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I17920	Bènèteau First 325			Lying	Cornwall
Builder	Bènèteau, France			Year	1987
Builder	Bènèteau, France			Price	£27,500
LOA	34' 2"	Sail area	625 sq ft main and genoa	Brief details
LWL	27' 10"	Rig	Sloop	A fast cruiser with enough speed to be a useful club racer, the Beneteau First 325 is an attractive yacht with good performance and handling. She has well finished cruising accommodation with a double aft cabin, a forward facing chart table, a good galley and a vee-double forecabin. This 1987 example has been comprehensively refitted in her present ownership, and is set up both for easy single-handing and family sailing. In full commission and ready to sail away, she is for sale now as the owner has just bought a substantially larger boat for extended cruising. Marina mooring until end March 2021 is paid for.
Beam	11' 0"	Cabins	2 plus saloon
Draught	6' 2"	Berths	6
Displacement	9,700 lbs	Engine	Volvo Penta 2003 diesel
Ballast	3,750 lbs	BHP	28
Keel type	Deep iron fin keel with spade rudder

Designed by Jean Berret, the Beneteau First 325 was introduced in 1985 as a replacement for the First 32. Like all the "First" series yachts from Beneteau, she was marketed as a fast family cruiser with racing potential. The design was regarded as fast and well-mannered. One real difference between this era of racing-derived designs such as this and most modern production cruisers is that in a gust the boat heels more but remains in complete control without broaching.

The hull is single-skin GRP with a moulded inner liner, and the deck is balsa cored GRP. The First 325 was offered with deep or standard fin keels. This yacht is the deep keeled version.

The design remained in production until 1988/89, when it was replaced with the First 32s5 - the "S" designation referring to unusual Phillipe Starck designed interiors.

Yachtsnet photographs afloat and interior all September 2020

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Photos ashore June 2018

Photographs September 2020
Most of the vinyl headlining was replaced in 2020

Saloon headroom is 5' 11"

The headlinings in the forecabin, aft cabin and heads were renewed in early 2020.

Photographs
interior and on deck September 2020

The aft double cabin berth is 6' 6" long by 5'3 wide

The Boat was rewired in 20313/14, and has been fitted with a total of six 110AH batteries, to support cruising use away from shorepower. The engine alternator is now a 70 amp one, and
The hull was professionally gelstripped and osmosis treated in 2013 shortly after purchase by the present owner. She was then Coppercoated. Various other works were also carried out in response to the owner's pre-purchase survey

This is a really "well sorted" example of these fast cruisers. With a deep keel and rudder, and not too broad a stern, the First 325 is a good handling boat, without the early tendency to broach of many wider sterned modern cruisers. Nevertheless she has good accommodation, and the aft double cabin has a berth 6' 6" by 5' 3". She really is quite an impressive combination of fastish sailing with comfort for the price.

Inventory:
Engine details		Volvo Penta MD2003 28 hp diesel, freshwater cooled. Serviced annually in present ownership, new exhaust elbow and freshwater pump in last 2 years.
Fuel tank capacity		50 litres
Propeller		2-bladed Gori folding prop on shaft drive with ropecutter
Batteries		60AH engine start battery, and 6 x 110AH services batteries in two banks, Victron BMV702 battery monitor.
Battery charging/electrics		70 amp engine alternator with Adverc charge controller and VSRs for charging all battery banks. 25 amp Mobitronic shorepower battery charger with galvanic isolator. Boat rewired 2013/14. Almost all lights LED.
Sails and deck equipment
Rig details		Sloop rig, Z-Spar alloy spars with S/S standing rigging replaced 2014
Mainsail		Battened mainsail with 3 reefs and stackpack type cover new new 2014.
Genoa		Hood foam luff furling genoa
Genoa furling		Selden Furlex 200S
Spinnaker		Yes
Other sails		Spare mainsail and No 3 genoa
Primary winches		2 x Barlow 25 self-tailing
Secondary winches		2 x Barlow 15 on coachroof
Halliard/reefing winches		2 x Lewmar 16 and Barlow 15 on mast
Bower anchor		15Kg Bruce with 60 metres 8mm chain
Kedge anchor		10 Kg Danforth with 10 metres 8mm chain and 30 metres warp
Steering		Tiller
Autopilot		Raymarine ram type to tiller with Raymarine ST6002 control and Smartpilot SI control computer. Also as spare an Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot.
Steering compass		Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass
Warps & fenders		6 warps and 6 fenders
Miscellaneous		Cockpit sprayhood and dodgers
Navigation Equipment and instruments
Radar		Garmin GM-R 18 - displays on chartplotter
GPS/Chartplotter		Garmin GPSMap 750 7" colour touchscreen plotter with European charting in cockpit. Also Raymarine RC425 monochrome plotter at chart table.
Log/speed		Raymarine ST60 with repeater at chart table
Depth sounder		Garmin Echomap 150 depth/sonar/fishfineder
Windspeed/direction		Raymarine ST60+
VHF radio		Garmin VHF200i with DSC
VHF radio (handheld)		Cobra HH325 (waterproof)
Navtex		ICS Navtex 6
Radio receiver		Sony radio/CD with Bluetooth
Safety/emergency equipment
Liferaft		Seago Offshore valise type, serviced to May 2021
Lifebuoy		Horseshoe with LED light, drogue, danbuoy and throwing line
Radar reflector		Mast mounted Echomax
Bilge pumps		manual and electric pumps
Miscellaneous		4 x dry powder fire extinguishers, Trio gas/CO aalarm with three sensors.
Interior
Cabin layout		Forecabin, saloon, aft cabin and heads
Cabin heating		5 Kw blown hot air diesel heating
Berths		6
Water tank capacity		150 litres in flexible tank
Cooker		Plastimo Atlantic two-burner, grill and oven
Coolbox		Coolbox with Frigoboat refrigeration unit new 2018
Heads		Jabsco
Miscellaneous
Outboard		Suzuki 2 hp
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available. For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Yachtsnet on 01326-212234 or

The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. These particulars are not a part of any contract or offer, and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be conducted via Yachtsnet Ltd., who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars, and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical checks or tests

UK sailing yacht brokerage and boat sales

UNDER OFFER

I17920

Bènèteau First 325

Lying

Cornwall

Builder

Bènèteau, France

Year

1987

Price

£27,500

LOA

34' 2"

Sail area

625 sq ft main and genoa

Brief details

LWL

27' 10"

Rig

Sloop

Beam

11' 0"

Cabins

2 plus saloon

Draught

6' 2"

Berths

6

Displacement

9,700 lbs

Engine

Volvo Penta 2003 diesel

Ballast

3,750 lbs

BHP

28

Keel type

Deep iron fin keel with spade rudder

Yachtsnet photographs afloat and interior all September 2020

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Photos ashore June 2018

Photographs September 2020

Most of the vinyl headlining was replaced in 2020

Saloon headroom is 5' 11"

The headlinings in the forecabin, aft cabin and heads were renewed in early 2020.

Photographs interior and on deck September 2020

The aft double cabin berth is 6' 6" long by 5'3 wide

The Boat was rewired in 20313/14, and has been fitted with a total of six 110AH batteries, to support cruising use away from shorepower. The engine alternator is now a 70 amp one, and

The hull was professionally gelstripped and osmosis treated in 2013 shortly after purchase by the present owner. She was then Coppercoated. Various other works were also carried out in response to the owner's pre-purchase survey

Inventory:

Engine details

Volvo Penta MD2003 28 hp diesel, freshwater cooled. Serviced annually in present ownership, new exhaust elbow and freshwater pump in last 2 years.

Fuel tank capacity

50 litres

Propeller

2-bladed Gori folding prop on shaft drive with ropecutter

Batteries

60AH engine start battery, and 6 x 110AH services batteries in two banks, Victron BMV702 battery monitor.

Battery charging/electrics

70 amp engine alternator with Adverc charge controller and VSRs for charging all battery banks. 25 amp Mobitronic shorepower battery charger with galvanic isolator. Boat rewired 2013/14. Almost all lights LED.

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Sloop rig, Z-Spar alloy spars with S/S standing rigging replaced 2014

Mainsail

Battened mainsail with 3 reefs and stackpack type cover new new 2014.

Genoa

Hood foam luff furling genoa

Genoa furling

Selden Furlex 200S

Spinnaker

Yes

Other sails

Spare mainsail and No 3 genoa

Primary winches

2 x Barlow 25 self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Barlow 15 on coachroof

Halliard/reefing winches

2 x Lewmar 16 and Barlow 15 on mast

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with selected larger size photos

Photographs
interior and on deck September 2020