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OPB: 2005 Beneteau 57 - "Vanishing Point": Delivery, Under Sail, Interior Tour (Nov 2025)
24 November 2025 · 31 min · 2K views · Ensenada
Helm station at sunset, hand on wheel, 343° heading.
What this video covers
A 2005 Beneteau FAR 57 named Vanishing Point, owned by Chris and Carmen of Flight Level Zero, makes its delivery passage from Ensenada, Mexico to San Pedro, California via San Diego, with a day sail out of San Pedro included.0:04 The boat had been shipped from Australia with a stop in Tahiti to Baja Naval in Ensenada, where it received a new bottom job, hull grip, and other work.1:12 Mark from Keeldragger and Andy from Sailing Soleil crew the delivery.0:22 The 57-footer draws roughly 8.5 feet, carries a feathering prop with prop speed coating, a bow thruster, and a KZ leisure furl in-boom furling main.1:47 Under sail in 14 knots apparent at 60 degrees, the boat reaches 7.7–8 knots without effort.22:48 The cockpit station features an 18-inch Raymarine hybrid touch chartplotter with radar and forward-looking infrared, four instrument displays, and power winches including a 66 Lewmar primary.16:02 Below, a 24-volt Victron system with 600 amp-hours, a Victron Quattro inverter-charger, Lynx distributors, Orion TR-Smart DC-to-DC chargers, three MPPT solar controllers, a Yanmar engine, a 9.5 kW Onan generator, and a 60–70 gallon-per-hour Stella watermaker are detailed.28:04 The enclosed center cockpit limits sail visibility, requiring the helmsman to look underneath the boom to check trim.19:58
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