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The Beneteau First 25S is a French sailboat, that was designed by Group Finot/Conq and first built in 2008.
The First 25S is a development of the Beneteau First 260 Spirit and the Beneteau First 25.7.




Production


The design is built by Beneteau in France and in the United States. It remained in production in 2018 as the First 25.




Design



The First 25S is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with a square-head mainsail, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, dual transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and a centreboard or optional fixed fin keel. It displaces 4,740 lb (2,150 kg) and carries 1,433 lb (650 kg) of ballast.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 4.76 ft (1.45 m), while the centreboard-equipped version has a draft of 6.08 ft (1.85 m) with the centreboard extended and 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with it retracted.
The boat is optionally fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2YM15 diesel engine of 14 hp (10 kW). The fuel tank holds 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 11 U.S. gallons (42 L; 9.2 imp gal).
The design has a hull speed of 6.58 kn (12.19 km/h).




Operational history


In a 2017 review in Sail magazine, writer Zuzana Prochazka concluded, "Beneteau’s marketing material describes the boat as being built for 'spontaneous day-cruising,' but it's clear there is enough performance in this design for the boat to get in some fun and exciting club racing as well. Equally appealing is the idea that you can trailer the First 25 S pretty much anywhere, launch it and go exploring to your heart's content. In short, this is one nice little boat."




See also


List of sailing boat types
Related development

Beneteau First 25.7
Beneteau First 260 Spirit
Similar sailboats

Bayfield 25
C&C 25
Cal 25
Capri 25
Catalina 25
Catalina 250
Jouët 760
Kelt 7.6
Kirby 25
MacGregor 25
O'Day 25
Redline 25
Tanzer 25
US Yachts US 25




References






External links



Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Beneteau First 25S
• List of classes of Beneteau keelboats and yachts
• Beneteau First 25.7
• Beneteau First 260 Spirit
• Group Finot
• Nordic Folkboat
• MacGregor 25
• Catalina 25
• Jouët 760
• Bayfield 25