The Beneteau 1 Ton, also called the Beneteau First 40 Evolution, is a French

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that was designed by

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and

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as an

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One Ton class One Ton class was an offshore sailing class, which raced for the One Ton Cup, of the RORC 22 foot rule between 1965 and 1970, and then the International Offshore Rule between 1971 and 1994. The IOR rated length was 27.5' from 1971 to 1982, then i ...

racer and first built in 1983. The design was developed into the Beneteau First Class 12 racer in 1985.

Production

The design was built by

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in France at their custom boat yard, from 1983 until 1985, with 12 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design

The 1 Ton is a racing

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, that was built with the most advanced materials that were available at the time: a

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foam sandwich. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast with three sets of unswept spreaders. The hull has a

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, an open

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, an internally mounted spade-type

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controlled by a

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and a fixed fin

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. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and is fitted with a Swedish

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MD 17

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for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds . As a racer the design has minimal accommodation, with berths for eight people. The design has a

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of and a

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handicap of 60 to 72.

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the ''One Ton Class''. A 1 Ton named ''Phoenix'' won first place in the 1985

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over 17 other boats, including three other Beneteau 1 Tons, on individual points, skippered by

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. Cudmore had substituted the boat into the race at the last minute, when his own boat had sunk during a lead-in race. Two 1 Tons, ''Fiere Lady'' and ''Glory'' came in second and fourth overall, in the 1985

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References

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