The Beneteau First 24SE is an innovative sailing yacht that combines performance with comfort, making it ideal for both racing enthusiasts and those seeking leisurely cruising experiences. Measuring approximately 7.3 meters in length, this agile vessel is designed to deliver an exhilarating sailing experience. Its lightweight and robust construction, primarily utilizing high-quality composite materials, ensures excellent maneuverability and speed. The yacht’s monohull configuration supports a sleek and modern aesthetic, perfectly suited for those who appreciate contemporary design coupled with traditional sailing values. It offers a spacious cockpit and a well-designed interior that can comfortably accommodate up to four sleeping guests, making it perfect for weekend getaways or short cruising adventures. The sailing rig is optimized for ease of handling, providing a balance between performance and simplicity, which makes it accessible to both novice sailors and seasoned professionals. The Beneteau First 24SE is engineered by Samuel Manuard, a renowned name in yacht design, ensuring that this model exemplifies superior craftsmanship and naval architecture. The yacht’s practical layout and thoughtful design features offer a blend of functionality and style, making it a standout in its category. Whether you’re navigating coastal waters or racing against the wind, the Beneteau First 24SE promises an unforgettable sailing experience, reflecting Beneteau’s commitment to quality and innovation.
Length
7.3M
Beam
2.5M
Draft
1.9M
Day Guests
6
Sleeping
4
Cabin
1
Cruise Speed
6KT
Max Speed
15KT
Fuel
12L
Range
100NM
Engine
Outboard Engine
Option 1
6HP Outboard
Naval
Samuel Manuard
Exterior
Samuel Manuard
Interior
Beneteau Design Team
New Starting From
€55,000
High Price Brokerage
€45,000
Low Price Brokerage
€35,000
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She starts planing before most yachts finish accelerating.
Under quiet outboard power she settles at 6 knots and tops out at 15, though her real character shows under sail, where testers recorded runs into the mid teens and sustained speeds of 12 to 14 knots on longer legs. A sail load factor above six puts her among the most powerfully rigged boats of her length. Twin rudders hold her locked through the turn as she comes onto a plane, while a flat run aft lets the hull lift early rather than fight the water. The carbon rig, mast, boom, bowsprit and tiller together, carries no backstay, so the mainsail twists freely and the whole plan stays light. She rewards a soft hand in moderate air and a firmer one once the pressure builds, the moment her light weight stops being an advantage and starts asking for concentration.
Freeboard this low is a decision, not a compromise.
Samuel Manuard drew a hull with almost no wetted surface to spare: a shallow, flat aft section built purely to let her rise and run, a swing keel that drops to 1.9 metres for stiffness upwind and tucks away for trailing, and three sealed buoyancy chambers built into the structure itself. Ballast, at 320 kilograms, makes up 36 per cent of her total weight, positioned low in a GRP sandwich hull laid up by vacuum infusion for strength without excess. The lineage runs back to the Slovenian yard Seascape, whose small, fast cruisers Beneteau brought into the First range and rebuilt around this same platform. The result reads more like a scaled down offshore raceboat than a weekend cruiser, right down to the twin rudders and the low, taut cabin top.
The cockpit runs almost the full length of the boat, and every line comes back to the helm.
Furling gear and lightweight Dyneema lashings keep loads low enough to manage one handed, so a short crew, or a single sailor, can hoist, trim and gybe without leaving the helm for long. The mainsail measures 25 square metres, the furling genoa 17, and an asymmetric spinnaker of 67 square metres unrolls forward of the bowsprit for downwind legs, generous dimensions for a boat under eight metres. Storage runs beneath the benches and the cockpit sole, keeping the deck clear for the sail handling that defines her. It is a layout built for active sailing rather than sitting still, and it shows in how quickly a new crew finds their footing on her.
Below deck, she keeps her ambitions honest.
Two berths, a cool box, a portable toilet and a small cooker cover what a weekend afloat actually needs, with sleeping for up to four guests once the saloon is made up and day capacity for six. Headroom is modest and the finish is sober rather than dressed up, storage tucked under the benches and along the running deck rather than behind cabinetry. She is not a boat designed to be lived aboard for a week at anchor. She is designed to get a small crew comfortably through a night or two between fast days on the water, and at that job she does not pretend to be anything else.
At 55,000 euros new, she undercuts most of what can genuinely reach 15 knots.
Beneteau builds her on the First 24 SE platform out of the Seascape lineage it brought into the range, giving buyers Samuel Manuard’s naval architecture and a design pedigree built specifically around light, fast hulls rather than adapted from a cruising line. Range under power runs to 100 nautical miles on 12 litres of fuel, modest figures that reflect a boat meant to sail rather than motor. A single cabin, no crew required and a keel that tucks away for trailing make her as easy to own and store as she is to sail hard. For a buyer stepping up from dinghies, or looking for a first yacht that will not feel slow the day the wind builds, she is difficult to beat on price or performance.
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