Beneteau FIRST 36 interview series: Sam Manuard
Sam Manuard – First 36 INTERVIEW SERIES Tell us shortly about yourself. My name is Sam Manuard and I’m a grown-up man, nearly 50 years old. I’m a naval architect…

Sam Manuard – First 36 INTERVIEW SERIES Tell us shortly about yourself. My name is Sam Manuard and I’m a grown-up man, nearly 50 years old. I’m a naval architect…
1/12/2021 New Beneteau Oceanis 40.1 Custom Sails: After outfitting our New Beneteau Oceanis 40.1 with her First Line performance mast and rigging, it was only fitting to add custom performance…
12/29/21 Oceanis 30.1 Keel Options There are four keel options aboard the Beneteau Oceanis 30.1: Deep keel Shoal keel Swing keel Lifting keel Swing keel in use: Custom Beneteau…
Giovanni Belgrano of Pure Design and Engineering, structural engineers for several America’s Cup projects, as well as some of other most famous sailboats in the world, has talked with us…
Voile Magazine has its annual award ceremony at the Paris Boat Show, and the First 27 won the people’s vote for the Readers Award. This is the third award for…
The Oceanis 34.1 in the video is equipped with the FIRST LINE PACAKAGE: Polyester bowsprit with integrated anchoring gear and bobstay (for Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker) Flatdeck genoa furler…
Interview of Andraz Mihelin of Groupe Beneteau by No Frills Sailing https://no-frills-sailing.com/andraz-mihelin-on-first-36-7/ Murray Yacht Sales will have her FIRST 36 out on the water in the Fall of 2022. As…
The Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 construction: The hull is solid fiberglass with a sold fiberglass hull liner. The deck is a balsa sandwich with the deck & liner built as one…
We had an interview with Luka Stepan, creative director of Gigo Design, to explain the design process behind the First 36. From early research to mock-ups, here is how the…
The Beneteau OCEANIS 34.1 is the latest design in the Oceanis Series and is being introduced as a 2022 model. This is the second Marc Lombard design for Beneteau. The…