Beneteau First 25.7

[Stephen_GP14]

Hi everyone I new to this so please bear with me just want to ask has anyone got a First 25.7 beneteau if so please send me a message.

[blue dragon]

Hi Stephen, we have just ordered a 25.7, it doesnt arrive untill early march so I maybe able to help with your questions if not now, but in a couple of months time. This will be our first boat, we wanted something small enough to be handled by just the two of us, even single handled if required, but also big enough to beable to overnight on short cruises and not break the bank!

From what i found out about the boat apart from being a Beneteau which is a very good start, is that it sails very well, points high and shouldnt disgrace its self on club races.Its a very solid little cruiser/racer, a kinda mini-me of its bigger brothers! Small nav table, small galley, could sleep 5 which really means 2, and you need to know them reasonably well, the saloon seat pulls out to a double bed, small toilet and v berth.

What info are you looking for? The beneteau web site has lots of info and pictures of the 25.7 even though the interior does look bigger in the picture than real life. I couldnt find much else online about the boat, apart from one article written in croatian, and as thats the only language out of the thousands I cant speak, it'll take me a while to translate.

regards

Graeme

[slo007]

What has been your experience so far with the 25.7?

[blue dragon]

Hi slo 007,

in a nut shell, we love it....but then we are new to sailing so dont have much to compare it with would be the honest answer!!

We like it because we can sail with just the two of us or sail comfortably with a couple of friends without feeling that we have to sit on each others laps. We haven't overnighted on her yet, but would be fine for two or two plus a couple of small kids.

We tend to just day sail around sydney harbour, but have entered a few club races and even though not won a race, had fun trying to keep up with the 35+ footers.

The boat sails well, we will happily reach 6kts in 12 kts of wind which I dont think is too bad, the max speed so far has been 7.8kts and often break 7.

The only sort of negative I would say is the boat tends to round up very easily if you have too much main sail up...thats properly due to not fine tuning the sails...(we are still learning !) so you have to be on your guide on gusty days and let out the main pretty quick ! This might be a negative to a cruising sailer but we kinda like it because its more akin to dingy sailing, this makes it a fun sail when the winds up at 17-20 kts.

not sure what info your looking for, so please drop me a line and hopefully I can help with my limited sailing knowledge

Regards

Graeme