| Beneteau Capelan | |
| Designer: | André Bénéteau |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Builder: | Beneteau |
| Draft: | 1.97feet |
| Displacement: | 10580NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 14.76feet |
| Beam: | 6.73feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | Long keel |
| Ballast: | 3300NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 134square feet |
The Beneteau Capelan is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by André Bénéteau as a fishing boat, day sailer and pocket cruiser, and first built in 1972. The boat is named for the species of fish.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 1972 to 1979, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Capelan is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of swept spreaders and aluminium spars with stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a spooned and slightly raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 10580NaN0 and carries 3300NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The boat has a draft of 1.97feet with the standard keel.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 4to outboard motor mounted in a stern well, for docking and maneuvering. An inboard motor of 5to was a factory option.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the small cabin.[6]
