9' ft Beneteau First 27.7 2004

Accommodations


6 pax

- Companionway
- Sliding hatch
- Wooden companionway door, in two parts, varnished
- Headroom under sliding hatch: 1.76 m
- Chart table on starboard side
- Headroom: 1.60 m
- Chart table: 1000 x 690 mm with storage
- Storage facility with shelf
- Removable panel for navigation instruments
- Electric switch panel 12 V – 6 functions
- Reading light
- Galley on port side
- headroom: 1.60 m
- work top with fiddle in solid wood
- storage facilities alongside the hull
- Stainless steel sink + fresh water foot pump
- Garbage bin under sink
-1 burner cooker (gimbaled cooker with the First Yacht
Club Pack)

Toilets compartment

- separation door main cabin/toilet
- headroom: 1.60 m
- marine toilet with seacock
- hanging locker
- 1 opening 257 x 109mm porthole

Aft cabin

- Separation door main/aft cabin
- headroom: 1.60 m
- double berth: 1.98 x 1.30 m
- hanging locker
- 1 opening 257 x 109mm porthole
- optional mattress (as part of the First Yacht Club Pack)

Main cabin

- headroom: 1.76 m
- 2 settees alongside the hull with cushions
- 1 seat 1.95 x 0.5 m
- 1 seat 1.75 x .05 m
- 2 opening portholes Lewmar 584 x 123 mm
- optional saloon table and storage lockers as part of the First

Yacht Club Pack

- hydraulic keel lifting mechanism
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Front cabin

- Headroom above front berth: 88 cm
- Triangular front berth: 2.00 x 1.60 m
- Storage under berth
- 1 opening 257 x 109mm porthole
- 50 l fresh water in roto molded water tank under berth
- optional mattress (as part of the First Yacht Club Pack)
- Opening hatch Lewmar 512 x 512 mm


Galley


Gimbaled single burner cooker, single basin, fresh water manual pump


Electronics


Navman DSC7100 radio
Raymarine ST60 wind and tridata instruments
Simrad TP20 tillerpilot
Garmin GPS E-trex
Plastimo cockpit compass


Electrical


12 V
Solar pannel 5W, hot-wired, for battery top-up
Gell batteries x2, 70Ah, May 2007


Deck


CONSTRUCTION

Hull:solid monolithic GRP laminate with integral
structural inner grid.
- Solid GRP lifting keel with lead bulb (600 kg).
- Lifting standion with hydraulic jack and integrated
purchase.
- Moulded foothold in the saloon.
- Deck : GRP laminate with resin injection + balsa
sandwich locally reinforced
- Lifting rudder.
- Cabinet work with wild cherry finish.

_ DECK FITTINGS

- Stainless steel pulpit in 2 parts
- Self-bailing anchor locker with lid
- 4 mooring cleats in aluminum 300 mm
- 1 aluminum cleat in anchor locker 200 mm
- Stainless steel stanchions and bases with two lifelines
- Teak laid cockpit seats
- Transom: GRP beam bolted at the rear of the cockpit
- Stainless steel push pits (with 3 legs)
- Stainless steel bathing


Sail and Rigging


Facnor jib furler
Harken genoa tracks, lines led to cockpit
Harken mainsail track
Mainsheet fine tuning
Spinlock tiller extension
Lewmar 2x H32.2STA genoa sheet winches
Lewmar 2x H16.1STA winches on coach roof
Most blocks Ronstan, few Harken
Asymmetrical spi equipment (retractable boom, deck eyes, blocks)
Symmetrical spi equipment (pole, deck eyes, blocks)
Genoa, Elvstrom (cruising)
Genoa, Musails (blade)
Asymmetric spinnaker, Musails (light airs)
Asymmetric spinnaker, HK Sails (heavy weather)
Mainsail, fully battened, Elvstrom
Lazy bag, Elvstrom
Separate custom made mainsail cover


Additional


Kobra 10 kg anchor
kedge 5kg anchor
10m 10mm galvanised chain, 50m 14mm rode
bilge pump x2 manual (1 in cockpit & 1 in heads)
bilge pump electric ( automatic, in engine bay)
jacklines x2, tether x2, harness x2
lifejacket Typhoon 100 x4
horseshoe buoy with rack
fire extinguisher Save Boat x2
Plastimo Cruiser std 4pax liferaft
Plastimo handheld compass
radar reflector
binoculars 7x50
fendersx4
mooring lines x3
custom made cockpit sunshade
solar shower
fishing rod holder
Plastimo oiliesx4
mainsail tie
Resiglass fiberglass 2 pax dinghy
Custom made single- axle trailer by Taylor Smith in Mauritius


Features and Benefits


Bulgarian flag but was imported in Mauritius in 2005 with VAT paid.

The First 27.7 is a true racer-cruiser. It was designed by Groupe Finot (France) and built by the leading European yacht production company Beneteau. The design of the yacht is based on the popular Open 60 for which Groupe Finot is notorious.

It was chosen European Yacht of the Year (2003) in the smallest class by the European press.

OWNER COMMENTS:

I bought this yacht because I believe its size and design were perfect for Mauritius. Mauritius lies in the cyclone area of the Southern Indian Ocean, and the lifting keel and custom-made trailer permit very easy and straightforward taking out of the water in case of imminent danger.

The lifting keel and beaching legs (optional) also permit the yacht to be stored in the dry during winter (if required). This can be a huge money saver.

I have upgraded the vessel for single-handed sailing. I frequently sail it by myself. We race occasionally at the club. It has an IRC rating of .974.

I have done 3 passages to the neighboring island of La Reunion (134 nm one-way). The safety equipment on board is fully Cat B European standards.

Unfortunately I have to sell due to health issues.