First 14 SE (Beneteau)

BoatsFirst 14 SE (Beneteau)

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.70 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 67 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.

CoastalBluewater

At 4.22 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.22

EasygoingPowered-up

74.5 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 74.5

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

Lighter than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 373 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

74.5

Capsize screening

4.22

Hull

Hull type

Dbrd. Dinghy

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2017

Designer

Sam Manuard, Samuel Manuard

Builder

Seascape, Beneteau

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Asker Sailing Club5:14 from SEILmagasinet

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The family

Related models

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