The Beneteau First 285 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Group Finot and first built in 1985. The design is out of production.[1][2][3][4]

Production

The boat was built by Beneteau in France and the United States. A total of 451 were completed during the design's production run from 1985 to 1993.[1][4][5]

Design

Beneteau First 285
Beneteau First 285 wing keel

The First 285 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 6,160 lb (2,794 kg) and carries 2,115 lb (959 kg) of ballast.[1][2][4]

The boat has a draft of 5.25 ft (1.60 m) with the standard keel, 3.75 ft (1.14 m) with the optional shoal draft keel and 3.8 ft (1.2 m) with the optional wing keel.[1][4]

The boat has a hull speed of 6.6 kn (12.22 km/h).[2][4]

See also

Similar sailboats

References

  1. ^ a b c d Browning, Randy (2017). "First 285 (Bebeteau) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c InterVisionSoft LLC (2017). "Sailboat Specifications for Beneteau-First 2852". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ Browning, Randy (2017). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Beneteau First 285". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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