| Beneteau 1 Ton | |
| Designer: | Groupe Finot Jean Berret Jacques Fauroux |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1983 |
| No Built: | 12 |
| Builder: | Beneteau |
| Role: | Racer |
| Draft: | 7.22feet |
| Displacement: | 121250NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | carbon fibre-Kevlar foam sandwich |
| Loa: | 39.4feet |
| Lwl: | 30feet |
| Beam: | 13.09feet |
| Engine: | Volvo MD 17 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | Fin keel |
| Ballast: | 68780NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | Spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 829square feet |
| Phrf: | 60-72 |
| Successor: | Beneteau First Class 12 |
The Beneteau 1 Ton, also called the Beneteau First 40 Evolution, is a French sailboat that was designed by Groupe Finot, Jean Berret and Jacques Fauroux as an International Offshore Rule One Ton class racer and first built in 1983.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The design was developed into the Beneteau First Class 12 racer in 1985.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by Beneteau in France at their custom boat yard, from 1983 until 1985, with 12 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [10] [11]
The 1 Ton is a racing keelboat, that was built with the most advanced materials that were available at the time: a carbon fibre-Kevlar foam sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast with three sets of unswept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 121250NaN0 and carries 68780NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2] [3]
The boat has a draft of 7.22feet with the standard keel and is fitted with a Swedish Volvo MD 17 diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds .[1] [2] [3]
As a racer the design has minimal accommodation, with berths for eight people.[1] [2] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 7.34kn and a PHRF handicap of 60 to 72.[1] [2] [3] [12]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the One Ton Class.[13] [14]
A 1 Ton named Phoenix won first place in the 1985 Admiral's Cup over 17 other boats, including three other Beneteau 1 Tons, on individual points, skippered by Harold Cudmore. Cudmore had substituted the boat into the race at the last minute, when his own boat had sunk during a lead-in race.[15]
Two 1 Tons, Fiere Lady and Glory came in second and fourth overall, in the 1985 Southern Ocean Racing Conference.[15]