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Beneteau First 36s7

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1996

A performance-oriented fractional sloop by Berret-Racoupeau, featuring a bulb keel and an optional taller IMS rig

Designed by Jean Berret & Berret-Racoupeau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Beneteau First 36s7, on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

2.19 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.19
LightHeavy

174 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 174
EasygoingPowered-up

18.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.8
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Beamier than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2963 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau First 36s7, as the fleet has seen it

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The Beneteau First 36s7 is a performance-oriented fractional sloop designed by Jean Berret and Berret-Racoupeau, built by Beneteau since 1996. Derived from the First 35s7, it measures 10.9 meters LOA with a 3.8-meter beam and displaces 5299 kg. It features a fin keel with a bulb and spade rudder, with a standard draft of 1.9 meters, and was also available with a wing keel option or a taller IMS rig.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Beneteau First 36s7 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.8
Displacement / length
173.7
Comfort ratio
19.4
Capsize screening
2.19
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1379
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1996
Designer
Jean Berret, Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Beneteau

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