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Beneteau Fletan

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1966

A 1966 fractional sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration, offered as either an open day sailor or a cuddy cruiser

Designed by Andre Beneteau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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The Beneteau Fletan, on the water

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 1.82 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 400 kg of hull, so roughly 1,000 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 400 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 0.35 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.49 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.49
LightHeavy

260 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 260
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.5
TenderStiff

24% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 24%

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

  • Narrower than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 232 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Fletan, as the fleet has seen it

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The Beneteau Fletan is a 4.9-meter fractional sloop designed by Andre Beneteau, built by Beneteau from 1966 to the present. It displaces 400 kg with a 1.8-meter beam and 1.2-meter draft, offered in both an open cockpit day sailor and a cabin/cuddy cruiser version. Beneteau introduced early fiberglass models like the Fletan and Guppy as the company transitioned from wooden fishing boats to recreational craft in the 1960s, moving towards semi-industrial production and a dealer network.3:53

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Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
23.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.5
Displacement / length
260.3
Comfort ratio
9.8
Capsize screening
2.49
Hull speed
4.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
245
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1966
Designer
Andre Beneteau
Builder
Beneteau

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