Beneteau, one of the world's biggest boatbuilders, and Farr Yacht Design, one of the world's most successful yacht design offices, make a formidable team. The Beneteau First 44.7, is a prime example of what two such powerhouses can produce. A great dual-purpose boat, as capable on the race course as it is comfortable when cruising. Any objections about buying a performance sailboat and sacrificing comfort will be laid to rest once you have experienced this yacht.

 

Additional Features:

• 3 Spreader Racing Mast with Rod Rigging

• Extensive Sail Inventory

• Volvo D255 55 hp Engine upgrade

• 16,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat in Main Salon & Forward Cabin

• 7,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat for the Aft Cabins

• 800w electric windlass in below deck locker

 

Sounion, a 2004 Beneteau First 44.7 has been sailed in Annapolis since new. The owner'shave used the boat for cruising on the Chesapeake Bay and racing in the Annapolis Wednesdaynight series. She is well equipped, well cared for and never in salt water.

 

Beneteau's Design Concept:
The feedback provided by over 550 owners of the First 40.7 has been instrumental for Farr Yacht Design and the Beneteau Yachts to create the Beneteau First 44.7. The First 40.7, designed by the same team, is a world best seller with a record of race titles, including an IMS World Championship. Her success is not due to race results alone. The 40.7 offers rare versatility, outstanding value, and consistently high resale value as will the NEW Beneteau First 44.7.

Interior Layout:
Any objections about buying a performance sailboat and sacrificing comfort will be laid to rest at first glance below. Thanks to the long, low deck house, there's headroom aplenty, topping out at an impressive 6'9" in the aft head and 6'8" in the main cabin. Two staterooms sit port and starboard under the cockpit, and immediately forward of the port stateroom is a head, which is across from the L-shaped galley. The nav station is located to port at the center of the boat, across from a C-shaped couch/settee. The Nav station couldn't be in a better place for offshore racing; away from wind and water, close to the center of effort, and facing the only
direction a nav station should face: forward. There's plenty of room for navigation displays and even a storage area with cubbyholes for books, signal flags, and binoculars. The use of lightcolored wood throughout makes the interior of the 44.7 seem even larger than it is, and even if the weather is terrible outside, it'll be no hardship to spend time down below.

MAIN SALON

STARBOARD:
• Headroom 6'8"
• U-shaped settee with cushions and back rests
• Lockers above the seat-backs
• Stowage under the settee
• Bar in settee back rest to starboard
• (2) Lewmar opening hatches with blinds
• (2) Opening ports

• (2) Fixed hull ports
• Grabrails with built-in blinds
• Salon table with wood inlay and bar
• (4) Overhead halogen lights
• Adjustable double hinged settee
 

PORTSIDE
• (2) fixed ports
• (2) hatches with rolling blinds
• Opening port with blind on coachroof
• Large storage cabinet with 3 doors, drawers and shelving
• Additonal storage above cabinet
 

NAV STATION
• Headroom 6'7"
• Large varnished chart table
• Stowage
• Bookshelf
• (1) Lewmar opening port
• Pigeon hole storage compartments
• Electrical panel
• Radio & CD player
 

GALLEY
• Headroom 6'5"
• Double SS rectangular sinks with mixer tap pressurized hot and cold water
• Gimbaled 2-burner LPG stove w/oven
• Laminated counter top
• 12 volt electric refrigerator w/basket for storage
• Cutlery drawer
• Trash can
• Stowage compartments with doors
• (2) Overhead lights
• Dust pan in the floor

• (1) Lewmar opening port
 

AFT HEAD
• Headroom 6'9"
• Fully molded head compartment with USCG approved marine toilet & holding tank
• Round FRP washbasin w/mixer tap, pressurized hot and cold shower
• Locker with door
• 12v sump pump for shower
• Towel rails and accessories
• Overhead light
• Lewmar opening hatches
 

FORWARD CABIN
• Headroom 6'3"
• Double side berth
• Storage under berth
• Portside settee
• Shelves alongside hull
• Hanging locker
• Opening Lewmar deck hatch
• Halogen reading lights
• Ceiling lights
 

FORWARD HEAD
• Fully molded head compartment with USCG approved marine toilet and holding tank
• Round SS FRP wash basin w/mixer tap, pressurized hot and cold shower.
• Locker with door
• 12v sump pump for shower
• Towel rails and accessories
• Overhead light
• Lewmar opening hatches
 

AFT CABINS
• Headroom: 6'8"

• Double berth with foam mattress
• Hanging locker
• Locker along the hull
• Stowage space under berth
• Storage shelves at head of bed
• Overhead light
• Reading light
• (1) Lewmar port opening into the cockpit
• (1) Lewmar port opening into the cabinside
 

Hull and Deck Construction:
The 44.7's hull is solid fiberglass with a laminated structural hull liner for load bearing and distribution eliminating worries of moisture and wet coring. The deck is fiberglass sandwich with a balsa core and unidirectional weave. All of the bulkheads are bonded 360 degrees to hull and deck for structural strength. The ends of all wood floorboards and panels are sealed, which means they won't absorb water and swell. All fuel and water tanks are on centerline to improve sea handling and performance. The overall quality of the wood and glasswork below is excellent, reflecting the experience of the boatbuilders in Beneteau's assembly plant in France, where the 44.7 were built exclusively.
 

• Sprayed Baltoplate racing bottom with faired keel
 

Engine and Mechanical Systems:
It's easy to tell that the 44.7 was designed with input from owners of previous Beneteaus; access to the engine was among the best we've ever seen. Two gas pistons lift the companionway stairs assembly and reveal an engine with a large shroud covering belts and other moving parts. The water pump faces forward, which allows for the impeller to be changed out without removing the entire unit. Access to all the engine filters is also excellent. The standard engine is a 40 hp. Volvo 2040 powering a sail drive unit; this boat has the upgraded
optional 55 hp. Volvo D255. Engine noise below was negligible, which means that the off watch will be able to sleep even during battery-charging sessions.
 

• 53 gallon fuel tank
• Engine compartment soundproofed & insulated to USCG standards
• Engine 55 h.p. Volvo 2040 sail drive
• D255 Volvo 55Hp (upgraded)
• Saildrive
• Two-blade fixed propeller
• Hour meter and fuel gauge

 

Electrical & Plumbing Systems:
• 12 volt circuit
• 1 x 110 amp battery - engine
• 2x140A amp battery - house
• 16-function electrical panel
• Navigation lights
• 110v shore power
• 110v battery charger (20 amp)
• Extra 30 amp Shore System
 

PLUMBING
• Electric bilge pump
• Hand- operated bilge pump
• 105 gals fresh water capacity
• Pressurized water system with expansion tank
• 12v sump pump for shower
• Flush thru hulls
16,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat in main salon & forward cabin
7,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat for the aft cabins
 

Electronics and Navigation Equipment:
Raymarine ST 60 Electronics package
• 3 Maxi-views Repeater Displays on a mast bracket
• Remote Control for 3 Maxi-views Repeater Displays
• 4 displays located at the helm station
◦ ST60 Tri-Data
◦ ST60 Knot Meter
◦ ST60 Depth Sounder

◦ ST60 Wind Indicator
• ST 6001+LS-50 Autopilot
• Binnacle compass at helm
• Raychary 530 GPS / Chart plotter at the Nav Station
• Icom VHF Radio
• Marine Stereo FM/CD with 4 speakers
 

Deck Hardware and Equipment:
Stainless Steel stemhead fitting with roller
Self-bailing anchor locker with windlass support
800w electrical windlass
Stainless Steel bow pulpit w/navigation lights
Varnished wood toe rail along the hull-deck junction
(8) aluminum mooring cleats
Stainless Steel stanchions w/ semi-recessed bases
Double set of stainless lifelines
(1) Lewmar® Racing mainsheet traveller track w/ball-bearing car fully-adjustable
(2) Lewmar Racing genoa sheet tracks fully-adjustable
Mainsail tackle with ball-bearing blocks
Spinlock® XT deck stoppers
Wichard® foldaway paddeyes for spinnaker blocks
(2) semi-recessed shroud chainplates
Lewmar Y-Spoke black anodized alum. wheel (1.70 m dia.)
Self-aligning upper and lower rudder bearings
Teak helmsman seat
Teak-slatted cockpit seats

(3) Storage lockers
Locker for gas bottles
Liferaft compartment below helm seat
Emergency tiller
Stainless Steel aft pulpit w/aft pulpit opening lifelines and horseshoe buoy holder
Stern light on pulpit
Flagpole and holder
Teak-slatted bathing platform
Removable Stainless Steel bathing ladder
Cockpit shower
 

Winch Package:
Lewmar Racing Winch Package:
• (2) 54 2-speedSelf-Tailing genoa sheet winches
• (2) 44 2-speed Self-Tailing Mainsheet winches by the helm station
• (2) 44 2-speed Self-Tailing halyard winches on coachroof
 

Spars and Rigging:
 

RIG DIMENSIONS
I = 57' 5" J = 15' 9" P = 56' 8" E = 20' 5"
 

SPARS / RIGGING
• Sparcraft Racing 9/10 fractional keel-stepped tapered mast in anodized aluminum
• 3 sets of aft-swept anodized aluminum spreaders (Racing upgrade)
• Anodized aluminum boom
• Spinnaker poletrack on mast
• Carbon Fiber Spinnaker Pole
• Mast deck collar fitting with 11 Lewmar blocks
• Nitronic Rod Rigging (Racing upgrade)

• Stainless standing rigging
• Hydraulic Backstay adjuster
• Boom vang
 

RUNNING RIGGING
• (1) Mainsail halyard
• (1) Vectran genoa halyard
• Polyester mainsheet
• (2) Genoa sheets
• (2) Reefing lines
• (1) Outhaul line, vang line
 

Sail Inventory:
• 2004 3DL Kevlar Mainsail
• 2004 155% 3DL Kevlar Light / Medium Genoa
• 2004 150% 3DL Kevlar Heavy Genoa
• 2004 100% 3DL Kevlar Blade Jib
• .5oz Nylon S-1 VMG Symmetrical Spinnaker
• .75oz. Nylon S-2 Running Symmetrical Spinnaker
• 2007 3DL Kevlar Mainsail
• 2011 155% 3DL Kevlar Light / Medium Genoa

Additional Comments:
Sounion, a 2004 Beneteau First 44.7 has been sailed in Annapolis since new. The owner's have
used the boat for cruising on the Chesapeake Bay and racing in the Annapolis Wednesday night
series. She is well equipped, well cared for and never in salt water.
 

Additional Features:
• 3 Spreader Racing Mast with Rod Rigging
• Extensive Sail Inventory
• Volvo D255 55 hp Engine upgrade

• 16,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat in Main Salon & Forward Cabin
• 7,000 btu Reverse Cycle A/C & Heat for the Aft Cabins
• 800w electric windlass in below deck locker
 

Chesapeake Yacht Broker's Disclaimer:
Chesapeake Yacht Brokers offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.