The Beneteau Cyclades 50.5 and Cyclades 50.4 are a series of French sailboats that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as cruisers, primarily aimed at the yacht charter market and first built in 2008. The series is named for the Greek island chain.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The 50.5 and 50.4 are externally identical and differ only in their interior layouts.[1][2][3]
Production
The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 2008 to 2010, but it is now out of production.[1][2][3][7][8]
Design
The Cyclades 50.5 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with aluminium spars with stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 27,954 lb (12,680 kg) and carries 8,708 lb (3,950 kg) of cast iron ballast.[1][2][3][6]
The boat has a draft of 6.56 ft (2.00 m) with the standard keel.[1][2][3]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 110 hp (82 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 106 U.S. gallons (400 L; 88 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 259 U.S. gallons (980 L; 216 imp gal).[1][2][3]
The Cyclades 50.5 has sleeping accommodation for ten people in five cabins, with two bow cabins and two aft cabins, each with a double berth, plus a port side admidships crew cabin with two bunk beds. The main salon has a U-shaped settee and a straight settee. The straight configuration galley is located on the port side of the salon and is equipped with a four-burner stove, a refrigerator, freezer and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are three heads, two for the bow cabins and one aft to starboard. Cyclades 50.4 differs in having a fourth head aft to port, in place of the crew cabin.[1][2][3]
The design has a hull speed of 8.81 kn (16.32 km/h).[1][2][3]
Operational history
A review for yacht charter company Sailing Europe, noted, the "Beneteau Cyclades 50.5 most commonly comes as a version with 3 showers and toilets along with a deck shower. Since this yacht is 15.6 m long overall and is 4.89 m wide it is not made for high sailing performances and top speeds for competitive sailing. This yacht is designed to accommodate a lot of people and to provide them as much comfort and space as possible."[9]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Beneteau Cyclades 50.5". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ulladulla. "Cyclades 50.5 beneteau". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Berret-Racoupeau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Berret-Racoupeau". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b Beneteau. "Cyclades 50.4". beneteau.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Beneteau". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Janko (15 August 2023). "Beneteau Cyclades 50.5 Review". Sailing Europe. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.