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2022 Beneteau First 53

location icon Riverside, New Jersey
Year 2022
Length 53 ft

Beneteau First Yacht 53 - Available to Order

Capitalizing on 40 years of expertise, the Beneteau First Yacht 53 is the latest member of the First range, launched by Beneteau in 1977. With sights set on high-performance cruising and more, if you are keen on regattas, this “Luxury Performance” sailing yacht was designed for expert sailors and demanding owners. With a well-balanced hull and helm for unique sensations, easy-flow deck plan, modern marine interior with a décor of white lacquered bulkheads, and molded wood, the First Yacht 53 gets the renewal of the new generation of First sailing yachts truly underway!

The First Yacht 53 is a happy mix of classic and modern lines. With a straight slender bow providing plenty of forward space, and a 16-foot maximum beam further aft, she immediately stands out for her sturdy seaworthy looks. The cockpit has been studied in detail to ensure nothing can obstruct forward movement: maneuvering close-hauled from the twin helm stations with easy access to the side decks, space is given over completely to relaxation near the companionway. With a flush deck, low coachroof, and a sleek modern look, she has all the virtues of a thoroughbred. The First Yacht 53 marks a new era with a top-quality mast, high-end deck gear, and a powerful sail plan that is easily controlled by a shorthanded crew.

Specifications

Year Built 2022
Category Sail
Length Overall 56'4 ft
Length Of Deck 52'5 ft
Beam 16'5 ft
Cabins 3
Cabin Headroom 6'7 ft
Double Berths 3
Construction Fiberglass
Hull ID BEY00000000053
Min Draft 8'2 ft
Drive Type Sail
Engines 1
Total Engine Power 80 hp
Fuel Tanks 1
Fuel Tank Cap. 106 gal
Water Tanks 1
Water Tank Cap. 190 gal
Holding Tanks 2
Holding Tank Cap. 34 gal
Displacement 34,380 lb
Bridge Clearance 85 ft

Engine 1 Specifications

Make: Yanmar
Fuel: Diesel
Engine Power: 80hp
Type: Inboard
Propeller Type: 3 Blade, Folding
Drive Type: SailDrive
Year: 2020

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Construction:
  • Design in accordance with European Directive requirements and according to CE certification
  • ISO 12215 certified structure
  • Balsa sandwich infusion hull
  • Vacuum infused structural inner liner (Fabrics - resin) bonded to the hull
  • Deck in glass fiber/balsa wood sandwich infusion, with non-slip "diamond point" surface
  • Cast iron keel attached with bolts and bonded stainless steel backplate
  • Twin rudders hung with stainless steel stock
  • White colored hull - Aluminium grey hull decoration
  • 8 Hull portholes
Safety on Deck:
  • 1 Black lacquered stainless steel open pulpit
  • 2 Black lacquered stainless steel aft pulpits with integrated fairlead
  • 1 Black lacquered stainless steel central aft pulpit (Height: 960mm / 3’2’’)
  • 2 Black lacquered stainless steel handrails on the roof
  • 1 Lifebuoy support bracket on aft pulpit
  • Wooden flagstaff (1 m/3’3’’) with integrated support on deck
  • Dual textile lifelines and black lacquered stainless steel stanchions (Height: 620mm / 2’) - Side boarding gate on either side
  • Emergency ladder on pushpit
Cockpit:
  • Self-draining cockpit
  • Teck decking
  • 2 Sail lockers below cockpit seating
  • 2 Stowage lockers behind the cockpit with stainless steel support for the fenders (650 x 390mm / 2’2’’ x 1’3’’)
  • 1 Access hatch to tender garage
  • 1 Integrated housing in catwalks for diesel deck filler and shore power socket
  • 3 water deck fillers at the forward end of the roof on the catwalks
  • 1 Gas locker on forward deck next to anchor chain locker, space of 2 bottles
  • Natural solid wood slatted cockpit benches
  • Side helmsman's seat, wooden slats
  • Foldaway helmsman foot chock
  • 2 Steering wheel consoles
  • - Black composite helm (diameter 1 100 mm/3’7’’) fixed on white lacquered aluminium pedestal
  • - Steering gear at the helm station
  • - Stainless steel steering chain transmission system
  • - Black lacquered stainless steel hand rail
  • 1 Emergency tiller
  • 1 Steering compass on port console
  • Engine throttle and control panel on starboard
  • 1 Cockpit shower with mixer tap in the tender garage
  • 1 PPMA folding companionway door in the bottom of the cockpit- Sliding hatch made of PMMA
  • Liferaft locker in front of the companionway (Space for 12 place liferaft: 0,96m x 0,59m x 0,40m / 3’2’’ x 1’11’’ x 1’4’’)
  • Courtesy lighting (7 LED lighting points, warm white lighting)
Rigging and sails:
  • Choice of either - Black lacquered aluminium classical mast or Performance carbon classical mast 
  • Lacquered aluminium Racing boom with LED lighting (warm white)
  • Black Racing lacquered aluminium rigid kicking strap with Dyneema tackle and friction rings (hydraulic available as an option)
  • Genoa track on the roof with traveller and hauling line controlled from the cockpit
  • Manual Genoa furler below deck
  • 1 mainsail attachment point at bottom of cockpit with 1 stand-up block
  • German system (Two-way mainsheet at the helm station)
  • All lines brought back to the helm stations (except boom topping lift)
  • Dyneema Complete running rigging:
  • - Mainsheet halyard sheave block
  • - Genoa halyard
  • - Boom uphaul (polyester) with cleat on mast
  • - Mainsheet
  • - 2 Genoa sheets
  • - 2 Automatic reefing system
  • 7 halyard clutches to port, 4 to starboard
  • HARKEN Black Magic blocks
  • 2 Spinnaker sheet chain plates/code 0
  • Running rigging hidden
  • Sails supplied with boat
  • 2 Flag halyards
Mooring lines - mooring:
  • Polyester bowsprit with integrated anchoring gear and bobstay with spinnaker chainplate (for Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker)
  • Self-draining chain locker, Clench bolt, Piston-driven cover
  • Single roller stainless steel bow fitting
  • 12 V - 1 500 W vertical electrical windlass - Remote control in mooring locker
  • 6 Black anodised aluminium mooring cleats (Length: 0,40m / 1’4’’)
  • Stainless steel chafing plate
Sail locker:
  • Access through T70 deck hatch, Passage width: 0,65 x 0,65m / 2’2’’ x 2’2’’
  • Stainless steel ladder
  • Shelving and stowage trays
  • LED lighting
  • 1 230V socket
Winches:
  • 1 Manual self-tailing winch to starboard (H50.2 STP)
  • 1 Electric self-tailing winch to port (H50.2 STP)
  • 2 Manual Genoa winches (H70.2 STP)
  • 2 Aluminium Speed Grip winch handles
  • Stowage of which handles in dedicated space in rope bags
Swim Platform/Aft Transom:
  • Fully opening transom, convertible to bathing platform (2,61m x 0,93m / 8’7’’ x 3’1’’)
  • 3 Folding access steps to the cockpit to starboard
  • Electrically controlled opening on console
  • Natural solid wood decking on swim platform
  • 1 Stainless steel, removable bathing ladder with dedicated stowage in the cockpit
Tender Garage:
  • Accessible from the platform and from the cockpit
  • Can be used to house a Highfield UL240 type tender (2,48m x 1,69m x 0,80m / 8’2’’ x 5’7’’ x 2’7’’)
  • 1 Touch-operated ceiling LEDs
Interior:
  • Alpi teak woodwork and white lacquered wood on base units and bulkheads
  • Alpikord teak flooring
  • Lounge Falcon 162 fabric internal upholstery
  • Mattresses in the cabins (HR foam 35 kg/m³, thickness 120 mm/5’’)
  • Beige padded ceilings (and Macadamia in the central part of the saloon)
Companionway:
  • Headroom: 2,00m / 6’7’’
  • Saloon companionway with 5 suspended Alpikord teak non-slip steps
  • LED lighting below each step
  • 2 Valencia Meteor encased stainless steel handrails
Starboard Saloon:
  • Very comfortable Lounge type L-shaped sofa
  • Coffee table, wooden top with moulded beading, access to bottle rack opposite the seat
  • Storage under bench seats
  • 1 Electrical panel to starboard incorporated into a piece of furniture for access to electrical connections
  • 2 Portholes with integrated blind
  • 2 Coachroof windows including opening porthole with mosquito net
  • 2 Opening deck hatches with mosquito screen/blinds
  • Indirect LED lighting below the soft and the upper part of the portholes
  • 1 Adjustable reading light
  • 1 USB port dual port
  • 1 230V socket
  • Audio: - Fusion RA70N entertainment system
  • 2 Interior loudspeakers
  • 2 Waterproof exterior speakers
Port Saloon:
  • Wooden table with integrated sliding extension leaf
  • Face-to-face bench seats with extension (can seat up to 6 diners)
  • 2 Portholes with integrated blind
  • Storage under bench seats
  • 1 Deep storage unit against bulkhead + 1 Valet tray (unless air conditioning option chosen) Indirect LED lighting on the upper part of the portholes
  • 1 230V socket close to forward bulkhead
  • Pillar with beige cover
Galley:
  • Headroom - 6’7’’
  • C-shaped galley
  • Corian Glacier White work top with moulded teak beading
  • 1 1 rectangular stainless steel sink - 1 Mixer tap with hot/cold water under pressure
  • 1 Gas cooker 2 burners - Stainless steel oven on gimbal (17L) - Stainless steel protection handrail - Stowage below the oven with drop-down door
  • 1 Stowage on work top with top opening (Space for optional 36 L stainless steel cool box)
  • 12 V 174 L fridge with integrated 16 L freezer (-18 °C), 1 Front opening door
  • Fitted lockers and closed shelving
  • 1 Bin (20L)
  • 1 Base unit: 1 drawer on the side, 2 doors, 1 shelf
  • 2 Opening portholes with mosquito nets
Owner's Cabin:
  • Central double bed (6’9’’ x 5’3’’ - 3’9’’) with Lounge Greige 160 fabric padded bedstead
  • 1 Bed access sideboard
  • 1 Chair on each side of bed with Lounge Falcon 162 fabric
  • 2 Shoe stowage beneath the bed
  • 2 Hanger closets, with incorporated LED lighting
  • 1 Central full-height unit with LED lighting: 4 drawers at the bottom, 1 door with 4 shelves, mirror inside the door
  • 2 Night tables
  • 2 Flexible and adjustable bedside lamps
  • 1 T70 flush deck hatch with blind/mosquito net
  • 2 Portholes with rigid sliding blind
  • 1 230 V power socket on each side of the bed 
  • dual port USB outlet on each side of the bed
  • LED indirect lighting + Spot lighting
  • En suite head
  •  - Manual toilet
  • - 1 13 US Gal rigid holding tank
  • - Work top in Corian Glacier White
  • - 1 Integrated polyester basin - Mixer tap • 1 Cabinet - Mirror
  • - Toilet accessories
  • - 1 Deck hatch with mosquito screen/blind
  • - LED indirect lighting + Spot lighting
Port Aft Cabin:
  • Headroom - 6’4’’
  • 1 Double bed (2,04m x 1,40m / 6’8’’ x 4’7’’)
  • 1 Hanging locker, 1 Cupboard with shelves, with incorporated LED lighting
  • 2 Lockers with top opening along the hull
  • 1 Bed access sideboard
  • 1 Drawer under the bed
  • 1 Large stowage under the bed, top opening (location for air conditioning option)
  • 1 Flexible, swivelling reading light at bedhead
  • 1 Flexible and adjustable reading light on the hanging locker
  • 1 USB port dual port • 1 230V socket
  • 1 Porthole with rigid sliding blind
  • 1 Opening window with below cockpit seat with pleated blind
  • 2 Opening windows on coaming with pleated blind
Starboard Aft Cabin:
  • Headroom- 6’4’’
  • 1 Double bed (2,04m x 1,40m / 6’8’’ x 4’7’’)
  • 1 Hanging locker, 2 lockers with top opening along the hull
  • 1 Bed access sideboard
  • 1 Drawer under the bed
  • 1 Large stowage under the bed, top opening (location for air conditioning option)
  • 1 Flexible, swivelling reading light at bedhead
  • 1 Flexible and adjustable reading light on the hanging locker
  • 1 USB socket
  • 1 230V socket
  • 1 Porthole with rigid sliding blind
  • 2 Opening windows with below cockpit seat with pleated blind
  • 1 Opening window on coaming with pleated blind
Aft Starboard head:
  • Headroom - 6’5’’
  • Access from the saloon or the starboard aft cabin
  • Separate shower - 1 Mixer tap - White polyester shower base
  • Corian Glacier White work top with self-draining storage
  • 1 Manual toilet
  • 1 21 US Gal rigid holding tank
  • 1 Washbasin - 1 Mixer tap
  • 1 Cabinet + Storage space under the basin
  • 2 Mirrors • Toilet accessories
  • 1 Opening porthole on coaming in side window, opaque film, mosquito screen
Engine:
  • Yanmar Diesel: - 80 HP/80 HP, Sail Drive, Common Rail (standard)  OR upgrade to a 110 HP/110 HP, Propeller shaft, Common Rail (Option)
  • Engine control at the starboard helm station - Control panel
  • Engine compartment: - Soundproofing foam - Ventilation: 2 air intakes and 1 forced air outlets - Automatic LED lighting
  • Engine data visible on the B&G screen
  • 1 Alternator (12V / 125 Ah)
  • 2 Rotomoulded diesel tank (2 x 53 US Gal) located under aft berth port and starboard)- Electronic gauge - Low level alarm - 1 Deck filler
  • Filters: Seawater - diesel - water separator
  • Foldaway three-blade propeller
  • 1 Engine access through companionway (opening with 2 gas struts)
  • 2 Engine access through aft cabins
Plumbing:
  • 1 Rotomoulded freshwater tank (100 US Gal,) under berth in forward cabin - 1 Deck filler
  • 2 Rotomoulded freshwater tanks (2 x 40 US Gal) under saloon floor, port and starboard - 1 Deck filler
  • Pressurised electric water pump - Expansion tank - Inline filter
  • 1 (1 US Gal ) Electric water heater (engine use)
  • 1 Rigid black water holding tank for each WC
  • Electrical shower drain pumps
  • 1 Electric bilge pump
  • 1 Manual bilge pump
  • Transfer valves easily accessible from the companionway
Propane:
  • 1 Box for 2 gas bottles in the anchor locker
  • Regulator and safety tap
  • Gas leak detector
Electricity:
  • 12 V electrical panel (Breaker, Voltmeter, Water gauge, Fuel gauge, Battery warning, Fuel warning, Water warning) + USB port dual port + Navicolor 3.5’’ screen
  • Radio controlled wireless light switches (no battery) for lighting (excluding heads)
  • Ship Control technology control numerous functions from the navigation screens (or from a tablet or smartphone using a dedicated app)
  • - Anchoring and masthead navigation lights
  • - Lighting of boom, spreaders (optional), underwater spotlights (optional)
  • - Courtesy light in cockpit
  • - Direct lighting
  • - Deck searchlight
  • - Inverter (Option)
  • - Fridge
  • - Water unit
  • - Bilge pumps
  • - Air conditioning (Option)
  • - Generator (Option)
  • - Audio
  • - Monitoring of tanks
  • - Battery monitoring
  • 12V circuit
  • 3 AGM service batteries (140 Ah)
  • 1 AGM engine battery (100 Ah)
  • Battery cut-off switch easily accessible from the companionway
  • 1 Battery charger (60 Ah)
  • 1 Power distributor
  • 10 230V Sockets: 
  • 6 Dual USB socket
  • 1 Shore power socket 230 V
  • LED lighting
  • LED navigation lights:
  • Deck searchlight (Halogen)
  • Wire runs for option cables
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.
Additional Contact Information
For more information about this boat please contact Brian winter at brian@winterssailing.com G Winter's Sailing Center Inc. or 856-296-4556.
8 Reserve Ave.
Riverside, New Jersey  08075
856-461-3555
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