2023 New First 14 Beneteau America

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Manufacturer Provided Description

Building on the legacy of the legendary BENETEAU Wizz, the First 14 reproduces the exhilarating worldof fast planing dinghies. Light, accessible, and easy to handle, the boat is perhaps best described as essentially fun, and the quality of her build simplifies maintenance and guarantees worry-free ownership.

The First 14 is an ideal entry-level dinghy for one or two sailors – a unique gateway to modern sailing that delivers an exciting sailing experience in an easy-to-handle and accessible package. With a furling and self-tacking jib, a wide and stable hull, and a spacious open cockpit free of tangled ropes, she guarantees endless fun on the water. She is designed to be sailed without a trapeze, and you can easily adjust the sail area depending on the wind strength or crew size without compromising sailing experience, thanks to two centerboard positions. With easy-to-maintain deck equipment, aluminium rig, and dacron sails, she guarantees hassle-free ownership.

Freedom on the water is enhanced by unique removable wheels that will allow you to explore distant shores without the need to return to your starting point. The most hidden, wild and beautiful beaches are now easily accessible like never before. On land, she is light enough to be transported on a car roof, so you can take her with you anywhere. Thanks to her flat bench design, she can be easily transported when turned upside-down, and her dividable mast and equipment easily fit inside the hull, so you can still fill your trunk up with your family's belongings.

Construction

• Vinyl-ester vacuum infused hull, deck and structure with PVC foam cored sandwich and glass-fibres

• Hull and deck moulded in single tone off-white gelcoat

• Rolled antiskid on the cockpit floor

• D2 design category following European Directive and CE certification requirements

Daggerboard and Steering Arrangement

• Two daggerboard casings (forward casing for full-sails set setup, aft casing for mainsail-only sail configuration)

• One GRP daggerboard in the gelcoat finish

• One GRP rudder blade in the gelcoat finish

• Anodised and powder-coated aluminium rudder box with carbon tiller and Ronstan Battlestick tiller extension

Rigging

• Two-section aluminium mast with spreaders

• Aluminium boom

• Carbon bowsprit, UV protected

• Mainsail, jib and gennaker halyard

• 1/19 3 mm / 0,12 inch shrouds with stay adjusters on the side shrouds

Mainsail Controls

• Mainsheet with blocks, a-frame and cleat on the boom
• Aluminium gnav (vang system above the boom) system with purchase and cleat on the mast foot
• Cunningham purchase with a cleat on the mast foot
• Outhaul with cam cleat under the boom

Jib Controls

• Jib furler and furling line
• Continous jib halyard in the zip-pocket with jib cunningham
• Self-tacking jib track with adjustable limiters, jib sheet, blocks and cleat on the mast foot

Gennaker Controls

• Gennaker snuffer
• Continuous single-rope gennaker halyard and retriever line with cleat and blocks
• Bowsprit extension system operated and connected with the gennaker halyard
• Continuous gennaker sheets with automatic ratchet blocks

Status

In-Stock

Disclaimer

The Company 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.