Beneteau 461
sailboat class
The Beneteau 461, also called the Oceanis 461, is a French sailboat that was designed by Bruce Farr as a cruiser and first built in 1996. Armel Briand designed the interior. With optional equipment included as standard it was known as the Oceanis Clipper 461.
Additional versions for the yacht charter market were produced as the Moorings 463, the Moorings 464 and the Moorings 465, differing by interior cabin arrangements.
The design was named Cruising World magazine's 1997 Boat of the Year: Best Value, Full-Size Cruiser.
Production
The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 1996 to 2001, with 210 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Beneteau 461 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 masthead sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminium spars with discontinuous stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb.
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