Beneteau First 305

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First 305
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Development
Designer Jean Berret
LocationFrance
Year1984
No. built644
Builder(s) Beneteau
Role Cruiser-Racer
NameFirst 305
Boat
Displacement 7,937 lb (3,600 kg)
Draft 5.58 ft (1.70 m)
Hull
Type monohull
Construction glassfibre
LOA 30.50 ft (9.30 m)
LWL 26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Beam 10.50 ft (3.20 m)
Engine type Volvo 2002 diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeFin keel
Ballast2,976 lb (1,350 kg)
Rudder(s)Spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height39.33 ft (11.99 m)
J foretriangle base11.38 ft (3.47 m)
P mainsail luff33.58 ft (10.24 m)
E mainsail foot11.08 ft (3.38 m)
Sails
Sailplan Masthead sloop
Mainsail area199 sq ft (18.5 m2)
Jib/genoa area137 sq ft (12.7 m2)
Spinnaker area759 sq ft (70.5 m2)
Other sails genoa: 328 sq ft (30.5 m2)
solent: 264 sq ft (24.5 m2)
storm jib: 62 sq ft (5.8 m2)
Upwind sail area527 sq ft (49.0 m2)
Downwind sail area958 sq ft (89.0 m2)
Racing
PHRF 159
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The Beneteau First 305 is a French sailboat that was designed by Jean Berret as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1984. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France, and also in Marion, South Carolina, United States, starting in 1984 as a 1985 model year and was built until 1989, with 644 boats completed. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Design

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Beneteau First 305

The First 305 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars with continuous stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal draft keel. It displaces 7,939 lb (3,601 kg) empty and carries 2,976 lb (1,350 kg) of cast iron ballast. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The boat has a draft of 5.58 ft (1.70 m) with the standard keel and 4.33 ft (1.32 m) with the optional shoal draft keel. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

A version was also built with stub keel, daggerboard and twin rudders, for anchorages that dry out. [13]

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo 2002 diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 9 U.S. gallons (34 L; 7.5 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 30 U.S. gallons (110 L; 25 imp gal). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main salon and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located aft, on the starboard side and includes a shower. Cabin maximum headroom is 70 in (178 cm). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 759 sq ft (70.5 m2). [4] [5]

The design has a hull speed of 6.87 kn (12.72 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 159. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [14]

See also

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