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Beneteau 37
- By Jeremy McGeary
- Updated: September 17, 2008
Twenty-first century technology has changed the relationships among boat buyers, boatbuilders, and boat dealers. Buyers, treating sailboats as a commodity, are comparison shopping on the Web, then, trusting the manufacturer to create a reliable product, dickering through the dealer over the color, the extras, and the price. Builders are refining their processes accordingly.
Indications of this trend are evident in the new cruising sailboats that Beneteau USA announced at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis in October 2006. Beneath the new exterior styling and the svelte interior décor, the latter by high-profile Nauta Design, lie more subtle changes: While revamping the product line, the builder could re-engineer its already trim production line, introducing efficiencies that allow it to offer even more boat for a still, relatively speaking, low price. The counterpoint is some loss of individuality between models. Belowdecks, as above, the three boats Beneteau introduced in 2007, the 43, 40, and 37, bear strong similarities; in some cases, they share components.
In a world where customers choose options with a mouse click, Garth Hitchens, who presides over Beneteau dealer Annapolis Yacht Sales, wonders how long his sales offices and inventory of Beneteaus will remain relevant. Even so, he embraces his role enthusiastically.
As we put a French-built Beneteau 37 through its paces last October, Hitchens pointed out the changes that he and his fellow dealers were requesting of Beneteau for the American version that was then on its way into production at the company’s facility in Marion, South Carolina. An example was the head. As installed on this boat, the bigger marine toilet Hitchens specifies for American clients obstructed the inward opening door-until Hitchens and his crew rehung it, a modification later reflected in the production version from America.
On the Beneteau 37, the companionway hatch has been strikingly refined into a bolt-on, all-in-one contrivance in which the top slide and drop board are articulated yet separable. Separated, the slide can be opened to leave the drop board in place. Connected, the slide takes with it the drop board, which can then be pushed up to stow under the slide. While operating it isn’t intuitive, the unit appears stout enough to survive the learning process. The companionway itself offers a secure descent from the cockpit to the galley, where the counter and its robust fiddle rails provide further support.
The galley, although necessarily compact to permit access to the sleeping cabin aft of it, has adequate workspace, aided by the front-opening refrigerator that leaves the countertop intact. Storage is a little short: Full-size dinner plates won’t fit in the slender, designer-styled wood-faced cabinets outboard, and no drawers are provided wherein to stow utensils. The centerline double sinks are functional both for their intended purpose and as a handy, secure repository for items in transit to or from the cockpit.
To starboard, the commodious, all-in-one head and shower compartment presents a vista of white, easy-to-clean gelcoat. Slanted mirror-front cabinets outboard above the sink let even the lanky shave without contortions. The chart desk, located forward of the head, passes the chart-book size test. It has nooks and crannies to hold the navigator’s tools and fascia area for radios and instruments.
The styling in the saloon marks the return of ergonomic functionality-in the Beneteau 37 and the boat’s sister ships, rectilinear settees with square corners invite sitting and reclining in multiple comfortable postures and attitudes. If this is the fruit of contemporary design, long may it stay in vogue. However, the fore-and-aft overhead grabrail is absent, and the stainless-steel “design elements” that decorate the outboard shelves are neither fiddle nor handrail.
Forward, the V-berth cabin has generous standing room, a small dresser, a spacious berth, and, given the hanging locker, drawers, shelves, and shoulder-level cabinets, a variety of stowage options.
The aft sleeping cabin has a generous athwartships berth with sitting headroom at its head, decent dressing room, and three opening ports, one of them located in the transom. A space between the aft bulkhead and the transom creates an extra stowage area and appears to give access to the steering system, but doesn’t-that seems to require some dismantling of the overhead.
Access to the engine is better. The companionway ladder hinges just above the third step (of four). Held up by gas struts, it exposes the entire front of the engine. Panels in the boat’s head and aft cabin reveal service points on the sides.
When getting under way, my first impression was of the vastness of the cockpit-a family of four can sit side by side on the helm bench, the center section of which hinges open, held by a gas strut, to provide access to the transom platform.
The Beneteau 37 has more area in the foretriangle than in the mainsail, although it still sports an easy-to-tame 105-percent genoa. When we were sailing upwind in a gusty breeze, the first reef we took was in the main, and this tamed the helm immediately, although the boat was still a handful in the bigger puffs, and I would’ve appreciated better footing at my preferred steering position on the windward side.
On the wind, the Beneteau 37, showing its Finot-Conq lineage, embarrassed boats of greater waterline length despite having an in-mast furling mainsail. Off the wind, the large headsail helped provide solid performance across a wide range of wind angles.
Under power, the 37 responded well for us in normal maneuvers despite having, Hitchens advised, a rather under-pitched folding propeller. Bringing it to a full stop from full ahead was slow. A fixed or, better yet, a feathering prop would likely help. The prop is on a conventional shaft and far enough aft to get some useful thrust off the rudder. In addition to the 29-horsepower Yanmar, there’s a 40-horsepower option available.
As a package, the Beneteau 37 combines sprightly sailing with generous accommodations. Add in the comprehensive standard outfit, and the sum is a product of predictable quality and should have wide appeal in the new-model market.
Jeremy McGeary is a Cruising World contributing editor. A boat review from our August 2008 issue. To read more Cruising World reviews of Beneteau sailboats, click here . To visit Beneteau America’s website, click here .
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First look: Beneteau Oceanis 37.1
- Theo Stocker
- November 14, 2023
The new Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 is set to replace the ever-popular Oceanis 38.1 with a more modern hull shape and other tweaks too
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Beloved of the charter industry as well as many private owners, Beneteau’s Oceanis 38.1 has been a mainstay of the range since its launch nine years ago, yet yacht design has moved on in leaps and bounds since then.
For its replacement, Marc Lombard Yacht Design and Nauta Design were asked to improve both accommodation volumes and performance. As a result, the hull shape embodies much recent design knowledge, with broad forward sections and a marked chine almost the length of the boat.
The effect is to markedly improve form stability when the boat starts to heel, without a big increase in light-airs wetted surface area. It also helps balance the hull, keeping the heeled waterline more symmetrical. The boat still has twin rudders to provide ample grip without too much draught – it has options for a 2.10m deep keel or a 1.63m shoal draught keel.
The extra beam along the boat’s length obviously gives more interior volume, allowing a wider forecabin that’s also pushed further forward in the boat. Two- and three-cabin versions with one or two heads are offered. If you opt for the two heads version with an ensuite in the forward cabin, the forward double berth will be offset to starboard. In the saloon, the table and C-shaped seating is to port with large hull windows giving views out and a bench seat amidships, aft of the mast support.
A chart table has been included, facing the aft end of the saloon
A longitudinal galley is to starboard, forward of the main heads. The standard two-cabin version includes a large hull-depth cockpit locker, a king-sized berth in the port aft cabin and a large heads compartment giving access to the generous hull-depth cockpit locker. The three-cabin version adds a mirror image of a slightly narrower aft cabin on either side, and a smaller main heads.
Standard deck layouts allow for easy sailing, including a self-tacking jib, while a furling mainsail is offered as an option. The rig is engineered without a backstay, which frees up space at the back of the cockpit, while also allowing the more powerful First Line version to be fitted with a square top mainsail, plus furling 110% genoa, giving 22% more sail area than the standard model. An extra 53m2 Code 0 can be set from the fixed, moulded bowsprit, which also houses the anchor roller.
Halyards are brought aft across the deck to winches either side of the companionway, while all sheets are brought aft along the top of the coamings to winches and clutches just forward of the helm. The mainsheet attaches relatively far aft along the boom via a bridle over the companionway, rather than with a traveller.
Helm seats fold down behind the wheels, and lift clear when the transom is lowered. The front end of the cockpit benches have been made wider, though not quite as wide as the L-shaped seating seen in several new 40-footers. A moulded table provides bracing, with two fold-up leaves, handholds and a decent stowage bin.
Teak has been replaced on this boat with a multi-ply Iroko engineered hardwood alternative, much like the ALPI timbers used in veneers. Electric propulsion is an alternative to the standard 40hp Yanmar engine, giving you a 12kW electric pod drive with 10kWh of power storage, giving a claimed range of 10 miles at 5 knots (presumably in benign conditions).
Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 specifications
LOA: 11.93m (39ft 2in) Hull length: 10.99m (36ft 1in) LWL: 10.83m (35ft 6in) Beam: 3.92m (12ft 10in) Draught: Deep 2.10m (6ft 11in) / Shoal 1.63m (5ft 4in) Sail area: 60m2 (646 sq ft) Ballast: 1,800kg (3,967 lbs) Displacement: 6,864kg (15,128 lbs) Price: (Sailaway good spec) £286,201 inc VAT Contact: www.beneteau.com
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BENETEAU 37. Save to Favorites . Beta Marine ... Fin w/bulb & spade rudder: Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop: LOA: 37.67 ft / 11.48 m: LWL: 34.08 ft / 10.39 m: S.A. (reported): ... Camden, Maine, 1997), states that a boat with a BN of less than 1.3 will be slow in light winds. A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often ...
The Oceanis 37.1 cruiser's volume is remarkable. The generous space in the saloon is nearly as large as a 40 footer. The saloon is offset to port with a sofa for relaxing and a comfortable table for six, facing the lengthwise galley. The fore cabin has a breathtaking view of the horizon through two large portholes integrated in the hull side.
This was the kind of sailing I could do all day. Our test boat was hull No. 3 of the Beneteau Oceanis 37.1, the newest model and the seventh in the Oceanis ".1" line. It replaces the very popular 38.1 of which 900 hulls were launched, so she has big shoes to fill. The from-scratch new hull slots perfectly into the line, which now includes ...
The Beneteau 37 has more area in the foretriangle than in the mainsail, although it still sports an easy-to-tame 105-percent genoa. When we were sailing upwind in a gusty breeze, the first reef we took was in the main, and this tamed the helm immediately, although the boat was still a handful in the bigger puffs, and I would've appreciated better footing at my preferred steering position on ...
A SAILING BOAT OF CHARACTER. With this well-thought out and attractive 37 footer, the Oceanis range has a unique model. The Oceanis 37 is in line with its older brothers, adding speed and sensations.. Innovation dominates in the design of this boat. The designers Jean-Marie Finot and Pascal Conq wanted this boat to be not only streamlined, but ...
Beneteau's new 37-footer is the latest in the seventh generation of the French builder's Oceanis line, which began in 1986. It updates the popular 38.1, now in its its ninth season, and according to a media release, the brief given naval architect Marc Lombard and Nauta Design, who developed the deck and interior, was better performance and more volume.
Beneteau Oceanis 37 boats for sale 22 Boats Available. Currency $ - USD - US Dollar Sort Sort Order List View Gallery View Submit. Advertisement. Save This Boat. Beneteau Oceanis 37 . Port Townsend, Washington. 2009. $143,950 Seller Waterline Boats LLC 12. Contact. 206-672-5709. ×. New Arrival. Save This Boat. Beneteau Oceanis 37 ...
The new Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 is set to replace the ever-popular Oceanis 38.1 with a more modern hull shape and other tweaks too ... The boat still has twin rudders to provide ample grip without too much draught - it has options for a 2.10m deep keel or a 1.63m shoal draught keel. ... Sail area: 60m2 (646 sq ft) Ballast: 1,800kg (3,967 lbs ...
Beneteau Oceanis 37 is a 37′ 7″ / 11.5 m monohull sailboat designed by Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot) and built by Beneteau starting in 2006. ... The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more. Formula. D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³ D: Displacement of the boat in ...
Oceanis 37 interior. The Beneteau 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.It has a fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of swept spreaders and aluminium spars with stainless steel wire standing rigging.The hull has a slightly raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by ...
2009 Beneteau 37. US$109,999. US $836/mo. St. Barts Yachts and Charleston Yacht Sales | New Bern, North Carolina. Request Info. New Arrival.
Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 is a 39′ 1″ / 11.9 m sailboat designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau starting in 2023. ... The higher a boat's D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. ... - Draft: 1.63 m / 5.33 ft - Ballast: 1,970 kg / 4,342 lbs
First built 2023, model year 2024. Outside and interior design: Nauta Design Available with Torqeedo Pod 48v FP 12 kW (16 hp) motor Shallow keel: - Draft: 1.63 m / 5.33 ft - Ballast: 1,970 kg / 4,342 lbs Sail area: - Main: 37 m² / 398 ft² - Furling main (option): 31 m² / […]
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The world reference in cruising. Oceanis is our range of long-distance, blue water cruisers that for years has set the standard for sailboat design and construction, with a hull that is a marvel in hydrodynamics, Oceanis delivers superior performance while providing stability and safety while under sail. Despite her strong sea legs, she doesn ...
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Moon Rock is a 2005 37 ft Beneteau 373 and priced to sell! She is a two-cabin layout, and has been in freshwater sailing on Lake Travis in Austin Texas since her arrival in 2005. She has a bright, spacious interior with panoramic, forward facing windows. The extra headroom adds to the open, accommodating feel to the boat.
Deep Keel draft: 6.25' Ballast 3,902 lbs. Also called OCEANIS 37. Another version sold as MOORINGS 37.2. Suggest Improvements. Source: sailboatdata.com / CC BY. Embed. Beneteau 37 is a 37′ 7″ / 11.5 m monohull sailboat designed by Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot) and built by Beneteau starting in 2006.
1984 Beneteau First 42. US$79,000. ↓ Price Drop. North Point Yacht Sales | Annapolis, Maryland. Request Info. Find Sail Beneteau boats for sale in your area & across the world on YachtWorld. Offering the best selection of Beneteau boats to choose from.
Two of the most popular 27-foot cruising boat designs are from Beneteau and Catalina, both huge builders. Beneteau bills itself as the largest sailboat company in the world; Catalina lays claim to being the largest in the U.S. ... 37.42 ft / 11.41 m: Notes: Wing keel: - draft: 3.5'/1.07m. - ballast: 2,060 lbs / 933 kg - displacement: 6,460 lbs ...