| First 26 fin keel | |
| Image Boat: | File:Beneteau First 26 sailboat Endorphin 3619.jpg |
| Designer: | Groupe Finot |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1984 |
| No Built: | about 300 |
| Builder: | Beneteau |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 4.3feet |
| Displacement: | 48140NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 26.3feet |
| Lwl: | 22.9feet |
| Beam: | 9.2feet |
| Engine: | Volvo 2001 80NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 14550NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 32.31feet |
| J: | 10.56feet |
| P: | 27.23feet |
| E: | 8.85feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 120.49square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 170.6square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 291.09square feet |
The Beneteau First 26 is a French sailboat that was designed by Jean-Marie Finot of Groupe Finot as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1984.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Beneteau in France from 1984 to 1991 with about 300 examples completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The First 26 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The deck is a sandwich of balsa, fiberglass and polyester. It has a deck-stepped mast with aluminum spars, a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or, optionally, a stub keel and centreboard. It has 700NaN0 of headroom in the main cabin and sleeping accommodation for five people.[1] [3] [4]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo 2001 80NaN0 diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [3] [4]
The design can be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker with an area of 603square feet. The boat has a hull speed of 6.422NaN2.[3] [4]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote about the boat, "best features: The cabin layout is refreshingly unusual, with a dedicated space for a navigator's station, a head located aft, and a complete-looking galley (except for no icebox!). Worst features: The diesel engine, housed under the companionway ladder, will make the aft double berth hot in summer (but cozy in winter, if you like sailing among the icicles)."[6]
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