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1990–1996
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 46′ 7″ (14.20 m)
- Waterline length
- 36′ 5″ (11.10 m)
- Beam
- 13′ 11″ (4.24 m)
- Draft
- 7′ 11″ (2.41 m)
- Displacement
- 23,149 lb (10,500 kg)
- Ballast
- 8,378 lb (3,800 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 50 hp
- Fuel
- 42 gal (159 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,195 sq ft (111.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 2
- Berths
- 4
- Heads
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 23.5
- Displacement / length
- 214
- Ballast ratio
- 36%
- Capsize screening
- 1.95
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Keel : fin without bulb
- Ballast ratio
- 36 %
- Ballast type
- Lead
- Boiler capacity
- 11.1 gal
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester - Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
- Country
- France
- Former French navigation category
- 1
- French customs tonnage
- 19.92 Tx
- Fridge/ice-box capacity
- 59.4 gal
- Genoa area
- 624 ft²
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Sailboat range
- First
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- Single-strand (ROD) discontinuous
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 1313 ft²
- Trailerable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.
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