Beneteau Idylle 1350

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The Beneteau Idylle 1350, on the water

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

Footage from Lady K Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29

CoastalBluewater

1.92 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.92

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 241

EasygoingPowered-up

16.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.0

TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Draws less than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2406 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Idylle 1350, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Beneteau Idylle 1350 is a 13.5-meter masthead sloop designed by German Frers and built by Beneteau from 1983 to the present. It features a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, a 4.1-meter beam, 1.8-meter draft, and a displacement of 9999 kg. A variation of the Idylle 13.50 was built for The Moorings Charter Company, sometimes marketed as the MOORINGS 43, which featured a shorter rig.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Beneteau Idylle 1350 on video

THE FINAL Step Of The Refit (and visiting a boat show)Jakob Lang installs a stern life raft mount and replaces interior hull insulation on his boat, Wolf.Jakob Lang Sailing

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

38.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.0

Displacement / length

240.7

Comfort ratio

28.6

Capsize screening

1.92

Hull speed

7.9 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1656

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1983

Designer

German Frers

Builder

Beneteau

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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 Idylle 1550A German Frers-designed cutter built for the Caribbean charter trade, offering a stable platform in both fleet and owner versions Beneteau Idylle 1050A masthead sloop from the boards of Briand Yacht Design, balancing a moderate displacement with a stable fin keel Beneteau Idylle 1150A shoal-draft cruiser with a 1.33-metre keel, designed by Jean Berret for comfortable coastal passage-making Beneteau Idylle 8.80A shoal-draft masthead sloop by Andre Beneteau, featuring a skeg-mounted rudder for stability and coastal cruising Moorings 51A German Frers-designed cutter based on the Beneteau Idylle 1550, built for offshore comfort and steady performance Beneteau First 35An IOR 3/4 ton racer with a masthead rig, built for offshore speed and later marketed in the US as the R/C 35

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