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Beneteau First 235

Development
Designer	Group Finot
Location	France
Year	1986
No. built	680
Builder(s)	Beneteau
Name	Beneteau First 235
Boat
Displacement	2,826 lb (1,282 kg)
Draft	3.80 ft (1.16 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Glassfibre
LOA	23.33 ft (7.11 m)
LWL	20.25 ft (6.17 m)
Beam	8.17 ft (2.49 m)
Engine type	Outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	825 lb (374 kg)
Rudder(s)	/transom-mounted rudder
Rig
General	Fractional rigged sloop
I foretriangle height	28.61 ft (8.72 m)
J foretriangle base	7.87 ft (2.40 m)
P mainsail luff	26.41 ft (8.05 m)
E mainsail foot	10.30 ft (3.14 m)
Sails
Mainsail area	136.01 sq ft (12.636 m)
Jib/genoa area	112.58 sq ft (10.459 m)
Total sail area	248.59 sq ft (23.095 m)
Racing
PHRF	189 (swing keel or fin keel)
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The Beneteau First 235 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Group Finot and first built in 1986.

Production

The boat design was built by Beneteau in France and the United States between 1986 and 1991, with 680 examples completed, but it is now out of production.

Design

The First 235 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel, wing keel or optionally a centreboard. It displaces 2,826 lb (1,282 kg) and carries 825 lb (374 kg) of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 3.80 ft (1.16 m) with the standard fin keel and 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the optional shoal draft wing keel. A centreboard version was also produced with a draft of 5.75 ft (1.75 m) with the centreboard extended and 2.16 ft (0.66 m) with it retracted.

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 189 with the swing keel or the fin keel and 195 with the wing keel.

The boat has a hull speed of 6.03 kn (11.17 km/h).

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "here is a boat you might call elegant, if you like the French approach to design—all rounded corners and brushed aluminum. It may take time to get over the idea that she's not 23 1/2 feet long, (She's really only 21' 8" on deck, without the rudder, and even her official LOA is only 23' 4"...so where does the "235" come from? Marketing!) ... Best features: Roomy cabin with good headroom and enclosed head. Very pretty, very sleek, very ... French. Worst features: That aft berth under the cockpit is a bear to climb into or out of."

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Similar sailboats

• Bluenose one-design sloop
• Hunter 23
• O'Day 23
• Paceship 23
• Paceship PY 23
• Precision 23
• Rob Roy 23
• Schock 23
• Sonic 23
• Stone Horse
• Watkins 23

References

1. ^ Browning, Randy (2017). "First 235 (Beneteau) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
2. ^ InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for Beneteau - First 235". Sailing Joy. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
3. Browning, Randy (2017). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
4. ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Beneteau First 235". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
6. InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for Beneteau - First 235 WK". Sailing Joy. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
7. ^ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 152. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0

External links

• Media related to Category:First 235 at Wikimedia Commons

• Keelboats
• 1980s sailboat type designs
• Sailing yachts
• Sailboat type designs by Groupe Finot
• Sailboat types built by Beneteau