
The First 47.7
Production boat
Deep-draft version; loa_m is hull length as listed by the source
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Builder
- Bénéteau
- First built
- 1999
- Length
- 14.5m
- Waterline
- 12.6m
- Beam
- 4.5m
- Draft
- 2.8m
- Displacement
- 12,045kg
- Ballast
- 3,916kg
- Sail area upwind
- 136m²
- Keel
- fin
The design's published figures; this boat may have been changed since. Sources: boat-specs.com
Skippers and owners
Season by season
2026
2 races · 1 wins · 2 podiumsAverage toughness47| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar | Greek Revolution Race | Performance P2 | 3rd | Balazs Krauth | 48 | Results |
| 23 Apr | Sandberg PalmaVela | Flying Fifteen | 1st | Víctor Pérez and Mark Branagh | 150 | Results |
2025
1 races · 0 wins · 1 podiumsAverage toughness36| Date | Race | Division | Place | Skipper / owner | Boats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar | Greek Revolution Race | Performance P2 | 2nd | Balazs Krauth | 54 | Results |