This Beneteau First is designed by the highly respected German Frers. It features a centre cockpit with aft cockpit helm and seating position. The boat has a fin keel and wheel steering. It is sloop rigged with a tall mast option and three spreaders. The main sail is slab reefing. The vessel is powered by a Perkins 4.108M 51hp engine with 2,300 hours and has a shaft drive.
This is the owner’s version, featuring a double master stateroom aft and a double V berth forward. It includes two heads, a calorifier, and a holding tank. The interior is attractive and spacious, with a wood finish that was re-varnished in 2018. It comes equipped with more than adequate navigation and safety equipment, as well as a Zodiac tender and outboard.
Quote: “Sturdy, powerful, easy to manoeuvre, pleasant to live in at sea and with rock solid safety” – German Frers.
Always in private ownership, this boat has been in the current British family for 24 years. EU VAT has been paid. The asking price is £62,500.
Construction
Built by Beneteau Yachts, France in 1987.
Designed by German Frers.
White GRP hull, deck, and structure.
Teak decks, cockpit, and swim platform.
Fixed fin keel.
Spade rudder.
Wheel steering.
LOA: 13.6m / 44’6
LWL: 11.0m / 36’1
Beam: 4.0m / 13’1
Draft: 1.68m / 5’5
Displacement: 10,800kg
Ballast: 4,200kg (Iron)
Machinery
Perkins 4.108M 51hp original engine and gearbox.
Hours: 2,288
Shaft drive (seal changed 2022).
Feathering 3-bladed prop.
Electrics
12v and 220v shore power systems.
2 x domestic batteries.
1 x engine start battery.
Charging from engine and shore power.
Cabin wiring and fittings updated to LED.
Tankage
Fuel: 1 x 208 ltrs S/S tank.
Water: 3 x plastic tanks totaling 322 ltrs.
Holding: 1 x plastic tank.
Rig And Sails
Sloop rigged.
Tall mast option with three spreaders.
Originally rod rigging but converted to wire rigging 2013/14 (over 10 yrs old now).
Aluminium spars/mast.
Snuffer/spinnaker gear.
All sails are over 10 years old now.
Slab reefing main, white.
Furling genoa, white.
Furling jib/staysail, white.
Snuffer, multi-coloured.
All winches by Lewmar:
2 x genoa winches.
1 x halyard winch.
2 x spinnaker winches.
Smaller runner winches.
Accommodation
See layout attached.
Accommodation for 6/7 in 2 double cabins + saloon (3).
Master double cabin aft – with ensuite heads/shower to port.
Companionway steps.
Galley to port.
Nav station to starboard.
Forward to spacious central saloon.
2nd heads forward to port.
Double V berth cabin forward.
Wood joinered interior and finish.
Fabric upholstery.
Interior re-varnished including sole in 2018 – custom wooden painted headlinings in this Asilleros, Lagos refit.
The original internal fittings such as the step slip frames, ring pulls, hatches, electrical points, switches, and mast step were re-anodised in a refit in 2017.
In 2017, new LED lighting was installed inside and outside, a new electrical panel at the chart table, a new anchor chain, and new Jabsco toilets were fitted.
Domestic
Sigmar 48100 calorifier (hot water).
Smev twin burner cooker/hob.
Smev oven/grill.
Aluminium sinks (2).
2 x fridges – air and water cooled.
Second fridge compressor needs service/replacement.
Assorted cooking equipment.
CD/Radio.
Deck
Electric windlass.
25kg Rocna anchor with 55m chain and 60m rope.
Spare Danforth anchor with 3m chain and rope.
Various warps/lines.
6 fenders.
Nemo passerelle.
Nemo swim and boarding ladder.
Deck shower.
Sprayhood.
Bimini.
2017 refit – custom swimming platform fitted.
Navigation
Garmin GPS Map 4008.
2 x plotters.
Raytheon ST6000 autopilot.
Raytheon Pathfinder SL70 Radar.
Raytheon VHF.
Raymarine depth unit.
Garmin AIS receiver.
Wind/speed/log.
Compass.
Nav lights – steaming and sailing.
On deck Raymarine plotter and three additional readouts.
Fusion stereo.
Clock and barometer.
Tenders
Zodiac tender – Cadet 270 Aero.
Mariner 3.3hp outboard (serviced 2021).
Safety
Life raft (serviced approx. 2021).
Jack stays.
Life buoy.
Dan buoy.
Radar reflector.
Emergency tiller.
Fire blanket.
3 x fire extinguishers.
Manual bilge pump.
Electric bilge pump.
The condition or level of safety equipment on board is not to be negotiated following survey. It is likely to be listed by most surveyors but is not structural or an integral working part of the vessel and is not to be used to further negotiate the price down after survey. We strongly suggest that for your own personal safety, when purchasing a yacht, you provide new safety equipment rather than relying on second-hand gear.
Should you become the new owner of this yacht, the responsibility to re-register or update official bodies for items such as EPIRB, VHF, MMSI, or AIS becomes yours.
Comments
An impressively constructed GRP cruising/racing yacht, tried and tested. Currently British Flag.
Cruised in the UK and Channel Islands until 2017 when sailed to Greece over three seasons. Now cruising waters in the IONIAN.
“The First 435 is intended for those who really sail. For those who want to get away peacefully without the fear of facing adverse conditions. With the perfection of its water lines, rake, and its sails, the First 435 achieves the performance of a competition yacht. But at the same time, it exhibits the qualities of a true offshore cruiser. Sturdy, powerful, easy to manoeuvre, pleasant to live in at sea and with rock solid safety.”
NAVAL DESIGNER: GERMAN FRERS.
Title Documents And Tax
Listed below are the documents or copies of what we have seen on listing this yacht:
- British SSR Registration (Current)
- Copy – Bill of Sale to current owner (2014)
- Copy – Bill of Sale to current owner’s family (2000)
- Copy – Bill of Sale (1989)
- Copy – Brexit letter from yard confirming location in the EU.
- UK HMRC proof of VAT payment (1989)
- Beneteau Build Plate (fixed onboard)
- Photo of engine plate (Perkins)
- Copy – Beneteau Construction Certificate (1987)
- Copy – Evidence of TEPAI cruising tax paid
Disclaimer And Travelling To Inspect
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