Beneteau First 42 Explained

First 42
Designer:Germán Frers
Location:France
Year:1981
Builder:Beneteau
Draft:7.25feet
Displacement:187380NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:glassfibre
Loa:42.92feet
Lwl:36feet
Beam:13.08feet
Engine:Perkins Engines 4-108 500NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:Fin keel
Ballast:88180NaN0
Rudder Type:Spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:52.8feet
J:16.73feet
P:46.6feet
E:14.6feet
Sailplan:Masthead sloop
Sailarea Main:398square feet
Sailarea Headsail:353square feet
Sailarea Spin:1572square feet
Sails Other:genoa

710square feet
solent: 484square feet
storm jib: 154square feet

Sailarea Upwind:1109square feet
Sailarea Downwind:1970square feet
Phrf:81 (shoal draft)

The Beneateau First 42, marketed in the United States as the Beneteau R/C 42, is a French sailboat that was designed by Germán Frers as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1981.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

The design was derived from a Two Ton class racing boat, Gitana VII.[13] [14]

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 1981 to 1985, but it is now out of production. The R/C 42 version for the US market was produced from 1983.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [15] [16] [17]

Design

The First 42 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 keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminium spars. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal draft keel. The First 42 model displaces 187380NaN0 and carries 88180NaN0 of cast iron ballast, while the R/C 42 version displaces 186000NaN0 and carries 87000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The boat has a draft of 7.25feet with the standard keel and 5.42feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 diesel engine of 500NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double berth in the bow cabin, two U-shaped settees in the main salon along with two pilot berths 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 J-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an icebox 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. Cabin maximum headroom is 760NaN0.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1572square feet.[7]

The design has a hull speed of 8.06kn and a PHRF handicap of 81 for the shoal draft model.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First 42 (Beneteau). 5 August 2023. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000614/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/first-42-beneteau/. 5 August 2023. live.
  2. Web site: Beneteau R/C 42. 5 August 2023. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000610/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/beneteau-rc-42/. 5 August 2023. live.
  3. Web site: Beneteau First 42. 5 August 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000623/https://sailboat.guide/beneteau/first-42. 5 August 2023. live.
  4. Web site: Beneteau R/C 42. 5 August 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000622/https://sailboat.guide/beneteau/rc-42. 5 August 2023. live.
  5. Web site: First 42 beneteau. 5 August 2023. Ulladulla. Sailboat Lab. https://archive.today/20230805000631/https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/2722/0/. 5 August 2023. live.
  6. Web site: Beneteau rc 42. 5 August 2023. Ulladulla. Sailboat Lab. https://archive.today/20230805000627/https://sailboatlab.com/data_sheet/630/0/. 5 August 2023. live.
  7. Web site: First 42 S / Deep draft Sailboat specifications. 5 August 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000649/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/beneteau/first-42-s-deep-draft. 5 August 2023. live.
  8. Web site: Bénéteau R/C 42 Shoal draft Sailboat specifications. 5 August 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230805000641/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/beneteau/beneteau-r-c-42-shoal-draft. 5 August 2023. live.
  9. Web site: German Frers. 5 August 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230513164840/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/frers-german/. 13 May 2023. live.
  10. Web site: German Frers. 5 August 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409112239/https://sailboat.guide/german-frers. 9 April 2023. dead.
  11. Web site: Frers Naval Architecture & Engineering. 5 August 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230513234033/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/frers-naval-architecture. 13 May 2023. live.
  12. Web site: First 42. 5 August 2023. Beneteau. Beneteau. beneteau.com. https://archive.today/20230805000655/https://www.beneteau.com/en-us/first-1977-1983/first-42. 5 August 2023. live.
  13. Web site: The Beneteau Performance Series. 5 August 2023. Beneteau. Beneteau. Yachting. January 1982.
  14. Web site: The Beneteau Performance Series. 5 August 2023. Beneteau. Beneteau. Yachting. September 1981.
  15. Web site: Beneteau. 5 August 2023. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20200930161135/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/beneteau. 30 September 2020. live.
  16. Web site: Beneteau. 5 August 2023. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2023. https://archive.today/20230501195543/https://sailboat.guide/beneteau. 1 May 2023. live.
  17. Web site: Bénéteau Sailboat builder. 5 August 2023. Boat-Specs.com. 2023. https://archive.today/20230622185854/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/beneteau. 22 June 2023. live.
  18. Web site: PHRF Handicaps. 5 August 2023. US Sailing. US Sailing. ussailing.org. 2023.

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