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Though the newer Océanis range has more accommodation than the earlier First hulls, you get a lot of boat for your buck with the Bénéteau First 38, as Dick Durham discovered
The mainsheet track runs across the coachroof, out of harm’s way. Credit - Lester McCarthy Credit: Lester McCarthy
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Certainly, the older First boats have something of the founding father of the company about them.
Frenchman Benjamin Bénéteau started off way back in 1884, building fishing boats to go offshore for the tuna shoals.
John Thompson, 57, from Albourne, West Sussex, who works in building services, sails