Beneteau First 285
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Group Finot |
| Location | France |
| Year | 1985 |
| No. built | 451 |
| Builder | Beneteau |
| Name | First 285 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 6,160 lb (2,794 kg) |
| Draft | 5.25 ft (1.60 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | glassfibre |
| LOA | 28.16 ft (8.58 m) |
| LWL | 24.25 ft (7.39 m) |
| Beam | 9.83 ft (3.00 m) |
| Engine type | inboard diesel engine |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel |
| Ballast | 2,115 lb (959 kg) |
| Rudder | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig | |
| General | Fractional rigged sloop |
| I foretriangle height | 32.51 ft (9.91 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 10.30 ft (3.14 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 31.23 ft (9.52 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 11.08 ft (3.38 m) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 173.01 sq ft (16.073 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 167.43 sq ft (15.555 m2) |
| Total sail area | 340.4 sq ft (31.62 m2) |
The Beneteau First 285 is a recreational keelboat. Beneteau built 451 in France and the United States from 1985 to 1993.[1][2][3][4][5]
Designed by Group Finot, the glassfibre hull has an internally-mounted spade-type rudder. It has a draft of 5.25 ft (1.60 m) with the standard keel, 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the optional shoal draft keel and 3.8 ft (1.2 m) with the optional wing keel.[2][5] It has a hull speed of 6.6 kn (12.22 km/h).[3][5]
It has a fractional sloop rig.
Gallery
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Beneteau First 285
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Beneteau First 285 wing keel
References
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Browning, Randy (2017). "First 285 (Bebeteau) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for Beneteau-First 2852". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Browning, Randy (2017). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Beneteau First 285". sailboat.guide. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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External links
Media related to First 285 at Wikimedia Commons