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Very well-maintained and comprehensively bluewater equipped Beneteau First 50 with benefit of shallow draft keel and full 2021 Quantum Sails package.
FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:
Presented for sale in remarkable condition, OUR FIRST ONE is a privately owned and used example of the popular Beneteau First 50 performance cruising yacht. With almost every possible option ticked, OUR FIRST ONE has everything you could need for comfortable long-term cruising or serious Bluewater adventures.
Never chartered in either of her ownerships, OUR FIRST ONE has been successfully used in the Med. and across the Atlantic, proving her remarkable all-roundedness and capability of being an offshore self-sustainable ship and also as a Med summer cruiser. The newly installed generator, air conditioning and watermaker, plus a full recently serviced Quantum sail locker, mean she is ready to be enjoyed in any capacity.
Her specifications highlights include:
• 3-cabin, 2-heads layout in light Oak with master cabin forward
• Teak laid side decks and cockpit
• 2.40m shallow draft option keel with single rudder
• Folding three blades propeller
• Sail drive gear box
• Bowthruster
• Full batten main sail
• Harken powered winches
• Yanmar 75 hp engine with full engine service history following 2021 overhaul
• Raymarine electronics package plotters, radar, pilot and AIS
• TV
• Bluetooth Sound system with interior/exterior speakers
• Iridium Go and Starlink configuration
• Reverse cycle air-conditioning/heating
• Electric heads
• Washing dryer machine
• ZEN reverse osmosis watermaker
• Fisher Panda 6,4KW / 8,0KVA generator
• Inverter
• Sprayhood with front window
• Sun awnings foldable in the boom
• Exterior Covers
• Aluminium mast and Carbon spinnaker pole
• Quantum sails package 2021
• Tender plus two electric outboards
With just two ownerships since new OUR FIRST ONE is offered for sale in sparkling condition.
REFIT HISTORY:
2024
• New antifouling – July 2024
• New anodes – July 2024
2023
• New Fischer Panda 8000i Generator
• New Mastervolt 2000W inverter
• New Engine service
• New Sail drive
• New Maxpower Bowthruster
• New water maker
• New Air conditioning system producing 42,000 BTU in total
• New batteries for genset and Bowthruster
• New Standing Rigging inspection and service
• New Running Rigging
• New antifouling
• New hull polish
• Raymarine autopilot controller
• New Raymarine Navigation instrument displays
• New Quick anchor-chain counter
• New Quantum sails service
• New Daewoo washer/dryer machine
2021
• New teak deck
OWNER’S COMMENTS:
“We love being on ‘Our First One’, whether it’s while racing in local regattas, cruising in the Med., or crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Equipped with all the homely comforts, while still competitive on the racing circuit with her extensive sail locker. Recent upgrades mean she is in excellent condition, a real turn-key example of this beautiful series from Phillipe Briand.”
YACHTING PRESS REMARKS:
There's a whole lot more here than headroom and easily handled sails. The hull form is sleek and sophisticated, the eyebrows above the ports denote competence and self-worth, and some of the accessories below deck are fine leather. The Beneteau First 50 starts with style, but it carries through with performance.
An owner looking for a fast cruiser, an occasional racer, and/or a seasonal Bluewater boat will be attracted to this yacht. It's a perfect platform for a family who wants to cruise along the coast and explore New England or the Mid-Atlantic, and it's perfectly capable of charging around a racecourse where, competently crewed, it can stay in step with the division leaders.
Sailmagazine.com August 2017
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
RCD Status:
• It is our understanding that the yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A — "Ocean".
Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
• Monolithic hull design in polyester
• Monolithic structural counter moulding laminated and bonded to the hull
• Injection moulded deck (Sandwich / Glass fibre / Balsa wood / Synthetic resin)
• All deck and work access area surfaces teak
• All the coach roof is non-skid
• Monolithic deck counter moulding cemented to deck
• Deck hull join boarded and screwed, with 1 solid wood toerail
• Stern deck laminated
• White gelcoat topsides, deck and superstructure finish
• Teak in cockpit
Keel & Rudder:
• Shallow draught keel - straight – Lead
• The keel is fixed to the boat by a system of screws and stainless steel veneer
• Underhung balanced rudder in fibreglass sandwich and polyurethane foam
• Injection moulded rudder stock
• Self-aligning rocker bearings
MACHINERY
Engine & gearbox:
• Yanmar 4JH4-TE 75hp diesel engine
• Sail Drive gearbox
• Engine control - Key ignition - Control panel in cockpit starboard
• Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger
• Soundproof engine room
• Fuel/water separators
• Extraction fan
Maintenance & Performance:
• Engine hours: approximately 2,500 hours since new
• Last date of engine service: June 2023
• Sail drive gearbox replaced in 2023
Propulsion & Steering:
• 3-bladed Gori folding propeller
• Twin Aluminium leather covered Steering wheels
• Chain and metal cable steering transmission
• Direct link transmission for direct and exact feel
• Emergency tiller
• Retractable Max Power compact bow thruster
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Voltage systems:
• 12vDC primary domestic system with 220v AC via generator, inverter or shorepower
Battery Banks:
• 1x 110Ah AGM 12v engine start battery
• 1x Genset start battery – 2023
• 1x separated Bowthruster battery – 2023
• 4x 140Ah 12vDC AGM service batteries joined in parallel to supply 5600Ah @ 12vDC
Generator:
• Fisher Panda 8000i 6,4KW / 8,0KVA 230V 50Hz diesel generator
• Generator hours: approx. 30 as of Autumn 2023
• Generator serviced routinely
Inverter and charger:
• Mastervolt Combimaster 12V/2000VA-60A Inverter/Charger - 2023
Shorepower:
• 220vAC shore power system connector
• Ring-main with 220vAC sockets throughout yacht
• 220vAC shore power supply protected with differential breaker and distribution system.
Alternator:
• 80 Amp engine mounted alternator charging service batteries
Other Electrical:
• 230v shore power with isolator, circuit breaker, shore power cable and stainless steel inlet
• Electrical control panel with thermal breakers.
• 12v sockets, voltmeter, ampere meter and battery test at DC panel.
PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS
Fresh Water:
• 12vDC pressure system pump for fresh water supply
• Hot water supplied via engine cooling with calorifier or via 220vAC immersion heater element from shore power in well-insulated 40 litre 220vAC hot water tank
• Hot & cold pressurised water to galley, heads, shower in cockpit
Watermaker:
• 12V/220V Zen Schenker 100 liters/hour Watermaker
Bilge Pumps:
• Bilge pump override switch at AC/DC panel
• 2 x 12vDC electric bilge pump
• 1 x Manual bilge pump in cockpit
Black & Grey Water:
• The forward toilet discharge directly to the sea or into a black water tanks (empty and cleaned), whose outboard discharge works through an electric macerator pump.
TANKAGE
Fuel:
• The fuel tanks are made in PVC
• Total fuel capacity approx. 237 litres 1x roto-moulded plastic fuel tank under starboard aft berth
• Filling of fuel tanks is through deck inlets.
• Tank gauge
Fresh Water:
• 568 litres in 2x roto-moulded plastic tanks located under forward berth and beneath aft starboard berth
• Filling of water tanks is through deck inlet
• Tank gauge
Holding Tanks:
• 1x Holding tank for forward head
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
On Deck:
• 2x Raymarine Axiom plotters
• Raymarine i70s speed, wind, depth display NMEA2000 connectivity
• Raymarine original autopilot controller with new Raymarine control unit
• 2x Plastimo Offshore 135 compasses at helm station
• Quick Chain counter with remote windlass control
• Bow thruster joystick
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At Chart Table:
• Raymarine VHF Radio
• Air conditioning control panel
• Aircon condensation manual switches back-up to empty the water pots
• Mastervolt control panel
• Watermaker control panel
• Generator control panel
Communications Equipment:
• Raymarine VHF Radio with Distress
• 2x Portable VHF
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Galley:
• Stainless steel 2-burner gas cooker with oven, well gimballed with fiddle rails and locking device for oven door and also for the cooker when in use in the marina.
• 12vDC refrigeration for front opening fridge
• Additional 12vDC top opening fridge
Heads:
• 12vDC electric heads in both heads.
• Hot & cold pressurised water supplies
Laudry:
• Daewoo WINIA Wall Mountable 240V 2.5Kg washer/dryer machine
Lighting:
• LED lights all-through
• LED courtesy flooring light
Heating & Ventilation:
• Cruisair 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system
• 1x unit of 24,000 BTU feeds saloon and main bedroom, one outlet in each room
• 1x unit of 18,000 BTU output feeds both rear cabins, one outlet in each cabin
• Independent fan coils for each cabin area with 2x fan coils for saloon area.
Entertainment:
• 32” LCD TV in saloon
• Acquatic Bluetooth CD/Radio with Bose speakers and subwoofer in the saloon
• Audio speakers in the cockpit
ACCOMMODATION
Summary of Accommodation:
• Sleeps up to 8 in 3 double cabins and two further settee berths in saloon
• Cream colour interior cushions upholstery
• Light Oak Alpi interior joinery
• Woodwork Alpi Blond oak
• Laminate soles flooring
Description of Accommodation from Forward:
Forward Cabin
• Headroom: 1.91 m
• Central double bed Island berth (2.00 m x 1.50 m) - Marine mattress - Padded bedstead
• Hanging locker - 2 Drawers - Storage cupboard - glove boxes - 1
• Dressing table - Cubbyholes along the hull
• 1 Deck hatch with mosquito blind (1 Step under spar ceiling for
• emergency exit)
• 2x Fixed hull porthole(s)
Forward Heads:
• Headroom: 1.96 m
• Washroom moulded in one piece to be watertight
• Separate shower bowl Polyester - Shower - Mixer tap - Shower guard PMMA
• Electric marine toilet - Seat
• 1 Rigid sewage tank (80 litres)
• Worktop with square synthetic resin washbasin with mixer tap and
• Stainless steel beading
• Storage cupboard with drawer - Closed cubbyholes
• Toilet accessories: Paper dispenser - Bin
• 2x Mirrors
• 1x Opening deck hatch with shutter
Main Saloon:
• Headroom: 1.95 - 2.01 m’
• L-shaped bench seat - double density foam
• 1x Rectangular Adjustable Saloon table with 2 Stainless steel legs
• 2 Removable seats - Stainless steel legs - matching saloon
• Starboard sofa bench
• Closed cubbyholes - Storage under bench seats - Storage under floor
• Leather covered stainless steel handrails under coamings
• 3x Opening deck hatches with blind / mosquito nets
• 2x Fixed hull porthole(s)
• 1x Permanent ventilation system
Galley:
• Headroom: 2.00 m
• T-shaped kitchen
• Worktop in varnished wood and synthetic resin - Solid wood beading - Handrails
• Rectangular sink - 1 Stainless steel basin - Mixer tap - 1 Closed drain rack
• 2x burners gas cooker on mounting - Seat / Wooden worktop
• 1x Front opening evaporator fridge - 12 V - 100 Liter - Storage baskets
• 1x Cool box top opening - 12 V - 60 Liter
• Kitchen accessories: Cutting board - Bin - Sponge holder – Draining rack Stainless steel
• Leather covered stainless steel handrails under coamings
• 4x opening portholes with blinds on coaming
Navigation Station:
• Headroom: 2.00 m
• L-shaped chart table desk, (1.40 m x 1.40 m / 4’7’’ x 4’7’’) - Space for charts and navigation instruments along the hull - Space for office / Computer facing companionway
• 1x Adjustable swivel seat in PVC - Stainless steel legs
• Electrical panel - Access to charger and to electrical connexion
• Navigation instrument panels fitted in closed cubbyholes
• 2x opening portholes with blinds on coaming
• 1x White/red light fitting
Aft Heads:
• Headroom: 1.98 m
• Washroom moulded in one piece to be watertight
• Shower tray - Shower - Mixer tap
• Electric marine toilet
• Worktop with square synthetic resin washbasin, Mixer tap – Stainless steel beading
• Storage cupboard with drawer - Closed cubbyholes
• Toilet accessories: Paper dispenser - Bin
• 2x Mirrors
• 2x opening portholes with blinds on coaming
Aft Cabins
• Headroom: 1.98 m
• More space in port cabin than in starboard
• 2x Cabins each with 1x Double bed (2.00 m x 1.40 m - 1.20 m) Marine mattress
• Backrest chair with armrest in hull
• PVC hanger closets on stainless steel rails - 1 Drawer - Storage – glove boxes
• 1x Opening portholes with blinds on coaming
• 1x Porthole opening on cockpit with blind
• 1x Fixed hull porthole
DECK EQUIPMENT
Rig:
• 9/10 Fractional rig
• Keel-stepped mast with 3 sets of spreaders
• Aluminium anodised mast and boom
• Discontinuous rod rigging
• Rod backstay hydraulic adjustment
• Built-in genoa furler
• Running rigging - 2023
• Carbon spinnaker pole
• Harken Deck gear
• Navtec Hydraulic adjustment backstay, and vang
Winches:
• 1x Harken Mainsail Harken 53 winch on cockpit centre mounting
• 2x Harken 60.2 self-tailing manual Genoa winches
• 3x Harken 48 manual self-tailing winches on deck house
• 1x Harken 48 self-tailing Electric winch on deck house
Sails:
• Quantum sails Vectran/Aramid mainsail – 2021
• Quantum sails Vectran/Aramid Genoa 120% – 2021
• Quantum sails Vectran/Aramid jib – 2021
• Spinnaker with sleeve – 2021
• Spinnaker sleeve and running rigging - 2023
General:
• Sail locker in the bow area
• Stainless steel Pulpit and pushpit
• Double stainless lifelines
• Foldable transom
• Bathing ladder at transom
• Folding teak table stored under the cockpit floor
Anchoring & Mooring:
• Stainless steel foldable anchor harm
• 1,000W Quick electric anchor windlass
• Remote control + remote control in the cockpit with chain counter
• 25kgs anchor with 50m of 10mm chain
• Fore and aft mooring lines
• 8x Fendertex inflatable fenders
• Foldable gangway
Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
• Custom sundeck cushion Setup
• Grey lazy bag
• Wheel covers
• Instruments cover
• Grey zip-on awnings attachable to the lazy bag
• Sprayhood
Dinghy and out board engine:
• 3D 2.1 metre roll-up Inflatable dinghy - 2022
• Torqueedo Electric Outboard - 2023
• Temo Electric Outboard - 2024 (never used)
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.
Navigation Lights:
• International LED navigation lights and LED steaming light for low power consumption.
Life Saving Equipment:
• 406Mhz EPIRB
• 6x man Life raft – serviced 2023
• Flares and fire signals
• 2x fire extinguisher
• 6x Lifejackets