2006
Beneteau First 31.7
SOLD!

Current Price: US $89,500 (Jan, 2010)

Located in Traverse City, Michigan
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Engine: Yanmar 3YM20, 21 hp saildrive
Condition: Excellent
For sale by Owner:
Contact: Doug Wipperman
(231) 935-7939
(231) 935-1577 (cell)
email: dwipperman@mhc.net

Dimensions
LOA: 31.53 ft    LWL: 28.87 ft    Beam: 10.6 ft    LMPHRF: 138
Draft: 6.23 ft    Ballast: 2,259 lbs    Displ: 8,267 lbs    Headroom: 5’11”
I: 38.88 ft    J: 11.29 ft     P: 35.43 ft     E: 12.80 ft

General Description
This is a like new First 31.7 racer cruiser made by Beneteau.  The boat has a luxurious interior, a deck layout made for racing, and outstanding sailing characteristics.  Think of it as a slightly scaled down First 36.7.  This boat is equally comfortable racing around the cans on a Wednesday night, cruising the local coastline for a week, or even single-handing across the Atlantic.  In fact, in 2006, this very boat was purchased new in France and then used by tiny Galia Moss to sail from Spain to Cancun to become the first Latin-American woman to singlehand across the Atlantic.

In 2008, I purchased the boat in Ft Lauderdale and had it delivered to Traverse City where I spent several weeks giving the boat a “deep clean”.  The deck was cleaned and waxed, and the teak sanded and coated twice with sickens.  All of the sponsors decals were removed from the topsides, which were then brought back to a glossy high speed shine with a color restorer / wax.  The bottom was scraped, sanded to gelcoat, barrier coated with Interlux 2000e, and sprayed with VC 17.  The exterior was made to look as good as new.

The beautiful interior of the boat also is as good as new.  The interior features and enclosed head with shower, a dedicated nav station with gps chart plotter, a private aft stateroom, refrigeration, propane stove, hot and cold pressurized water (both 120v and heat exchanger), 120v shore power, and great interior lighting.

Mechanically, the boat has one of the nicest setups money can buy – a beautiful three cylinder Yanmar with saildrive and folding prop.  The engine is so quiet that at idle you have to look at the tac to even know its running.  At 21 hp, the 3YM20 Yamar easily pushes the boat at 6.3 to 6.5 knots.

The electronics are all Raymarine ST60 and include three displays – analogue wind, tri-data, and ST6001+ autopilot controller.  The autopilot itself is a NKE linear drive unit that is permanently mounted directly to the rudder post.  The boat even includes a Raymarine S100 handheld remote controller for the autopilot. Also included are a DCS ready VHF, a RC 435 Chartplotter, and a Sony CD / MP3 player (which includes an Ipod dock).  There are two “factory” batteries come with the boat, but in addition to those, the boat is wired to accommodate two more house batteries for long distance cruising.

The sails included haven’t been used that often (except for that 41 day trip across the Atlantic ;-) and include a main, genoa, jib, symmetrical and asymmetrical kite.  The working sails are heavy Dacron and are worn but servicable, while the spinnakers are very lightly used.

Although there are only a couple of these boats in America, the First 31.7 is one of the most popular racer/cruisers in Europe, with over 1400 of these boats manufactured since 1999 (this boat is hull number 1095) and One-design classes all over Europe (http://www.317.ie/).  There are also a number of very cool videos on Youtube showing the boats in action (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emKaQHXr6NI&feature=fvsr).

The boat comes with everything needed to race and cruise.  All the original paper work comes with the boat (for those of you who can read French and Spanish) along with all the manuals in both paper and electronic format.  The boat was legally imported into this country with all duty and fees paid, and the boat has a clear title and PHRF certificate in Michigan.  Documentation is included.  Heck, even the factory Beneteau dishware is included!

Galia Moss completing transatlantic voyage

(Trailer not included)

Sistership

Table and mast not in boat at time of photo

Brochure photo

Brochure photo