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Beneteau or Bénéteau (French pronunciation:) is a French sail and motorboat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. [1] The company is a large and recognized boat builder, with its holding company (Groupe Beneteau) now also holding other prestigious brands, such as Jeanneau and its multihull subsidiary ...
The Beneteau 373, also called the Beneteau Oceanis 373 and Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 373 is a French sailboat that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as a cruiser-racer and first built in 2004. The "Cipper" version includes some optional equipment as standard.
The Beneteau 343 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored.It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminium spars by US Spars with discontinuous stainless steel wire standing rigging.
The boat was named European Yacht of the Year in 2010, Sail Magazine 2016 Best Boats Winner and Sailing World 2016 Boat of the Year. [10] In a 2016 review, Charles J. Doane described it as "a very exciting package and should check all or most boxes on the lists of buyers looking for a fun, affordable, versatile and easy-to-manage sport boat." [24]
In a 2004 boats.com review, David McCreary wrote, "the Beneteau Oceanis 393 is a 39' passagemaker featuring many of the design and esthetic elements as the Beneteau 473, which won the Cruising World's Best Production Cruiser award for 2001. The 393 was the first totally new model to be built at Beneteau's expanded facility in Marion, S.C.
The Beneteau Evasion 25 is a French sailboat that was designed by André Bénéteau as a motorsailer and first built in 1977 as a 1978 model year. It was sold in the United States as the Beneteau M/S 25 .
The Beneteau 43, also called the Oceanis 43 and for the yacht charter market, the Moorings 43.4, is a French sailboat that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as a cruiser and first built in 2006. The interior was designed by Nauta Design .
In a 2008 review for Cruising World, Jeremy McGeary wrote, "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 ...