Bénéteau First 47.7 Deep draft
Sailboat
48′ 11″
Monohull
Since 1999
Overview
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- Model
- First 47.7 Deep draft
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1999–2004
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 9/10
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 48′ 11″ (14.91 m)
- Waterline length
- 41′ 4″ (12.60 m)
- Beam
- 14′ 10″ (4.52 m)
- Draft
- 9′ 2″ (2.80 m)
- Displacement
- 26,555 lb (12,045 kg)
- Ballast
- 8,633 lb (3,916 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 55–100 hp
- Fuel
- 62 gal (235 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,464 sq ft (136.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 2
- Berths
- 4
- Heads
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 26.3
- Displacement / length
- 168
- Ballast ratio
- 33%
- Capsize screening
- 1.99
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
- 33 %
- 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
- EC design category
- A
- Former French navigation category
- 1
- French customs tonnage
- 26.53 Tx
- Fridge/ice-box capacity
- 47.6 gal
- Genoa area
- 775 ft²
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 3
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 9/10
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Sailboat range
- First
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars (carbon fiber spars as an option)
- Spreaders angle
- 17 °
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- Single-strand (ROD) discontinuous
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 1711 ft²
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.
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