Engineering:Beneteau First Class 8
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| Boat | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 4–6 |
| Draft | 0.70 m (2.3 ft) / 1.75 m (5.7 ft) |
| Hull | |
| Hull weight | 1,400 kg |
| LOA | 8.5 m (28 ft)[1] |
| LWL | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
| Beam | 2.49 m (8.2 ft) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 20.30 m2 |
| Jib/genoa area | 18.50 m2 |
| Spinnaker area | 49 m2 |
The First Class 8 (FC8) is a One-Design keelboat designed in 1982 by Group Finot and Jacques Fouroux[1] to be constructed at Beneteau's shipyard.[2]
It is one of Europe's most competitive sailing classes, with more than 1,000 units sold between 1982 and 1994.
Strongest fleets are located in France , Belgium, Spain , Italy, Germany , Norway and Portugal.
It is a long boat compared with its competitors such as the J/24 from America. It has straight lines for a boat of that age and has no reference to IOR hull shapes with huge beam, flared bows, and pinched sterns. The boat's lines lend themselves to a dinghy style planing hull, as opposed to digging a hole in the ocean which was a characteristic of the mid period IOR boats. The FC8 has a lot of wetted surface area which makes it slow in light air.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacques Fauroux. "First Class 8 design". http://www.finot.com/bateaux/batproduction/beneteau/firstclass8/fstclass8_ang.htm.
- ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/beneteau.
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