BoatsBeneteau First 36 SE

Beneteau First 36 SE

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders · First built 2025

A 2025 performance cruiser featuring a lightweight 4,349kg displacement and a high 30.63 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Samuel Manuard.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders

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The Beneteau First 36 SE, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelyComfort 15Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.35Bluewater
LightD/L 116Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 30.6Powered-up
TenderBallast 35%Stiff

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2888 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

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Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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What they go for

Market signal

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1seen for sale

  • The specific boat being reviewed is for sale, with units already sold in Denmark and Finland

    from SEILmagasinetseen January 2026watch

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.6
Displacement / length
116.3
Comfort ratio
14.7
Capsize screening
2.35
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1482
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2025
Designer
Samuel Manuard
Builder
Beneteau, Seascape

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Beneteau First 36A modern performance cruiser by Samuel Manuard featuring dual rudders and a high 28.68 sail-area-to-displacement ratioBeneteau First 36.7A Farr-designed racer-cruiser with a 2.2-metre draft and a balanced sail-area-to-displacement ratio for club competitionBeneteau First 36s7A performance-oriented fractional sloop by Berret-Racoupeau, featuring a bulb keel and an optional taller IMS rigBeneteau First 40A 2007 Bruce Farr design featuring a deep 2.45m draft and a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited racingFirst 30 (Beneteau - S. Manuard)A high-performance fractional sloop by Samuel Manuard and Lorenzo Argento featuring dual rudders and electric propulsion

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