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Beneteau 1 Ton
Development
Designer	Groupe Finot; Jean Berret; Jacques Fauroux
Location	France
Year	1983
No. built	12
Builder(s)	Beneteau
Role	Racer
Name	Beneteau 1 Ton
Boat
Displacement	12,125 lb (5,500 kg)
Draft	7.22 ft (2.20 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	carbon fibre-Kevlar foam sandwich
LOA	39.40 ft (12.01 m)
LWL	30.00 ft (9.14 m)
Beam	13.09 ft (3.99 m)
Engine type	Volvo MD 17 diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	Fin keel
Ballast	6,878 lb (3,120 kg)
Rudder(s)	Spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop
Total sail area	829 sq ft (77.0 m2)
Racing
PHRF	60-72
	Beneteau First Class 12 → ; [edit on Wikidata]

The Beneteau 1 Ton, also called the Beneteau First 40 Evolution, is a French sailboat that was designed by Groupe Finot, Jean Berret and Jacques Fauroux as an International Offshore Rule One Ton class racer and first built in 1983.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

The design was developed into the Beneteau First Class 12 racer in 1985.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France at their custom boat yard, from 1983 until 1985, with 12 boats completed, but it is now out of production.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[10]^[11]

Design

The 1 Ton is a racing keelboat, that was built with the most advanced materials that were available at the time: a carbon fibre-Kevlar foam sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast with three sets of unswept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 12,125 lb (5,500 kg) and carries 6,878 lb (3,120 kg) of ballast.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The boat has a draft of 7.22 ft (2.20 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with a Swedish Volvo MD 17 diesel engine for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 4 U.S. gallons (15 L; 3.3 imp gal).^[1]^[2]^[3]

As a racer the design has minimal accommodation, with berths for eight people.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The design has a hull speed of 7.34 kn (13.59 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 60 to 72.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[12]

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the One Ton Class.^[13]^[14]

A 1 Ton named Phoenix won first place in the 1985 Admiral's Cup over 17 other boats, including three other Beneteau 1 Tons, on individual points, skippered by Harold Cudmore. Cudmore had substituted the boat into the race at the last minute, when his own boat had sunk during a lead-in race.^[15]

Two 1 Tons, Fiere Lady and Glory came in second and fourth overall, in the 1985 Southern Ocean Racing Conference.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Beneteau 1 Ton". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Beneteau 1 Ton". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Ulladulla. "Beneteau 1 Ton". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Berret-Racoupeau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Berret-Racoupeau". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Jacques Fauroux". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Jacques Fauroux". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Beneteau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Beneteau". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ US Sailing (2023). "PHRF Handicaps". ussailing.org. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ McArthur, Bruce (2023). "One Ton Class". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "One Ton Class". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Beneteau First 405". Yachting. January 1987. Retrieved 23 June 2023.