9' ft Beneteau Beneteau 47.7 2001

Accommodations
The First series is designed to meet the performance needs of racing sailor’s, yet they are fully equipped for comfortable cruising. The world’s top yacht designer. Bruce Farr, worked closely with Beneteau to create the sleek, fast lines of this series. Equipped with premium quality hardware like Lewmar, Sparcraft, and Harken; a first can meet the challenges of the wind and the sea. The beauty of Beneteau’s excellent cabinetry is incorporated into functional living spaces. All of these characteristics put the First series at the head of the fleet. The First 47.7 Design by Bruce Farr Beneteau has added another impeccable design to the First Series line-up. The Beneteau First 47 sleek and sophisticated racer with all the comforts of a luxurious cruiser. Bruce Farr designed the hull and powerful rig provide excellent whether you’re racing and cruising.
The First 47.7 follows the footsteps of the highly successful First 40.7 with interior styling of the exemplary First 45. The First 47.7 is fast, fun and easy to handle. Whether race equipped to go offshore or around the buoys, the First 47.7 will be a joy to sail.
The First 47.7 cockpit design is extraordinary. The large wheel allows the helmsman to sit comfortably on the coaming with an unobstructed view forward. Features include teak slatted inlaid seats, mounted electronics on the steering pedestal and cockpit coaming. The traveler is located near the helm for optimal boom and mainsheet control.
A folding swim platform retracts easily to the sleek lines of the boat when racing. Not only will the First 47.7 shine on the race course also fully equipped for comfortable cruising. The plush interior offers many exquisite details. The warm tones of cherry stained interior as you enter the salon and there is plenty of ventilation accented by the 6’4” feet of headroom. Luxurious appointments such as a gimbaled salon table that can be titled when heeling, and companionway steps framed with aluminum create a unique atmosphere of intimacy. All of these details are designed specifically to meet the high demands of the sophisticated Beneteau sailor. is fully equipped with a large front-loading refrigerator, 3 burner stove, and loads of counter space. All of this is a combine with cabinetry and the exceptional interior joinery that is Beneteau signature.
The First 47.7 is designed to be a true blue water performance yacht. She has all the characteristics Beneteau is known for – vinylester osmosis barrier and the end-grain balsa “sandwich” deck construction. As with all boats in the Beneteau family, to provide exceptional quality, performance and value.


Galley
The Galley is perfectly setup for entertaining guests and Framed by the curved design of the aft stateroom doors the galley has all the space and storage needed for preparing fantastic meals. Generous counters and a front opening refridgerator along with a freezer and a 2 burner cooktop/oven are arranged in L shape along the port side near the companion way


Electronics/Navigation
Raymarine E-120 multifunction display
 GPS
 Chartplotter
 Radar
 Depth/Fishfinder
 Navionics Gold Chip
 Network wired to Nav

Station for PC interface
RayTech 6.0 software
Complete SeaTalk networking
Wired between PC and salon flat panel display
Raymarine 2kw radar dome on SS mast w/ outboard motor lifting crane
Icom ICM-700 SSB w/AT-140 AutoTuner
Wave RV marine WIFI antena system
Side mounted Multiview displays at binacle
Mast mounted MaxiView repeaters
23" HD LCD Flatpanel TV w/ DVD player in master stateroom
32" HD LCD Flatpanel TV w/ DVD plaer in salon
ACR RapidFix 406 EPIRB w/ GPS Interface



Hull & Deck
br>The First 47.7 is designed to be a true blue water performance yacht. She has all the characteristics Beneteau is known for – vinylester osmosis barrier and the end-grain balsa “sandwich” deck construction. As with all boats in the Beneteau family, to provide exceptional quality, performance and value.
Stainless steel stemhead fitting with 2 rollers
Self-bailing anchorwell with hatch and electric bracket
Two-way electric windlass
Stainless steel forward pulpit
Varnished wooden toe rail along the whole of the hull/deck joint
Stainless steel stanchions with shaped bases
Double lifelines with gates
2 side openings in the lifelines
4x400 mm aluminum mooring cleats with stainless steel protection on toe rail
4x300 mm aluminum mooring cleats for the spring lines


Sails and rigging
9/10th’s fractional rig
Tapered anodized aluminum mast stepped on the keel
Anodized aluminum boom
3 sets of aft-swept (17) spreaders Cruising sails included fully battened main with jack stays and canvas turtle

Profurl genoa furling system and crusing asymetrical spinaker with sally

Racing sails all Quantum include:
Main, Light #1, Med/Hv #1, #2, #3 and .75 oz AP symetrical spinaker (the #2 and 3 have never been used; all jibs in sausage bags, spinaker in launching turtle)



Independent test sail report
The 47.7 is a Bruce Farr design created without regard to handicap rules, so the hull lines are both powerful and slippery. It has a fine entry, a comfortably wide transom and a choice of keels depending on your sailing needs. Beneteau has sold more than 500 of these yachts overseas; it has just introduced the 47.7 to the U.S. market and the waiting list already stretches for more than a year.

The deck layout on the 47.7 remains constant, regardless of which interior layout is chosen. The cockpit is wide (too wide to brace your feet on the opposite seat) and well arranged for either cruising or racing with a pair of Lewmars sunk into each coaming (a 58 primary and 48 aft), which should easily handle even the largest headsail. The helmsman's office is notable for an immense wheel that allows the skipper to plant his rear on the teak-side deck either side of him and use the scalloped bench seat across the transom. Three cockpit lockers (one of which is dedicated to stove fuel) provide ample storage, and the boom is so high that even the tallest sailor can stand on the cockpit seats with impunity. All the sail controls lead to Lewmar 44s with Spinlock stoppers at the forward end of the cockpit.
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The rest of the deck is highlighted by excellent non-slip surfaces wherever you might step (including on the side of the cabin, for use when heeled) and built-in Dorade vents in blister mounts with protective guards. The deck is encircled by double lifelines with gates on each side and aft and a varnished mahogany toe rail. The anchor locker forward holds an electric windlass and, just aft, a separate sail locker easily holds spare sails or a deflated tender. At the transom, a fold-down platform is teak-planked and perfect for swimming or boarding the tender.

Undersail, this is a fun boat, although it's neither an easy singlehander nor a ma-and-pa boat, because there's a lot of sail to trim. But it's light and responsive on the helm, with good visibility over the house and from the lee side. As the breeze builds, the 47.7 seems to heel easily until the lee rail nears the water, at which point it stiffens up and feels like it would take a gale to put it down another inch. Once settled comfortably into this groove, the 47.7 goes upwind like the proverbial scalded cat, knocking off eight knots in a 15 knot breeze. Beneteau is so pleased with the performance of this big Farr design that it provides the full polar diagrams as part of the brochure. The 47.7 is broad-reaching, which is another strength, and the wide beam carries a big chute easily.




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