| First 305 | |
| Image Boat: | File:Beneteau First 305 sailboat 2050.jpg |
| Designer: | Jean Berret |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1984 |
| No Built: | 644 |
| Builder: | Beneteau |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 5.58feet |
| Displacement: | 79370NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 30.5feet |
| Lwl: | 26.75feet |
| Beam: | 10.5feet |
| Engine: | Volvo 2002 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel |
| Ballast: | 29760NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 39.33feet |
| J: | 11.38feet |
| P: | 33.58feet |
| E: | 11.08feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 199square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 137square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 759square feet |
| Sails Other: | genoa 328square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 527square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 958square feet |
| Phrf: | 159 |
The Beneteau First 305 is a French sailboat that was designed by Jean Berret as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1984.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The design was built by Beneteau in France, and also in Marion, South Carolina, United States, starting in 1984 as a 1985 model year and was built until 1989, with 644 boats completed.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
The First 305 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars with continuous stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal draft keel. It displaces 79390NaN0 empty and carries 29760NaN0 of cast iron ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The boat has a draft of 5.58feet with the standard keel and 4.33feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
A version was also built with stub keel, daggerboard and twin rudders, for anchorages that dry out.[13]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo 2002 diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main salon and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located aft, on the starboard side and includes a shower. Cabin maximum headroom is 700NaN0.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 759square feet.[4] [5]
The design has a hull speed of 6.87kn and a PHRF handicap of 159.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [14]