2026 Beneteau First 53 | 54ft

CONSTRUCTION                                                                                 

• Design made following European Directive requirements and according to CE certification
• ISO 12215 certified structure
• Balsa sandwich infused hull
• Vacuum infused structural inner liner (Fabric-resin) bonded to the hull
• Deck in glass fiber / balsa wood sandwich infusion, with non - slip "diamond point" surface
• Cast iron keel attached with bolts and bonded stainless steel backplate
• Twin rudders affixed with stainless steel stock
• White hull - Aluminum grey hull decoration
• 8 Hull portlights

DECK EQUIPMENT RIGGING

• Depending on version:

-  Black lacquered aluminum classical mast tapered, deck stepped

3 Aft swept spreaders

Dyform Rigging

Dyform backstay crowfoot with manual hydraulic piston to starboard (hydraulic unit optional)

Harken fixed blocks at foot of mast

Harken Switch mainsail track (without traveller)

- Performance carbon classical mast tapered, deck-stepped (+ 1 m / 3’3’’, Weight saving: 100 kg / 220 lbs)

3 Aft swept spreaders 

ROD Rigging

Textile backstay crow's foot with manual hydraulic piston to starboard

Harken fixed blocks at foot of mast

Harken Switch mainsail track (without traveller)

• Lacquered aluminum Racing boom with LED lighting (warm white)
• Black Racing lacquered aluminum rigid boom vang with Dyneema tackle and friction rings (hydraulic available as an option)
• Genoa track on the cabin top with traveller and hauling line controlled from the cockpit
• Manual Genoa furler below deck
• 1 mainsail attachment point at bottom of cockpit with 1 stand - up block
• German system (Two - way mainsheet at the helm station)
• All lines lead back to the helm stations (except boom topping lift)
• Dyneema Complete running rigging:

-  Mainsheet halyard sheave block

-  Genoa halyard

-  Boom up haul (polyester) with cleat on mast

-  Mainsheet

-  2 Genoa sheets

-  2 Automatic reefing system lines

• 7 halyard clutches to port, 4 to starboard
• HARKEN Black Magic blocks
• 2 Spinnaker sheet chain plates/code 0
• Running rigging hidden
• 2 Flag halyards

WINCHES

• 1 Manual self - tailing winch to starboard (H50.2STP)
• 1 Electric self-tailing winch to port (H50.2STPE)
• 2 Manual Genoa winches (H70.2 STP)
• 2 Aluminum Speed Grip winch handles
• Stowage of which handles in dedicated space in rope bags

SAILS

Boast supplied without sails

MOORING - ANCHORING GEAR

• Polyester bowsprit with integrated anchoring gear and bobstay with spinnaker chainplate (for Code 0 and asymmetric spinnaker)
• Self-draining chain locker, Clench bolt, Piston - driven cover
• Single roller stainless steel bow fitting
• 12 V - 1500 W vertical electric windlass - Remote control in mooring locker
• 6 Black anodized aluminum mooring cleats (Length: 0,40 m / 1’4’’)
• Stainless steel chafing plate

SAIL LOCKER

Access through T70 deck hatch, Passage width: 0,65 x 0,65 m / 2’2’’ x 2’2’’

• Stainless steel ladder
• Shelving and stowage trays
• LED lighting
• 1 115 V Power outlet

SAFETY ON DECK

• 1 Black lacquered stainless steel open pulpit
• 2 Black lacquered stainless steel aft pulpits with integrated fairlead
• 1 Black lacquered stainless steel central aft pulpit (Height: 960mm / 3’2’’)

• 2 Black lacquered stainless steel handrails on the coachroof
• 1 Lifebuoy support bracket on aft pulpit
• Wooden flagstaff (1 m/3’3’’) with integrated support on deck
• Dual textile lifeline sand black lacquered stainless steel stanchions (Height: 620 mm / 2’) - Side boarding gate on either side
• Emergency ladder on pushpit

COCKPIT

• Self - bailing cockpit
• Teak decking
• 2 Sail lockers below cockpit seating
• 2 Stowage lockers behind the cockpit with stainless steel support for the fenders (650 x 390 mm / 2’2’’ x1’3’’)
• 1 Access hatch to tender garage
• 1 Integrated housing in catwalks for diesel tank access and shore power socket
• 3 access points to water tanks at the forward end of the coach roof on the catwalks
• 1 Gas locker on forward deck next to anchor chain locker, space for 2 bottles
• Teak slats on cockpit benches
• Side helmsman's seat, slatted teak
• Foldaway helmsman foot chock
• 2 Removable footrests at the rear of the helm station
• 2 Steering wheel consoles:

-  Black composite helm (diameter 1100 mm/3’7’’) fixed on white lacquered aluminum pedestal

-  Steering gear at the helm station

-  Stainless steel steering chain transmission system

-  Black lacquered stainless steel handrail

• 1 Emergency tiller
• 1 Steering compass on portconsole
• Engine throttle and control panel on starboard
• 1 Cockpit shower with mixer tap in the tender garage
• 1 PPMA folding companionway door in the bottom of the cockpit - Sliding hatch made of PMMA
• Life raft locker in front of the companionway (Space for 12 person life raft: 0,96 m x 0,59 m x 0,40 m / 3’2’’ x 1’11’’ x1’4’’)
• Courtesy lighting (7 LED lighting points, warm white lighting)

SWIM PLATFORM I AFT TRANSOM

• Fully opening transom, convertible into swim platform (2,61 m x 0,93 m / 8’7’’ x 3’1’’)
• 3 Folding access steps to the cockpit to starboard
• Electrically controlled opening on console
• Teak decking on swim deck
• 1 Stainless steel, removable bathing ladder with dedicated stowage in the cockpit

TENDER GARAGE

Accessible from the platform and from the cockpit Can be used to house a High field UL240 type tender (2,48 m x 1,69 m x 0,80 m / 8’2’’ x 5’7’’ x 2’7’’)

• 1 Touch-operated ceilingLEDs

INTERIOR                                                                                     

• Alpi teak woodwork and white lacquered wood on base units and bulkheads
• Alpikord teak flooring
• Lounge Falcon 162 fabric interior upholstery
• Mattresses in the cabins (HR foam 35 kg / m³, thickness 120 mm / 5’’)
• Beige padded ceilings (and Macadamiain the central part of the salon)

Standard version:  3 cabins + 2 heads  

COMPANIONWAY

Headroom: 2,00 m / 6’7’’

• Salon companionway with 5 suspended Alpikord teak non-slip steps, LED lighting below each step
• 2 Valencia Meteor encased stainless steel handrails

SALON

Headroom: 2,00 - 1,97 m / 6’7’’ / 6’6’’

Starboard salon:

• Very comfortable Lounge type L-shaped sofa:

-  seats with HR26 and HR30 foam

-  softness thanks to the finish with hollow fibres + padding

• Coffee table, wooden top with molded fiddles, access to bottle rack opposite the seat
• Storage under bench seats
• 1 Electrical panel to starboard incorporated into a piece of furniture for access to electrical connections
• 2 Portholes with integrated blinds
• 2 Coach roof windows including opening porthole with mosquito screens
• 2 Opening deck hatches with mosquito screens/blinds
• Indirect LED lighting below and above the portholes
• 1 Adjustable reading light
• 1 dual USB port
• 1 115 V Power outlet
• Audio:

-  Fusion RA70N entertainment system

-  2 Interior speakers

-  2 Waterproof exterior speakers

Standard version: 3 cabins + 2 heads

COMPANIONWAY

Headroom: 2,00 m / 6’7’’

• Salon companionway with 5 suspended Alpikord teak non-slip steps, LED lighting below each step
• 2 Valencia Meteor encased stainless steel handrails

SALON

Headroom: 2,00 - 1,97 m / 6’7’’ / 6’6’’

Starboard salon:

• Very comfortable Lounge type L-shaped sofa:

-  seats with HR26 and HR30 foam

-  softness thanks to the finish with hollow fibres + padding

• Coffee table, wooden top with molded fiddles, access to bottle rack opposite the seat
• Storage under bench seats
• 1 Electrical panel to starboard incorporated into a piece of furniture for access to electrical connections
• 2 Portholes with integrated blinds
• 2 Coach roof windows including opening porthole with mosquito screens
• 2 Opening deck hatches with mosquito screens / blinds
• Indirect LED lighting below and above the portholes
• 1 Adjustable reading light
• 1 dual USB port
• 1 115 V Power outlet
• Audio:

-  Fusion RA70N entertainment system

-  2 Interior speakers

-  2 Waterproof exterior speakers

PORT AFT CABIN

Headroom: 1,92 m / 6’4’’

• 1 Double bed (2,04 m x 1,40 m / 6’8’’ x4’7’’)
• 1 Hanging locker, 1 Cupboard with shelves, with incorporated LED lighting
• 2 Lockers with top opening along the hull
• 1 Bed access sideboard
• 1 Drawer under the bed
• 1 Large stowage under the bed, top opening (location for air conditioning option)
• 1 Flexible, swivelling reading light at head board
• 1 Flexible and adjustable reading light on the hanging locker
• 1 dual USB port
• 1 115 V Power outlet
• 1 Porthole with rigid sliding blind
• 1 Opening window with below cockpit seat with pleated blind
• 2 Opening windows oncoaming with pleated blind (1 with the 3 heads version)

STARBOARD AFT CABIN

Headroom: 1,92 m / 6’4’’

• 1 Double bed (2,04 m x 1,40 m / 6’8’’ x4’7’’)
• 1 Hanging locker, 2 lockers with top opening along the hull
• 1 Bed access sideboard
• 1 Drawer under the bed
• 1 Large stowage under the bed, top opening (location for air conditioning option)
• 1 Flexible, swivelling reading light at head board
• 1 Flexible and adjustable reading light on the hanging locker
• 1 USB socket
• 1 115 V Power outlet
• 1 Porthole with rigid sliding blind
• 2 Opening windows with below cockpit seat with pleated blind
• 1 Opening window on coaming with pleated blind

AFT STARBOARD HEAD COMPARTMENT

Headroom: 1,95 m / 6’5’’

Access from the salon or the starboard aft cabin

• Separate shower - 1 Mixer tap - White polyester shower base
• Corian Glacier White counter-top with self - draining storage
• 1 Manual marine toilet
• 1 80 L / 21 US Gal Rigid holdingtank
• 1 Washbasin - 1 Mixer tap
• 1 Cabinet + Storage space under the basin
• 2 Mirrors
• Toilet accessories
• 1 Opening porthole oncoaming inside window, opaque film, mosquito screen

2  cabins 3 heads version(Option)

This head stands between the galley and the after port cabin: single hanging locker and one opening porthole in the aft cabin

AFT PORT HEAD COMPARTMENT

Headroom: 2,03 m / 6’8’’

Access by the aft starboard cabin

• Polyester counter top with integrated basin - 1 Mixertap - 1Shower

- White polyester shower base

• 1 Manual marinetoilet
• 1 50 L / 13 US Gal Rigid holdingtank
• 1 Bathroom cabinet 2doors
• 1 Mirror above the wash basin
• Toilet accessories
• 1 Opening porthole oncoaming inside window, opaque film, mosquito screen

1 Fixed window on coaming, opaque film