BENETEAU FIRST 45F5

Beneteau First 45F5 – a smart and beautiful design built for performance. From its advanced keel and modern rudder to its sleek shape, this boat is made to glide effortlessly through the water. The fractional Sparcraft mast with dual spreaders adds a modern touch.

Fresh from a summer cruise, we're selling FANDANGO. The owners have changed plans and decided to sell.

FANDANGO is in great shape, well cared for by private owners since 2011. It's been professionally maintained and is ready to sail. In 2023, we've done a full engine service, replaced anodes, treated the propeller shaft, applied new anti-fouling, and polished the topside. 

If you're a keen sailor, FANDANGO is ready to impress. Don't miss out on owning this sleek well maintained First 45, all set for new adventures.

INTERIOR / DOMESTIC

• 3 double cabins – 2 aft, owners forward with ensuite plus saloon
• Cherry wood throughout
• Saloon cushions faux cream suede good condition
• Oval table, storage under seating
• HEADS: 2 (1 ensuite owners cabin fwd.) 1 manual flush, 1 electric Jabsco 2/2 + showers and wash basins
• Air-conditioning: CLIMMA hot and cold in main saloon
• Sirocco fans in all cabins – June 22
• Full length hanging locker in owners cabin along with cupboards
• 2 large drawers and shelves
• aft cabins each have great storage incl. hanging lockers, shelves and drawers along with mirrors

GALLEY :

•  3 Burner gimbled gas stove/oven
• All crockery incl. cups, mugs, glasses, plates, cutlery, pots and pans, table mats, tablecloth, Espresso stove top pot  everything will be left on board.

DECK

• Windlass 1200W serviced 2018
• 70m x 10mm galvanised chain
• Delta anchor stainless swivel
• Spare Bruce anchor 5m stainless chain and spare
• STEERING: Centre wheel
• Second main halyard used for custom made stainless and teak passerelle which folds and doubles as swim ladder
• Port and starboard under seat lockers
•  storage space in lazarette and sails storage in bow locker aft of chain locker

ANCHORING/MOORING:

• Bow Thruster Side Power – independent battery in bow 120A new 2022
• Windlass 1200W serviced 2018
• 70m x 10mm galvanised chain
• Delta anchor stainless swivel
• Spare Bruce anchor 5m stainless chain and spare Danforth
• 7 cylindrical fenders, 1 round fender, 1 stern fender
• Mooring lines x 3
• Long lines 2 x 50m for tying ashore
• Additional heavy duty lines for mooring

WINCHES:

• 2 X Lewmar 52 S/T 2 speed
• 2 x Lewmar 46 2 speed
• 2x Lewmar 44 S/T (one electric)
• 15 Jammers
• Harken winch handles

SAFETY

• 2 x inflatable lifejackets
• Flare pack exp. 2025
• Fire extinguishers new 2023
• 12 man life raft exp. 2022 will require servicing
• horseshoe life ring and safety line and floating light
• BILGE PUMPS: 1 electrical, 1 manual

CANVAS

• Full winter cover 2 piece Weathermax 80
• Light weight boom tent – Weathermax
• Spray dodger with clear windows, Bimini over steering, Steering wheel and instruments cover, Lazy bag on boom for main sail with lazy jacks (All in light grey acrylic)
• Cream vinyl deck cushions with 2 extra dark grey fabric.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Hose and hose fittings
• New in May 2023 – heavy duty yellow 20m shore power lead
• Extension cord 30m, various adaptors
• Jump leads
• Outboard spares
• All manuals for entire boat
• Pilots and charts (Ionian)
• Various torches/lights

SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2023:

• Engine fully serviced, anodes replaced
• propeller shaft treated with PropSpeed
• hull anti fouled, top sides polished
• Professionally winterized since taking ownership 2011

Sail Area

IJPE : 918.08 sq ft
I : 53.08 ft
J : 15.08 ft
P : 55.42 ft
E : 18.67 ft
Working Sail Area : 950.00 sq ft

Manufacturer Provided Description

With the First 45f5, pleasure sailing has made a giant leap forward in aerodynamics, performance, advanced technology, pure intelligence, and beauty of design. From the keel to the masthead, she is born into performance. With advanced keel design, modern rudder, long waterline, fine entry, and minimum wetted surface, her wake is almost imperceptible. Her spar is a fractional Sparcraft mast with double spreaders swept aft to avoid the need for running backstays.

Her standing rigging is rod.

The interior is a luxurious mix of tradition and modern design. Fluid, soft shapes, moulded by the wind and water. Noble, smooth materials. Luminous and rich deep colours. Purity of form. Two curved settees surround the oval shaped salon table.

The warm tones of the teak or mahogany woodwork, leather sheeted handrails, the smoothly curved cabin doors, all add elegance to this spacious area. All furniture is rail-mounted to allow the normally confined space of hanging lockers and stowage spaces to breathe. Privacy is available with the roll up blinds, cleverly hidden in the grabrails. Soft light enters through the band of portlights in the topsides. Natural light from the translucent strip on the cabin top, becomes a ray of light by night.

The galley, with its marble work surface, has been designed for the master chef. There is a vast array of drawers, cupboards, and stowage areas. The 7.8-cubic-foot refrigerator can hold stores for an entire cruise. In the owner's cabin or the guest cabins, the luxury of the appointments, the quality of the materials, the unique atmosphere of beauty and intimacy, make the First 45f5 a true source of pleasure for the cruising sailor and the racer alike. Insulation is optimized by the false deck, actual cored deck and the interior liner. All ports and hatches are mounted on the cabin sides to avoid the greenhouse effect of flat hatches. On deck, all halyards, reefing lines, control lines and even the genoa furling line run aft under a false deck, to a battery of 14 stoppers. Handrails are recessed in the deck, sidedecks are wide and clear.

The transom skirt opens to reveal a wide swim platform. Flush-mounted chainplates are clean and prevent sheets catching. The Harken sheet blocks make sail trimming a pleasure. The Proengin double groove headstay can be fitted with an optional furling drum, which is mounted below deck in the anchor well, alongside the windlass.

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

CONSTRUCTION

• Type : Sail Cruiser
• Builder / Designer: Beneteau
• Make / Model: First 45F5
• Year Built: 1992
• Where built: France
• Designer: Bruce Farr
• Construction Materials: GRP
• Keel / Hull Form: Fin keel
• Steering Type: Helm
• Helm Position(s): Aft cockpit
• Deck Materials: GRP + Teak cockpit
• Superstructure Materials: GRP
• Hull Colour: White

DIMENSIONS

• LOA: 13.69m
• Beam: 4.25m
• Draft: 2.5 m
• Displacement- 12,000kg

MECHANICAL

• Manufacturer -Model- Perkins Prima 50
• 50 HP
• Engine Hours- 2,600 Approx.
• Date Engine Last Serviced- 45047
• Fuel Type- Diesel
• Propeller Type- 3 Blade maxi prop.
• GENERATOR: Mace (110 hrs) never used by current owner – requires service
• Bow Thruster Side Power – independent battery in bow 120A new 2022

TANKAGE

• Fuel- 150L
• Water: 650l (requires revision for water bladders
• HOT WATER: 50l water boiler with accumulator tank.
• Heating by main engine calorifier, or shore power

ELECTRICAL

• Domestic Batt. (2)x Ah:220 - 2022
• Bow Thruster Batt. (1)x Ah:- - 2022
• Battery Charger- Pro Charge Ultra 12V 60A

RIGGING

• Type of Rig- Fractional Sloop 7/8 Rig
• Standing Rigging – rod rigging - Assumed original.
• Rig removed 2018 full service.
• Running Rigging- Good condition
• Mainsail Reefing - slab/in-mast- Slab 3 reefs
• Furling Headsail- 130% + spare
• Sparcraft mast, 2 sets swept back spreaders and boom
• ProFurl furler
• Dyneema halyards
• 15 Jammers
• Rig removed 2018 – fully serviced by Waypoint Rigging Lefkas
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SAILS

• Mainsail with 3 reefs
• Furling Genoa 130% + spare
• Asymmetric spinnaker in sock

NAVIGATION 

• B&G Triton depth sounder(2018)
• Log and wind(2018)
• B&G Zeuss 7” at helm (2018)
• Autopilot Raytheon ST6000
• Furuno Radar
• VHF IC-M503
• Extra VHF Cobra Marine MRF55W