FIRST 36.7

Official pages

Official Class Site

Boat information at Beneteau USA and Beneteau France

Race info

One-Design Class-Rules

PHRF Ratings

Quantum's tuning guide

North Sails Class Development Program and tuning guides

UK Sailmakers tuning guide

Everything you want to know about your mast & boom (courtesy of Charleston Spar)

Ackowledgments

Sailing World 2002 Boat of the Year (Best Value)

SAIL Top 10 boats for 2002

Tests and Reviews

Practical Sailor review for a fee

Read the review on the November 2002 issue of Cruising World (page 90 - not available electronically)

Sailing Magazine Perry on Design

Boats.com Son of a Beachball

Garth Hichens Reflections

RCR Yachts Full Report

An Owner's view

YACHT Online test (in German)

Vela e Motore test (in Italian)

Yachting World compares the First 36.7, Dehler 36 and J/109 in their group test.
  See the report and pictures in their April 2002 issue (not available electronically).

A review of one expensive competitor: the J/109

And a less than stellar review of the First 36.7

Images

Dave Dunigan's coverage of the 2004 Mid-Atlantics

Checkmate Sailing Team Dickies

More pictures from Amble Boat Company Ltd.

Some pictures of the European version (and a review in French).

Quantum One-Design Sails

The Buffalo Armada

The Benetau First 36.7 at La Trinite (and make sure you check these slides)

Local fleets

San Francisco fleet (use this link if the other doesn't work)

Beneteau First 36.7 in Narragansett Bay

Critical, from Lake Huron

BLUEPRINT, from Oriental, NC.

First 36.7 Norway fleet site