Beneteau First Class 10

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Beneteau First Class 10
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Development
Designer Groupe Finot/Jacques Fauroux
Location France
Year1982
No. built114
Builder(s) Beneteau
Role Racer-Cruiser
NameBeneteau First Class 10
Boat
Displacement 6,900 lb (3,130 kg)
Draft 5.75 ft (1.75 m)
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fiberglass
LOA 34.33 ft (10.46 m)
LWL 30.08 ft (9.17 m)
Beam 9.67 ft (2.95 m)
Engine type Yanmar 2GM diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board typefin keel
Ballast2,450 lb (1,111 kg)
Rudder(s)internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height37.45 ft (11.41 m)
J foretriangle base12.89 ft (3.93 m)
P mainsail luff40.02 ft (12.20 m)
E mainsail foot13.84 ft (4.22 m)
Sails
Sailplan Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area276.94 sq ft (25.729 m2)
Jib/genoa area241.37 sq ft (22.424 m2)
Total sail area518.30 sq ft (48.152 m2)
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The Beneteau First Class 10 is a French sailboat that was designed by Jean Marie Finot of Groupe Finot and Jacques Fauroux as a racer/cruiser and first built in 1982. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France between 1982 and 1987, with a total of 114 boats completed, but it is now out of production. [1] [5]

Design

Beneteau First Class 10 flying its spinnaker Beneteau First Class 10 sailboat Gunsmoke 4787.jpg
Beneteau First Class 10 flying its spinnaker

The Beneteau First Class 10 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid fiberglass, with the deck made from balsa-cored fiberglass, with teak wooden trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, with a double-spreader mast made by Z-Spar of France and stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 6,900 lb (3,130 kg) and carries 2,450 lb (1,111 kg) of ballast. [1] [4]

The boat has a draft of 5.75 ft (1.75 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GM diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The engine is mounted amidships, just above the keel and drives a folding propeller that is just aft of the keel. [1] [4]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard 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, alcohol-fired stove and a single sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow berth, within that cabin and has no sink. The main cabin has a double drop-leaf table. The cabin has a teak veneer headliner and teak bulkheads with a cabin sole of teak and holly. The interior walls are covered in cream-colored, foam-backed vinyl or a material made from pile fabric. [1] [4]

For sailing the boat is equipped with a double groove headstay, adjustable jib fairleads and adjustable running backstays that lead to self-tailing winches, The mainsail has a mid-cockpit mainsheet traveler, with a secondary block for fine-tuning. [4]

Operational history

A review in the July 1982 issue of Canadian Yachting by Carol Nickle and Bryan Gooderham concluded, "the Beneteau First Class 10 will provide plenty of sailing excitement for those who enjoy the exhilaration of flat out performance. It exhibits a distinct French flair in both design and décor that provides a contrast to the mainstream of North American yachts." They did find much to criticize in the construction and materials used, however. On the choice of cabin interior materials, for instance, they stated, "we are a little dubious of the durability of this covering and its appearance after several years of hard racing." On the rigging, they stated, "rod rigging rather than stainless steel wire would be a useful addition on such a high-performance boat" and "we thought the cast-aluminum [boom] gooseneck fitting was of less than premier quality". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "First Class 10 (Beneteau) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Jacques Fauroux". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nickle and Bryan Gooderham, Carol; Gooderham, Bryan (July 1984). "First Class 10". Canadian Yachting . Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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