Beneteau First 44 Performance
Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders · First built 2022
A light-displacement performance variant featuring a 2.6-metre draft and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio
Designed by Biscontini Design Group & Roberto Biscontini.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders
See her sail
The Beneteau First 44 Performance, 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.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.95 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
141 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
21.9 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Draws more than ~94% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1960 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Boats like this, on the water
More boats like her, on the water
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
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.
Keep asking
The fleet has more to say
Search what's been said about the Beneteau First 44 Performance, or ask a specific question — the answer comes back written out, with links to the moments it draws on.
The newsletter
New boats, new stories, from everywhere.
One email from the fleet — boats newly added, videos newly analyzed. No noise.