Beneteau 43
sailboat class
The Beneteau 43, also called the Oceanis 43 and for the yacht charter market, the Moorings 43.4, is a French sailboat that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as a cruiser and first built in 2006. The interior was designed by Nauta Design.
Production
The design was built by Beneteau in France, starting in 2006, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Beneteau 43 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored. It has a 19/20 fractional sloop rig, with two sets of unswept spreaders and aluminium spars. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a walk through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual 915 mm (36.0 in) diameter wheels and a fixed fin keel or optional deep-draft keel. It displaces 19,566 lb (8,875 kg) and carries 6,239 lb (2,830 kg) of cast iron ballast. The deep draft keel model carries 5,456 lb (2,475 kg) of ballast.
The boat has a draft of 5.42 ft (1.65 m) with the standard keel and 6.58 ft (2.01 m) with the optional deep draft keel.
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