2023 Beneteau FIRST 18 SE

CONSTRUCTION

• Hull and deck constructed with hand layup of Soric and foam sandwich with glass fibres reinforced with polyester and vinyl ester resin

• Chainplates bolted to the hull

• Hull reinforced with a stringer and bulkheads of the two insubmersibility chambers

• Deck with moulded high traction non-skid

• Two transoms hung rudders built of GRP foam sandwich mounted in custom aluminium cassettes

• Bolts, screws and fittings made of marine-grade stainless steel

• Hull and deck moulded in single tone off-white

• Hull sheave in a gel coat finish - prepared for the application of antifouling

KEEL ARRANGEMENT

• Cast iron swinging keel with PE epoxy primer and antifouling protection

• Stainless steel winch with dyneema high modulus rope for hoisting the keel

• Safety pin arrangement for fixing the keel in the keel box

• Slots trip keel lips closing the exit of the keel box

• Lifting straps attachment point on the top of the keel box

DECK EQUIPMENT

• Stainless steel chain plates for shrouds and forestay

• Semicircular opening hatch on the foredeck for light and ventilation

• Ronstan blocks and cleats for the mainsail, jib and gennaker control lines

• Ronstan jib track

• Composite tiller with Ronstan tiller extension

• Soft (neoprene) cover while sailing and hard (plexiglass and GRP) cover

• for storage and transport

• Attachments for engine bracket on stern

• Bilge pump operated from the cockpit

MAST & RIGGING SAILS

• Carbon fibre mast and boom with local reinforcements

• Mast protected with UV resistant foil, boom and bowsprit spraypainted with UV clear coat

• Retractable carbon fibre bowsprit

• On-deck gennaker snuffer system

• Bartels stainless steel jib furler set

• U-bolt mooring rings on mid-bow and stern (3x)

• Custom mast foot which allows for easy setting of the mast without a crane

• 1x19 standing rigging with bottle screw adjusters

• Outhaul with 2:1 purchase led inside the boom

• Mainsheet with cleat, swivel, ratchet and four ball-bearing low friction blocks

• 6:1 boom vang purchase

• Two 2:1jib sheets with blocks and cleats

• One 2:1 Dyneema main halyard with cleat

• One Dyneema jib halyard

• One masthead gennaker halyard/gennaker retrieving line

• One bowsprit control line

• Composite shackles for attachments

• Two gennaker sheets

• 8:1 Cunningham control line with blocks and cleats

SAILS

• North Sails OneDesign racing square-top full-batten mainsail, Pentex laminate, 15,6 m2 / 168 ft2

• North Sails OneDesign racing furling jib with vertical battens and zipper along the luff, Pentex laminate, 9,0 m2 / 97 ft2

OTHER EQUIPMENT

• Shrouds tension gauge

• Purse with keys for assembly

• Lock system for the main entrance hatch

• Mast transport bag

INTERIOR

• Interior covered with topcoat and with white gel coat on the moulded parts for clean and low maintenance finish

• Double V-berth with insubmersibility volume underneath

• Storage volume place under the sides of the cockpit

• Keel winch protective cover

SHALLOW SWING KEEL

• Swing keel built-in cast iron, with PE epoxy primer and antifouling protection

• Draft of 1,1 m / 3’7’’ in the lowered position and 0,3 m / 11’’ in the lifted position

OTHER OPTIONS

COCKPIT STORAGE HATCH

• Plastic hatch with the lock placed under the tiller system

• Offers access to additional storage space under the cockpit.

ROPE BAGS

• Two rope bags in the cockpit for the clean cockpit area

SUN TEN WITH POLES

• Tyvek sun shade over the boom

• Equipped with telescopic tent poles and elastics for easier fixation

INSTRUMENT BRACKET

• Custom instrument bracket fixed on gooseneck axe under the boom

• Double Dual-Lock velcro tape for fixation of the instrument

MOORING PACK

• Foldable anchor, 4 kg / 8,81 lbs

• 40m/8mm 131,23ft / 0,47inch anchor rope with 10m lead insert, 2 kg / 4,4 lbs

• Outils Ocean storage bag for the anchor

• Mooring lines with spliced ends 10m/8mm 32’10’’ / 0,47inch, 4x, spliced ends

• Custom square fenders Outils Ocean with fixation ropes, 4x

LIFTING STRAPS

• Three lifting straps connected in a single lifting point

• Safety loop for lifting straps

• Possible craning with a stepped mast

Build to Order