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.
LivelyComfort 32Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.80Bluewater
LightD/L 417Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 9.9Powered-up
TenderBallast 33%Stiff
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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The family
Related models
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Beneteau Evasion 28Fractional Sloop · 8.50 mBeneteau Evasion 29A 9.4-meter masthead sloop with a 40% ballast ratio, built for steady coastal cruising between 1980 and 1984Beneteau Evasion 36A Philippe Briand-designed masthead sloop with a 1.45-meter draft, built for comfortable cruising since 1990Beneteau Evasion 22A compact 1980s fin-keeled sloop with a shallow one-meter draft designed for accessible coastal explorationBeneteau Evasion 34A cutter-rigged cruiser with a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder, offering a balanced sail plan for versatile handlingBeneteau Evasion 32A long-keeled masthead ketch that launched the Evasion line and marked a new era for Beneteau
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