First 36s7 Wing keel

Sailboat specifications

The First 36s7 is a 34’5” (10.49m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Jean Berret (France). She was built between 1995 and 1998 by Bénéteau (France). The Wing keel version is offered with a short keel fitted with large winglets. This configuration provides an interesting draft / low center of gravity / upwind performance trade-off.

The First 36s7 is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Deep draft and Regatta version (see all the versions compared).

First 36s7's main features

Model: First 36s7
Version: Wing keel
Hull type: Monohull
Category: Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder: Bénéteau
Sailboat designer: Jean Berret
Sailboat range: First
Country: France
Construction: GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built: About 50
First built hull: 1995
Last built hull: 1998
Appendages: Keel : wing keel
Helm: Single tiller
Rudder: Single spade rudder
Unsinkable: No
Trailerable: No
Former French navigation category: 1
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only): N/A €

First 36s7's main dimensions

Overall length: 35’ 10”10.9 m
Hull length: 34’ 5”10.49 m
Waterline length: 31’ 2”9.52 m
Beam (width): 12’ 6”3.8 m
Draft: 5’ 1”1.55 m
Light displacement (M_LC): 12787 lb5800 kg
Ballast weight: 3748 lb1700 kg
French customs tonnage: 12.60 Tx

First 36s7's rig and sails

Upwind sail area: 791 ft²73.5 m²
Downwind sail area: 1222 ft²113.5 m²
Mainsail area: 355 ft²33 m²
Genoa area: 436 ft²40.5 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area: 866 ft²80.5 m²
I iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment): 44’ 7”13.6 m
J iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay): 13’3.95 m
P iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head): 41’ 8”12.7 m
E iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew): 15’ 1”4.6 m
Rigging type: Sloop Marconi 9/10
Mast configuration: Keel stepped mast
Rotating spars: No
Number of levels of spreaders: 2
Spreaders angle: Swept-back
Spars construction: Aluminum spars
Standing rigging: 1x19 strand wire discontinuous

First 36s7's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds. The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size. Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.: 245 ft²/T22.77 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds. The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.: 378 ft²/T35.16 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR) iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet). The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length: a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.: 190
Ballast ratio iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared. The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.: 29 %
Critical hull speed iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed". The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.: 7.49 knots