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Beneteau Escapade

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1976

A heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel designed by Andre Beneteau for stable, comfortable coastal cruising

Designed by Andre Beneteau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a beamy beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

1.80 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.80
LightHeavy

417 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 417
EasygoingPowered-up

9.9 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 9.9
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
9.9
Displacement / length
417.1
Comfort ratio
31.7
Capsize screening
1.80
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
736
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
Andre Beneteau
Builder
Beneteau

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Cape Dory 30C9.21 mSame hull family1.2 m longerA cutter-rigged cruiser with a full keel and a 1.27-metre draft, built for steady performance between 1976 and 1987
Cape Dory 288.56 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA classic Carl Alberg full-keel masthead sloop designed for steady, comfortable cruising
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Vancouver 278.23 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA Robert B. Harris-designed cutter with a long keel, built across two continents to provide a stiff, comfortable passage

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