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Il Beneteau First 47.7, come la flotta lo ha visto
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The Beneteau First 47.7 is a Bruce Farr-designed fractional sloop, built by Beneteau from 2000 onward, known for its fin with bulb and spade rudder hull and deep 2.3-meter draft. With an LOA of 14.3 meters and a displacement of 11,499 kg, it is a racer-cruiser. Aboard *Sailing 'Iwa*, the crew sailed from San Francisco to Hilo, Hawaii, enduring equipment failures including a broken whisker pole, a blown-out mainsail clew, and a wobbly propeller shaft due to a failing cutlass bearing, yet the vessel maintained steady progress.6:48 They also sailed the California coast and Hawaiian waters, navigating crab pots, anchoring in various conditions, and managing routine maintenance like engine checks and watermaker filter replacements.1:35 One Beneteau First 47.7 experienced a near keel loss during a delivery from the Bahamas to Cartagena, Colombia, when the hull-to-grid bond failed, causing seawater intrusion and structural damage to the internal grid and bulkheads.1:17
