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Beneteau First 24-2

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel w/dual Rudders · First built 2021

A high-performance fractional sloop by Samuel Manuard featuring a swing keel and dual rudders for modern, agile sailing

Designed by Samuel Manuard.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel w/dual Rudders

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,000 kg of hull, so roughly 1,600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,000 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.25 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.52 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.52
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.9
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

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

  • Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 620 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.9
Capsize screening
2.52
Hull
Hull type
Swing keel w/dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2021
Designer
Samuel Manuard
Builder
Beneteau

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Related models

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