Price Details

Price: £4,950 GBP
Location: Heybridge Basin, nr Maldon, CM9 Essex GB
Make: Beneteau
Year: 1981
Condition: Fair
Category: Sail
Class: Racers and Cruisers
Keel Type: Fin Keel

Description

A Beneteau First 25. An early model of these popular GRP sail cruisers. Easy to handle, a stable first sail boat yet very capable, good for for coastal waters.

Fin keel  with auxiliary power,  an outboard sited in well, 10hp Tohatsu. Roomy interior, offering 5 berths in 2 cabins.
She requires some cosmetic attention, otherwise in the water, tidy and good to go.

Measurements

Nominal Length: 7.62m
Length Overall: 7.52m
Length At Water Line: 2.13m

Beam: 2.92m
Max Draft: 1.24m

Specifications

Fuel Tank Capacity: 5ltrs
Water Tank Capacity: 15ltrs, in plastic containers, water tank not used in present ownership
Displacement: 1800kgs
Cruising Speed: 5knots
Engine Power: 8hp
Number of Engines: 1 x outboard

Accommodation

Berths: 5
Cabins: 2
Heads: 1
Passenger Capacity: 4

Builder/Designer

Builder: Beneteau
Designer: Jean Marie Finot (Group Finot)
Boat Name: Suchina

Hull

Hull Material: Fibreglass
Hull Design: Displacement
Hull Speed: 8: knots

Engine

Engine Model: Tohatsu
Fuel Type: unleaded
Tohatsu 8hp, 4 stroke petrol, 2012, outboard sited in a well with lid.
5ltrs remote  plastic fuel tank.

Construction:

Moulded GRP. Open aft cockpit. all moulded seating which open up to two large stowage lockers.
Long Rudder blade hung from the transom.
Ballast in the fin keel / encapsulated within the form of the vessel.

Accommodation:

Double berth in the fore peak., Forehatch over. Head compartment amidships with a sink, with manual pump tap,

a mirrored vanity unit to port, a Jabsco sea toilet starboard. A zip up stowage cabinet behind the unit.
Textile covered berth cushioning. 12v cabin lighting. In the saloon. 5ft 6ins Headroom. Opopsing settee berths, starboard settee extends

out to form a double berth and the portside is a single berth. GRP Formed stowage lockers beneath the berths.
Aft either side of the companionway step, a chart table and navigation station, starboard.

To port there is a formed sink with manual tap (not used) and a cool box A double gas burner hob with grill.(unused), single butane camping ring used.
Hung on  the forward bulkhead is a fold down and out dining table.
A large storage area in what would be the engine space.
2 x Clear Perspex washboards . An open formed cockpit with slatted topped seating/ stowage lockers.

Equipment:

Fenders and mooring warps.

Sails & Rig:

Deck stepped alloy mast and boom.
Stainless steel standing rigging
Synthetic running rigging
Dolphin made Main sail, 10 years old , No: 1 Genoa, No:2 and a No: 3,  Jibs and a spinnaker (sails unchecked)
Mainsail is bent on boom, a canvas main sail cover.
Halyard winch , 2 x sheet winches

Navigation Equipment:

Tiller steering
Bulkhead mounted: Compass, Raymarine echo sounder and log
Hand bearing compass
Navico VHF radio with external speaker.
Windvane at masthead
Clock and barometer
Navigation lights, steaming and tri -colour masthead light and anchor light.

Safety Equipment:

Stainless steel pushpit and pulpit.
Guard wires and stanchions.
Bilge pump leads to engine space under the cockpit.
Horseshoe lifebuoy and s/s rack attached to push pit.
Fixed boarding ladder to her transom.
Fire extinguisher (dates unchecked)

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