Bénéteau First 40 Lead keel
Sailboat
41′ 4″
Monohull
Since 2008
Overview
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- Model
- First 40 Lead keel
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2008–2016
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 41′ 4″ (12.60 m)
- Waterline length
- 35′ (10.67 m)
- Beam
- 12′ 10″ (3.91 m)
- Draft
- 8′ (2.44 m)
- Displacement
- 17,417 lb (7,900 kg)
- Ballast
- 6,449 lb (2,925 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 40 hp
- Fuel
- 36 gal (136 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 974 sq ft (90.5 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 3
- Berths
- 6
- Heads
- 1
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 23.2
- Displacement / length
- 181
- Ballast ratio
- 37%
- Capsize screening
- 1.98
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
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 1582 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 37 %
- Ballast type
- Lead
- Boiler capacity
- 6.6 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
- French customs tonnage
- 15.54 Tx
- Fridge/ice-box capacity
- 26.4 gal
- Genoa area
- 436 ft²
- Helm
- Single helm wheel
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 3
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi fractional
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Sailboat range
- First
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars (carbon fiber spars as an option)
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- Dyform
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 1421 ft²
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.