Beneteau Reveals First 36 Sailing Yacht
Design teams from Italy, France, Slovenia and New Zealand collaborated to create the new First 36, a high-performance, high-volume 36ft cruiser-racer.
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Image: Simpson Marine
Beneteau has revealed the First 36, the new flagship of a seventh-generation First series also featuring the 14, 24 and 27 models released last year. The product of an international collaboration of designers, the 4.8-tonne 36-footer has a 12ft 6in beam, a 7ft 5in draft, and upwind and downwind sail areas of 80sqm (861sqft) and 180sqm (1,930sqft) respectively.
The exterior is by Italian Lorenzo Argento, who has also worked on the First Yacht 53, Oceanis Yacht 54 and upcoming Oceanis Yacht 60, while Slovenia?s Gigodesign handled the interior, both studios collaborating with teams from Beneteau and Seascape to shape the project.
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Naval architecture is by France?s Sam Manuard, who also worked on all the current First and First SE designs from 14-27ft, and has experience in Mini, Class40 and IMOCA 60. New Zealand?s Pure Design & Engineering, which has also worked on IMOCA 60s as well as AC75 and TP52 designs, handled structural engineering and provided further experience of high-speed sailing yachts.
Image: BeneteauImage: Simpson Marine
?We believe this is the first time a mainstream-production boat with full-cruising facilities, a mid-market price tag and the ful...
The post Beneteau Reveals First 36 Sailing Yacht appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Simpson Marine
Beneteau has revealed the First 36, the new flagship of a seventh-generation First series also featuring the 14, 24 and 27 models released last year. The product of an international collaboration of designers, the 4.8-tonne 36-footer has a 12ft 6in beam, a 7ft 5in draft, and upwind and downwind sail areas of 80sqm (861sqft) and 180sqm (1,930sqft) respectively.
The exterior is by Italian Lorenzo Argento, who has also worked on the First Yacht 53, Oceanis Yacht 54 and upcoming Oceanis Yacht 60, while Slovenia?s Gigodesign handled the interior, both studios collaborating with teams from Beneteau and Seascape to shape the project.
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Naval architecture is by France?s Sam Manuard, who also worked on all the current First and First SE designs from 14-27ft, and has experience in Mini, Class40 and IMOCA 60. New Zealand?s Pure Design & Engineering, which has also worked on IMOCA 60s as well as AC75 and TP52 designs, handled structural engineering and provided further experience of high-speed sailing yachts.
Image: BeneteauImage: Simpson Marine
?We believe this is the first time a mainstream-production boat with full-cruising facilities, a mid-market price tag and the ful...
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