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17 Mill Dam Rd,
Huntington, NY 11743 , 40 52.949 N
73 25.405 W
VHF Channel 9
Tel:(631) 421-3400
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2024 Beneteau America First 18 SE (American Edition)

Year 2024
Length 18'3 ft

A wide, flat and stable hull, ballasted swinging keel, gennaker snuffer system, furling jib, and minimized deck controls all facilitate an easy-to-handle yet lively sailing experience. Easily dismantled and trailered, she'll surely fulfill racing ambitions in international one-design classes as well as adventurous sea-camping. 

Specifications

Year Built 2024
Category Sail
Length Of Deck 23'11 ft
Beam 7'10 ft
Max Draft 4'11 ft
Construction Fiberglass
Keel Bulb Keel
Min Draft 0'7 ft
Dry Weight 1102 lb
Ballast 2207 lb
Bridge Clearance 27'11 ft

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Construction

  • Hull and deck constructed with hand layup of Soric and foam sandwich with glass fibres reinforced with polyester and vinyl ester resin

  • Chainplates bolted to the hull

  • Hull reinforced with a stringer and bulkheads of the two insubmersibility chambers

  • Deck with moulded high traction non-skid

  • Two transoms hung rudders built of GRP foam sandwich mounted in custom aluminium cassettes

  • Bolts, screws and fittings made of marine grade stainless steel

  • Hull and deck moulded in single tone off-white

  • Hull sheave in a gel coat finish - prepared for the application of antifouling

Keel Arrangement

  • Cast iron swinging keel with epoxy primer and antifouling protection

  • Stainless steel winch with dyneema high modulus rope for hoisting the keel

  • Safety pin arrangement for fixing the keel in the keel box

  • Slots trip keel lips closing the exit of the keel box

  • Lifting straps attachment point on the top of the keel box

Deck Equipment

  • Stainless steel chain plates for shrouds and forestay,

  • Semicircular opening hatch on the foredeck for light and ventilation,

  • Ronstan blocks and cleats for the mainsail, jib and gennaker control lines,

  • Ronstan jib track,

  • Composite tiller with Ronstan tiller extension,

  • Soft (neoprene) cover while sailing and hard (plexiglass and GRP) cover for storage and transport

  • Attachments for engine bracket on stern

  • Manual bilge pump operated from the cockpit

Mast and Rigging

  • Carbon fibre mast and boom with local reinforcements

  • Mast protected with UV resistant foil, boom and bowsprit spray- painted with UV clear coat

  • Extending carbon fibre bowsprit

  • On-deck gennaker snuffer system

  • Bartels stainless steel jib furler set

  • U-bolt mooring rings on mid-bow and stern (3 pieces)

  • Custom mast foot which allows for easy setting of the mast without a crane

  • 1x19 standing rigging with bottle screw adjusters

  • Outhaul with 2:1 purchase led inside the boom

  • Mainsheet with cleat, swivel, ratchet and four ball-bearing low friction blocks

  • 6:1 boom vang purchase

  • Two 2:1jib sheets with blocks and cleats

  • One 2:1 Dyneema main halyard with cleat

  • One Dyneema jib halyard

  • One masthead gennaker halyard/gennaker retrieving line

  • One bowsprit control line

  • Composite shackles for attachments

  • Two gennaker sheets

  • 8:1 Cunningham control line with blocks and cleats

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