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Beneteau First 44

$554,085 Listed price: €475,000

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Make Beneteau
Model First 44
Year 2024
Condition Used
Price €475,000
Type Sail
Class Sloop
Length 46 ft
Fuel Type Diesel
Hull Material Fiberglass
Location Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Tax Status Tax Not Paid
LOA 46 ft 5 in
Length at Water Line 42 ft 1 in
Beam 13 ft 11 in
Max Draft 7 ft 1 in
Min. Draft 7 ft 1 in
Keel Type Fin
Displacement 10660 kg
Ballast 3300 kg
Engine Type Inboard
Engine Make Yanmar
Engine Model 4JH57
Fuel Type Diesel
Engine Year 2024
Drive Type Sail Drive
Propeller Type 3 Blade
Propeller Material Bronze
Engine usage (hours) 497
Covers
  • Bimini Top
  • Spray hood
Electrical Equipment
  • Shore power inlet
  • Inverter
Electronics
  • Depthsounder
  • Log-speedometer
  • Wind speed and direction
  • Navigation center
  • Plotter
  • Autopilot
  • Radio
  • Compass
  • GPS
  • Cockpit speakers
  • VHF
  • AIS
Inside Equipment
  • Bow thruster
  • Electric bilge pump
  • Oven
  • Manual bilge pump
  • Air conditioning
  • Electric head
  • Hot water
  • Refrigerator
  • Battery charger
Outside Equipment/Extras
  • Teak cockpit
  • Cockpit shower
  • Electric winch
  • Tender
  • Solar panel
  • Liferaft
  • Cockpit cushions
  • Cockpit table
  • Swimming ladder
Rigging
  • Steering wheel
Sails
  • Fully battened mainsail
  • Furling mainsail
  • Asymmetric Spinnaker
  • Furling genoa
Designer Biscontini / Lorenzo Argento
Builder Beneteau SPBI S.A
Guest Cabins 3
Guest Heads 2
Fuel Tanks 200 liters
Fresh Water Tanks 530 liters
Holding Tanks 2 x 64 liters
Hull Shape Monohull
Windlass Electric Windlass
Liferaft Capacity 8

Description

Huge specification 2024 First 44 with furler boom, North NPL Tour sails, Garmin instrument package and almost every option ticked and presented in fantastic ready-to-go condition.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:


Lightly-used and presented for sale in fantastic condition, RIBELLE is a privately used example of the new-generation Biscontini Yacht Design / Lorenzo Argento Beneteau First 44 performance cruising yacht. Configured for effortless single or twin-handed sailing under sail, RIBELLE benefits almost all available equipment packages plus a substantial array of further options including:-

    Luxe Trim level 

    Garmin Offshore instrument pack

    Self-tacking jib rigging package

    North Sails Aluminium Mast Sails Pack

    Downwind Pack

    Mooring pack


Her main specification highlights include:- 

    3-cabin, 2-heads interior layout finished in Alpi teak

    Converting saloon seating/table to create further occasional double berth

    Pearl grey topsides

    Low maintenance non-slip side decks, with teak deck cockpit sole and bathing platform

    2.15m draft keel and twin rudders

    Yanmar 57hp engine with saildrive and 3-bladed folding propeller

    Retractable bow thruster

    Aluminium mast with Fuler Boom in-boom furling system

    Self-tacking jib track and longitudinal tracks

    Sub-deck genoa furler

    North Sails Tour NPL mainsail and genoa

    North Sails Code 0 with Facnor furler

    Upgraded Harken winch package with electric halyard winch and larger primary winches

    Harken deck gear

    Electrically operated bathing platform giving access to tender garage with 2.10m inflatable tender and electric outboard

    Garmin instrument package with 3x 12” chart plotters, mast-repeaters AIS transceiver, autopilot and all-round sonar transducer

    Starlink Mini antenna

    Upgraded 400Ah AGM service battery bank

    Victron inverter

    Reverse-cycle air-conditioning with 24,000 BTU output

    Dock water inlet

    Chain counter for anchor windlass

    Seanapps remote smartphone-connected system monitoring for battery charge, fuel and water tank levels, and maintenance scheduling


2025 UPGRADES:

    3x Garmin GNX 10 mast foot instruments 

    Victron Energy 1200W inverter with additional outlet at chart table 

    3x EcoFlow 100Wp solar panels 

    Eurovinyl tender 210, fits fully inflated in garage

     ePropulsion SPIRIT 1.0 EVO electric outboard with 230V and 12V chargers 

    Starlink Mini antenna 

    65W USB A & C charger at chart table 


Offered for sale exclusive of EU VAT, RIBELLE is a great option for non-EU and EU-based buyers alike. RIBELLE presently sails under a Jersey flag.


MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:


This lovely sailing yacht, with a remarkable design, is today the natural link between the First 36 and First 53. It combines performance, elegance and comfort thanks to the quality of its equipment, which offers unequalled sailing pleasure.


With the new First 44, BENETEAU draws to the noblest expression of the term “racer/cruiser”: an elegant and comfortable yacht that provides unequaled pleasure under sail. The generous sail plan allows the First 44 to be lively and efficient in all conditions.


EXTERIOR DESIGN


On board the First 44, the cockpit is very convivial with a lovely cockpit table as well as its fluidity with a level access to the large clear gangways. Four winches, a fixed centerline block for the mainsheet and a mast that is set further aft all maximize the potential of her modern sailplan, defined by a slender mainsail and generously sized foresails. Two 350-litre ballast tanks, which can be activated electrically from the helm consoles, make it possible to maintain the boat's full potential.


True to the scientific approach he inherited from the America's Cup, Roberto Biscontini has carried out numerous simulations and iterations to produce a powerful, well-balanced hull. Combined with a generous sail plan, this means that the First 44 is lively and efficient in all conditions.


INTERIOR DESIGN


The First 44 offers a streamlined interior layout that is modern and luminous, with a blend of white lacquered surfaces, moulded woods and tasteful upholsteries. 


With three cabins and two heads, the interior is designed with quality finishes and materials to create a refined atmosphere.


In the saloon, the transverse table seats up to six people and faces the sofa and navigation station; its position in relation to the mast facilitates circulation between the galley and the owner's cabin, enhancing the feeling of space.


PRESS REVIEW:


With variants suited to racing as well as cruising, the Beneteau First 44 is a superbly competent boat of two halves…


I had admired the lines of the Beneteau First 44 earlier in the season when testing the Beneteau Oceanis 37.1, and had also seen the boat at her first public appearance, albeit out of the water, at Boot Düsseldorf, 18 months earlier. Any sailor, whether cruiser or racer, will be well aware of just how popular the ‘First’ range as been for Beneteau. The promise of modern design, sprightly performance and a sensible price tag have had an enduring and widespread appeal since Beneteau’s First 30 appeared in 1977…


The interesting thing about the Beneteau First 44 is that it is something of a chameleon. At first glance, it has the high topsides, wide stern and twin rudders that define the current crop of high volume cruisers.

But this belies the subtleties added by Biscontini that may be more easily missed: an absence of hard hull chines often used to supercharge internal volume; a narrow waterline and more rounded canoe body to reduce wetted surface; a fine bow and pinched-in stern at the waterline all make for slippery light-air sailing as well as top end speed of a performance machine. But the real trick is just how differently this boat can be configured for either racing or cruising… 


Going below, this boat feels refreshingly modern. Good use has been made of the space, and while the layout is not unconventional, choices such as the fore and aft dinette in place of a C-shaped saloon seating to port, and moving the galley sink from central worktop to aft of the oven felt noticeably different.


VERDICT


This is a proper sailing boat with the potential for fast, exciting racing. It is also a refined cruising boat with the manners for quick but comfortable passage making... Quality overall is good and the finish is well executed…


Yachting Monthly – April 2025


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CONSTRUCTION


RCD Status:

    It is our understanding that the yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A — "Ocean" for up to 12 persons.


Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

    Balsa sandwich infusion hull

    Vacuum infused structural inner liner (Fabrics - resin) bonded to the hull

    Pearl Grey topsides finish

    GRP sandwich, PET foam, balsa wood infusion deck, with diamond pattern non-slip coating

    Teak deck laid cockpit seating, cockpit sole and bathing platform

    GRP 1.00m bowsprit

    6x hull portholes


Keel & Rudder:

    2.15m draft cast iron keel attached with bolts and bonded stainless steel backplate

    Twin rudders hung with stainless steel stock


MACHINERY


Engine & gearbox:

    Yanmar 4JH57 4-cylinder naturally-aspirated common rail diesel engine producing 57hp (43kw) @ 3,000 rpm

    Yanmar SD60 saildrive gearbox

    Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger

    Soundproof engine room 

    Fuel/water separators

    Extraction fan

    Electronic gear/throttle control at the starboard helm station


Maintenance & Performance:

    Engine hours:  approximately 497 engine hours at the time of the listing

    Engine serviced annually – last service as of May 2025


Propulsion & Steering:

    3-bladed folding propeller

    Sleipner 12vDC retractable bowthruster with remote control at starboard helm

    Twin white composite helm (diameter 900 mm/2’11’’) helm wheels fixed on white lacquered aluminum pedestals with stainless steel chain transmission

    Emergency steering gear


ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS


Voltage systems:

    12vDC primary domestic system with 220vAC via inverter or shorepower

    Seanapps remote smartphone-connected system monitoring for battery charge, fuel and water tank levels, and maintenance scheduling


Battery Banks:

    4x 100Ah 12vDC AGM service batteries joined in parallel to supply 400Ah @ 12vDC

    1x 50Ah engine start battery

    Dedicated bowthruster battery bank with 4x 50Ah batteries joined in parallel and series to supply 24vDC

    Electric battery switch (connected to the Ship Control, controls powering on or shut-off of batteries remotely)


Battery Charger:

    40Ah automatic battery charger


Inverter:

    Victron Energy 1,200w inverter with Pheonix inverter control panel and dedicated 220vAC outlet at chart table – 2025


Alternator:

    1x 125Ah 12vDC engine-mounted alternator 


Shorepower:

    220vAC 50Hz 32A shore power system 

    Ring-main with 220vAC sockets throughout yacht


Solar:

    3x EcoFlow 100w solar panels with MPPT charge controller - 2025


Other Electrical:

    12vDC electrical panel (Breaker, Voltmeter, Water gauge, Fuel gauge, Battery warning, Fuel warning, Water warning) with dual USB port and Navicolor 3.5’’ screen

    65w USB A & C charger at chart table – 2025

    Induction charging station for smartphones at the chart table

    USB charging sockets in all accommodation cabins


PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS


Fresh Water:

    12vDC pressure system pump for fresh water supply 

    Dock freshwater inlet

    Hot water supplied via engine cooling with calorifier or via 220vAC immersion heater element from shore power in well-insulated 40 litre 220vAC hot water tank

    Hot & cold pressurised water to galley, heads and shower in cockpit 


Salt Water:

    Seawater electric pump in galley


Bilge Pumps:

    Bilge pump override switch at AC/DC panel

    12vDC electric bilge pump

    Manual bilge pump in cockpit


Black & Grey Water:

    Black water discharge directly to the sea or into a black water tanks

    Grey water discharges to sea 


Gas System::

    Gas locker for 2x gas bottles in the cockpit sole 

    Regulator and safety tap

    Gas leak detector


TANKAGE


Fuel:

    200 litres fuel capacity in 1x rotomoulded diesel tank located beneath port aft berth

    Electronic gauge

    Low level alarm 

    Deck filler


Fresh Water:

    530 litres freshwater capacity in 1x 330 litre and 1x 200 litre rotomolded tanks

    Electronic gauge

    Deck fillers


Holding tanks:

    2x 64 litre rigid black water holding tanks 


NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT


On Deck:

    2x Garmin MFD GPSMAP 1223 12” colour GRP chart plotters

    Garmin AIS 800 AIS transceiver

    3x Garmin GNX-10 multi-repeaters at mast

    Garmin Panotix PS51-TH live all around sonar transducer

    Garmin Wind Sensor gWind Race - pole 1m / 3’3’’:Windvane, Anenometer

    Airmar DST810 Sensor (Log, Speedometer, Temperature)

    Garmin Reactor 40 Hydraulic Autopilot system with Garmin GHC 50 control head at port helm

    Plastimo steering compasses


At Chart Table:

    Garmin MFD GPSMAP 1223 12” colour GRP chart plotter

    Garmin Reactor wireless autopilot remote control

    Garmin GND10 Black Box Bridge 


Communications Equipment:

    Garmin 315i VHF with DSC at chart table 

    Starlink Mini antenna for satellite communications


DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT:


Galley:

    ENO 2-burner gas hob with oven and grill

    Vitrifrigo front and top opening 190 litre fridge 

    Sink with pressurised hot & cold fresh water supplies

    Pressurised saltwater supply to galley sink


Heads:

    Tecma electric fresh/seawater flush heads in owner’s ensuite heads

    Quietflush electric fresh/seawater flush heads in starboard aft heads

    Hot & cold pressurised showers in all bathrooms with electric drain pumps


Heating & Ventilation:

    Dometic 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with 24,000 BTU combined output and units for saloon, owner’s cabin and aft guest cabins 


Entertainment 

    Fusion RA210 Bluetooth stereo system with 2x interior loudspeakers & 2x waterproof exterior speakers in cockpit


Interior Lighting:

    LED interior lighting throughout including courtesy lighting 


ACCOMODATION

 

Summary of Accommodation:

    Up to 8 berths in three double guest cabins including owner’s ensute cabin forward and occasional double berth in converting saloon seating/dining area

    Second guest bathroom


Accommodation Finish:

    Alpi teak woodwork and white lacquered wood on base units and bulkheads 

    Alpikord teak flooring

    Lounge Greige 160 fabric interior upholstery

    Sprung mattress in owner’s cabin

    Beige padded ceilings (and Macadamia in the central part of the saloon)

    Corian Glacier White galley work top with moulded teak beading

    Corian Glacier White heads counters

    Opening deckhead hatches with mosquito screens/blinds


Accommodation Description from Forward:


Owner’s cabin:

    Headroom: 1,93m / 6’4’’

    Central double bed (2,04m x 1,12m - 1,60m)

    Padding along the hull and at headboard: Beige PVC

    Bed access sideboard

    Chair on each side of bed

    Hanger closet, with incorporated LED lighting

    Flexible and adjustable bedside lamps


Owner’s Cabin Ensuite Heads:

    Headroom: 1,92m / 6’4’’

    Shower with foldable perspex door

    Electric toilet with rigid holding tank

    Work top in Corian Glacier White

    Integrated polyester basin - Mixer tap

    Cabinet with mirror


Saloon:

    Headroom: 1,95m / 6’5’’

    Teak saloon table with fixed top seating up to 6 diners to port, electrically height-adjustable to create double berth with face to face benches with large storages under seat

    Comfortable sofa facing the saloon to starboard with storage under seating


Galley:

    L-shaped galley with Corian Glacier White work tops with moulded Apli teak beading

    Rectangular stainless steel sink

    2-burner gimballed gas stove with storage below

    Storage unit with door and internal drawer for cutlery

    190l refrigerator with top and front opening

    Fitted lockers and closed shelving

    Bin (20L)

    Opened compartment along the side of the hull

    Opening portlight 


Chart Table:

    To starboard from the companionway

    Aft facing long chart table with fiddles, storage under the lifting top

    High cabinet with storage (or, in option, navigation screen)

    Adjustable reading light


Port & Starboard Aft Guest Cabins:

    Mirrored cabins

    Headroom: 1,94m / 6’4’’

    Double bed (2,04m x 1,38m / 6’8’’ x 4’6’’)

    Hanging locker, 

    Cupboard with shelves, with incorporated LED lighting

    Top-opening storage in front of the wardrobe

    Opened compartment along the side of the hull

    Flexible and adjustable reading lights


Starboard Aft Guest Heads:

    Headroom: 1,93m / 6’4’’

    Access through saloon

    Shower separated with a perspex door –

    Work top in Corian Glacier White

    Electric toilet with holding tank

    Washbasin with mixer tap

    Cabinet and storage space under the basin

    Mirror


DECK EQUIPMENT

 


Rig:

    Sparcraft aluminium anodised mast

    Deck-stepped, fractionally-rigged with 2-sets of swept-back spreaders

    Stainless steel C-strand standing rigging

    Furlerboom furling boom and vang

    Harken hydraulic backstay adjuster

    Harken adjustable mainsheet traveller in cockpit

    Harken self-tacking jib track 

    Harken towable cabin-top jib tracks

    Sub-deck genoa furler

    Facnor furler for Code 0

    Harken Black Magic blocks for spinnaker / code 0 sheets and tack led back to the dedicated cleat in the cockpit 

    Dyneema halyard sheave with block for spinnaker or Code 0 

    Barber hauler (chain plate on bulwark)


Winches: 

    2x Harken 60.2 STA manual 2-speed, self-tailing primary winches

    1x Harken 46.2 STA manual 2-speed, self-tailing halyard/control line winch to port

    1x Harken 50.2 STAE electric 2-speed, self-tailing halyard/control line winch to starboard


Sails:

    North Sails NPL Tour laminate fully-battened in-boom furling mainsail

    North Sails NPL Tour laminate self-tacking furling jib with UV cover

    North Sails XI06TF1 furling Code 0


General:

    Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwire stanchions with twin lifelines and side boarding gates

    Teak cockpit table on stainless steel pedestal with 2 extension leaves and opening central storage 

    Electric opening transom, convertible to 2.32m x 0.67m bathing platform with folding access step to the cockpit to starboard

    Stainless steel removable bathing ladder (dedicated storage in starboard cockpit locker)

    Tender garage with LED light

    Self-draining cockpit

    2x lockers below cockpit seating

    Access hatch to tender garage

    Gas locker in the bottom of the cockpit

    Foldaway helmsman foot chock

    Cockpit shower with mixer tap in the tender garage

    PPMA folding companionway door in the bottom of the cockpit -

    Sliding hatch made of PMMA

    Liferaft locker in front of the companionway 

    Courtesy lighting (6 LED lighting points, warm white lighting)

    Outboard engine bracket


Covers, Cushions & Canvas: 

    Coachroof spray hood in charcoal grey with stainless steel frame

    Cockpit bimini in charcoal grey with stainless steel frame

    Cockpit table cover


Anchoring & Mooring:

    Lewmar 12vDC 1,000w reversing vertical anchor windlass with remote control in anchor locker

    Windlass control in cockpit with chain counter

    20kgs Delta anchor with 80+ metres of 10mm chain 

    6x anodised aluminium mooring cleats

    Fore and aft mooring lines

    Warps and fenders


Tender & Outboard: 

    Eurovinyl 210 2.10m inflatable tender (fits fully inflated in tender garage) – 2025

    ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 Evo electric outboard with 220vAC and 12vDC chargers - 2025


SAFETY EQUIPMENT:


General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.


Exterior Lighting: 

    LED navigation lights

    LED spreader lights


Life Saving: 

    8 person liferaft

    MOB recovery sling


Disclaimer

Grabau International Italia offers the details of all vessels in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information or warranty the condition of any vessel and the details do not constitute a part of any contract. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. All vessels are offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Grabau International Italia provides professional yacht conveyancing and legal transfer of title for all yachts as per the ABYA Code of Practice with all deposit payments and final balance payments processed through secure dedicated client accounts solely for that purpose. Our dedicated client accounts are written in trust at Natwest Bank and we are fully insured.

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