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The Beneteau Figaro, also called the Figaro I, the Figaro Solo and officially designated as the Figaro Beneteau, is a French sailboat that was designed by Groupe Finot and Jean Berret as a one design, single-handed, off-shore racer especially for the Solitaire du Figaro race and first built in 1990. The boat and the race are both named for the ...
The boat was named European Yacht of the Year in 2010, Sail Magazine 2016 Best Boats Winner and Sailing World 2016 Boat of the Year. [10] In a 2016 review, Charles J. Doane described it as "a very exciting package and should check all or most boxes on the lists of buyers looking for a fun, affordable, versatile and easy-to-manage sport boat." [24]
The Beneteau 14 is a recreational and racing sailboat, built predominantly of a vacuum-infused vinylester glassfibre and foam sandwich for both the hull and the deck. It has a fractional sloop rig; with a roller furling, self-tacking jib; a deck-stepped mast; no spreaders and carbon fibre spars with continuous stainless steel 1X19 wire standing rigging.
Buying used rather than new is by far the more popular choice, making up 76% of all leisure boat revenue in 2020, according to Grand View Research, which reports on the automotive and ...
The Beneteau Figaro 3, officially called the Figaro Beneteau 3, is a French hydrofoil-equipped sailboat that was designed by Van Peteghem/Lauriot-Prevost as a one design racer specifically for the Solitaire du Figaro race and first built in 2018. The boat and the race are named for the race's sponsor, the French newspaper Le Figaro. [1] [2] [3 ...
It’s the dream of many to buy a boat, ... U.S. boating deaths surged during the pandemic, increasing from 613 in 2019 to 767 in 2020, likely due to many first-time boaters entering the market ...
Yacht transport is the shipping of a yacht to a destination instead of sailing or motoring it. Yacht transport is an alternative to the traditional passaging (sailing or motoring) to reach desired destinations around the globe. Transport when compared to passaging is cost-effective, safer and improves availability.
A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and water trial and ultimately, if successful, to attend delivery.