Beneteau 361 Explained

Beneteau 361
Image Boat:File:Beneteau 361 sailboat 3336.jpg
Designer:Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design
Location:United States
Year:1999
Builder:Beneteau
Draft:5feet
Displacement:133490NaN0
Hull Type:Monohull
Construction:Fiberglass
Loa:36.42feet
Lwl:31.08feet
Beam:12.5feet
Engine:Volvo Penta 2030 300NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:fin keel
Ballast:41560NaN0
Rudder Type:internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:45.21feet
J:13.94feet
P:38.39feet
E:14.44feet
Sailplan:Masthead sloop
Sailarea Main:277.18square feet
Sailarea Headsail:315.11square feet
Sailarea Total:592.29square feet

The Beneteau 361 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design of La Rochelle, France and first built in 1999.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in the United States, but it is now out of production. It was also called the Oceanis 361 and was marketed as the Moorings 362 with a two cabin configuration and as the Moorings 363 and Stardust 363 with three cabins, for use primarily in the yacht charter business.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Design

The Beneteau 361 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin bulb keel. It displaces 133490NaN0 and carries 41560NaN0 of ballast.[1] [3] [4] [5]

The boat has a draft of 5feet with the standard keel fitted. It was sold in three cabin configurations, two cabin, three cabin and with a main saloon.[1] [3] [4] [5]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four to six people in two or three cabins. There is a double "V"-berth berth in the bow cabin, an U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main salon and an aft cabin with a transverse double berth or opetionally, two cabins aft, each with doubles. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is C-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an icebox and a double sink. A navigation station is forward of the galley, on the port side. The head is located amidships on the starboard side.[1] [3] [4]

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta 2030 diesel engine of 300NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3] [4] [5]

The design has a hull speed of 7.472NaN2.[1] [3] [4] [5] [7]

See also

Similar sailboats

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beneteau 361 sailboat specifications and details. 22 August 2018. Browning. Randy . sailboatdata.com. 2018. https://archive.today/20220327205115/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/beneteau-361. 27 March 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Berret-Racoupeau . 22 August 2018. Browning. Randy . sailboatdata.com. 2018. https://archive.today/20200617170930/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/berret-racoupeau. 17 June 2020. live.
  3. Web site: Beneteau 361. 27 March 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220327205119/https://sailboat.guide/beneteau/361. 27 March 2022. live.
  4. Web site: Beneteau 361. 3 July 2023. Ulladulla. Sailboat Lab. https://web.archive.org/web/20230703194555/https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/610/0/. 3 July 2023. live.
  5. Web site: Oceanis 361 Beneteau. 3 July 2023. Ulladulla. Sailboat Lab. https://web.archive.org/web/20230703194611/https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/5368/0/. 3 July 2023. live.
  6. Web site: Beneteau. 26 March 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20200930161135/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/beneteau. 30 September 2020. live.
  7. Web site: Sailboat Specifications for Beneteau 361. 22 August 2018. Sailing Joy. InterVisionSoft LLC. 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213919/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/5852/beneteau-361. 22 August 2018. dead.