Bénéteau First 53F5 Shoal draft
Sailboat
53′ 1″
Monohull
Since 1990
Overview
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- Model
- First 53F5 Shoal draft
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1990–1993
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi masthead
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 53′ 1″ (16.18 m)
- Waterline length
- 43′ 4″ (13.21 m)
- Beam
- 14′ 8″ (4.47 m)
- Draft
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Displacement
- 30,865 lb (14,000 kg)
- Ballast
- 9,480 lb (4,300 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 80 hp
- Fuel
- 119 gal (450 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,507 sq ft (140.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 3
- Berths
- 6
- Heads
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 24.5
- Displacement / length
- 169
- Ballast ratio
- 31%
- Capsize screening
- 1.87
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 : wing keel
- Ballast ratio
- 31 %
- 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
- Genoa area
- 861 ft²
- Helm
- Twin helm wheels
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Maximum righting moment
- 91281 lb.ft
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi masthead
- Righting moment @ 30°
- 70356 lb.ft
- 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
- 1938 ft²
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.