| Beneteau 49 | |
| Designer: | Berret-Racoupeau Nauta Design |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Builder: | Beneteau |
| Draft: | 5.75feet |
| Displacement: | 285170NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 49.5feet |
| Lwl: | 43.67feet |
| Beam: | 14.75feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 760NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel with weighted bulb |
| Ballast: | 94800NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 59.75feet |
| J: | 18.42feet |
| P: | 51.67feet |
| E: | 18.33feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 473.56square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 550.3square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 1023.86square feet |
| Phrf: | 51-102 |
The Beneteau 49, also called the Oceanis 49, is a French sailboat that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as a cruiser and first built in 2007. Nauta Design created the interior.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 2007, Cruising World magazine named the design Boat of the Year in the Best Full-Size Production Cruiser category.[6]
The design was built by Beneteau in Marion, South Carolina, United States, starting in 2007, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [6] [7] [8]
The Beneteau 49 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop masthead sloop rig, with two sets of swept spreaders and aluminium spars with stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb or optional deep draft keel. It displaces 285170NaN0 and carries 94800NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2] [3] [9]
The boat has a draft of 5.75feet with the standard keel and 6.92feet with the optional deep draft keel.[1] [2] [3]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 760NaN0 gasoline engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3]
The design was built with two and three cabin interior designs, providing sleeping accommodation for four to six people. The two cabin model has a double island berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main salon and an aft cabin with a diagonal double island berth on the starboard side. The three cabin interior divides the aft cabin into two smaller cabins. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a gimbaled three-burner stove, a refrigerator, freezer and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one in the bow cabin on the port side and one on the starboard side aft.[1] [2] [3] [9]
The design has a hull speed of 8.85kn and a PHRF handicap of 51 to 102 with the standard keel and 69 to 90 with the deep draft keel.[1] [2] [3] [10]
In a 2007 Cruising World review, Andrew Burton wrote, "the Beneteau 49 is a sprightly performer thanks to its modern underbody and powerful sail plan. It comes with all the creature comforts for which cruisers could ask, attractive avant-garde styling, and a price that offers an excellent value."[9]