2009 Beneteau First 50

The Beneteau First 50 is a departure from the traditional First racing designs, she is more a cruiser / racer or you could say a sports cruising yacht.  Very pretty to the eye, it is an elegant and powerful yacht. 

'VINNIE' comes to the market as a pristine example, a well cared for, one owner yacht, that has been set up very nicely for tropical cruising. 

She is a clean grp deck boat with a teak laid cockpit and drop down transom / swim platform.  She has a custom wrap around pushpit to each boarding gate, the twin bimini frames affix to these railings helping to maintain the clean look this yacht has.

Electric winches including an electric pedestal mounted mainsheet winch between the two helms make the yacht easily managed by a couple. 

Double Berths: 3

Cabins: 3

Heads: 2

The interior is a beautiful contemporary design and the owners selected a smart Alpi Blonde Oak with Sunbrella Action Ash upholstery option.  Sunbrella upholstery is perfect for indoor and outdoor applications, is water repellent, bleach cleanable and fade resistant, yet very soft to the touch.

Full forward the owners' suite has a double and a spacious bathroom.  The saloon gets plenty of natural light from the overhead hatches and is a good sea going design.   The two aft cabins have each had identical wardrobes built in by the owners, a neat improvement to the factory supplied soft hanging ones.  One bathroom, the day head, is shared by the two aft cabins and is another spacious design.

Lighting throughout is LED, good natural ventilation stem to stern plus a 16,000 BTU DOMETIC air conditioning unit in the saloon.  Excellent headroom between 1.96m and 2.00m. 

Slightly modified from factory, the owners have replaced the oven with a gas/electric hob (3 gas burners, one electric) and utilised the space below with new cabinetry for yet more storage onboard.  Hot and cold pressurised water (40 litre heater),  PENTAIR water filter, large sink, a 100 litre fridge and a 60 litre fridge.  BEKO microwave. 

Two electric c/w holding tanks.

• The yacht's AC system is 220VAC, shore power inlet and cabin outlets. MASTERVOLT COMBI 2.2Kw inverter / 100 amp charger.


• The yacht's DC system is 12VDC.


• Batteries;
  
  
  
  • 12 volt house bank is 2 x LiFePo4 batteries totaling 520 amps c/w EMUS Lithium BMS (October 2023).  Monitoring by WiFi on a smartphone.
  
  
  • 1 x 80 Ah start battery
  
  
  
  

Additional charging capacity from two main engine alternators, 200 amp BALMAR and YANMAR 80 amp.

• AXIOM 12 Pro-S HybridTouch 12" MFD


• RAYMARINE QUANTUM radar


• RAYMARINE AIS 650 Class B transponder


• RAYMARINE RAY53 VHF radio c/w gps receiver at chart table.  Additional loudspeaker at helm


• STANDARD HORIZON h/h VHF radio


• RAYMARINE Evolution autopilot c/w two P70s control heads, ACU-400, EV1 sensor core (linear drive)


• 2 x RAYMARINE i70s  multifunction colour displays


• 2 x RAYMARINE i60  analogue wind instruments


• 2 x RAYMARINE i60  close hauled wind instruments


• 3 x NASA MARINE Jumbo backlit repeaters on mast set to read; heading, speed and depth


• Cobham SAILOR Inmarsat Fleet One satphone


• FUSION MS-RA55 sound system with 4x50W AM/FM/Bluetooth 2-Zone USB Wireless Control for FUSION Link App. Bluetooth, USB


• BOSE speakers


• SAMSUNG tv

Keel stepped anodised aluminium triple spreader fractional rig.  Rod rigging shrouds.  Hydraulic boom vang and hydraulic backstay adjuster. Custom inner foresail c/w PROFURL gear.

• 1 x slabbed reefed mainsail (2023)


• 1 x 105 % genoa (PROFURL)


• 1 x gennaker


• 1 x code zero set on FACNOR furling system


• 1 x storm jib

• 4 x HARKEN electric winches


• 3 x HARKEN manual winches


• HARKEN adjustable genoa cars, blocks, organisers and mainsheet traveler, all control lines are led aft to cockpit 


• Stainless steel double bimini frames


• Dinghy davits


• Hot and cold pressurised water shower in cockpit

• OCEAN SAFETY life raft


• GME EPIRB


• 4 x SPINLOCK adult life jackets


• 4 x harnesses


• Life ring


• Life sling


• Danbuoy


• First Aid kit


• Flare pack


• 4 x dry powder fire extinguishers


• 1 x automatic gas fire extinguisher in engine compartment


• Fire blanket


• Grab bag


• Manual bilge pump

• LEWMAR 1500 watt windlass


• 25 kg ROCNA


• 25 kg DELTA


• 120m of 8mm AQUA7 G7 chain


• Nylon anchor rode

Excellent shade in the cockpit from the double bimini set up.  All grey SUNBRELLA is in very good condition.

• HIGHFIELD 2.9m


• YAMAHA 15hp