Bénéteau First Yacht 53 Performance
Sailboat
56′ 4″
Monohull
Since 2019
Overview
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- Model
- First Yacht 53 Performance
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2019 on
- Designer
- Biscontini Yacht Design
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 9/10
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 56′ 4″ (17.17 m)
- Waterline length
- 50′ 6″ (15.39 m)
- Beam
- 16′ 5″ (5.00 m)
- Draft
- 9′ 10″ (3.00 m)
- Displacement
- 34,172 lb (15,500 kg)
- Ballast
- 9,921 lb (4,500 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 80–110 hp
- Fuel
- 106 gal (401 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 1,862 sq ft (173.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 3
- Berths
- 6
- Heads
- 2
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 28.3
- Displacement / length
- 118
- Ballast ratio
- 29%
- Capsize screening
- 2.02
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 : T-shaped keel (with bulb)
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 2852 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 29 %
- Ballast type
- Cast iron fin with lead bulb
- Boiler capacity
- 10.6 gal
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Code 0 area
- 1991 ft²
- Country
- France
- EC design category
- A
- Fridge/ice-box capacity
- 46 gal
- Genoa area
- 883 ft²
- Helm
- Twin helm wheels
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 3
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 9/10
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Twin spade rudders
- Sailboat range
- First
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber mast and aluminum boom
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 483 000 € (2020)
- Standing rigging
- Single-strand (ROD) discontinuous
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.
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