Beneteau First 33.7

For Sale: 2001 Beneteau First 33.7 – Volvo D2-50 shaft drive diesel (only 320 recorded hours)

The Beneteau First 33.7 is a highly regarded performance cruiser that combines responsive handling with a comfortable and practical interior, making it equally at home as a competitive club racer or a capable passage-making yacht. This particular example is the sought-after deep draft version, offering a well-balanced helm and excellent upwind performance.

Inside, the yacht provides spacious and thoughtfully designed accommodation. The layout includes:

• Two generous double aft cabins

• A comfortable forecabin double

• Parallel settee berths in the saloon

• Galley to port equipped with all essentials

• Single heads forward for convenience on longer passages

Her expansive sail wardrobe provides flexibility for both cruising and racing, ensuring she’s ready for whatever style of sailing her next owner prefers.

This First 33.7 has clearly benefitted from conscientious ownership, with a strong record of maintenance and upgrades, including:

• New standing rigging (2018)

• All running rigging replaced (2021–2023)

• Rudder bearings replaced (2021)

• New keel bolts (2020)

• Throttle assembly replaced (2023)

With only 320 recorded hours on the Volvo D2-50 engine, reliability and longevity are on her side.

This is a well-cared-for and upgraded model, offering excellent value for anyone seeking a capable racer-cruiser with a proven pedigree.

The interior photos shown are stock library images provided for layout reference only. Actual photographs of the vessel’s interior will be uploaded as soon as they become available.

GENERAL
Fin keel with bulb & spade rudder
8 Berths with 3 separate double cabins
Deep draft version
Saloon with 2 settee berths
Saloon cushions re-upholstered in 2020
Heads forward to port, sea toilet & shower
Chart table to starboard, galley opposite
Engine serviced 2023
Hull stripped back 2022
Hull antifouled 2023
Brunton's 3 blade Autoprop feathering propeller
New cutlass bearing 2021
New throttle assembly 2023
Rudder bearings replaced 2021
New keel bolts 2020
240v Shorepower
Battery support system
New Flexiteak to cockpit in 2023
All new guard wires in 2022
Boarding ladder
Manual bilge pump
Anchor, warps & fenders
Easy access transom
Life ring
Navigation lights

GALLEY
Cold pressurised water system
2 x Burner gas hob, grill & oven
Fridge
Storage

NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT
Raymarine ST60+ mast & cockpit mounted
Furuno GPS/plotter
Furuno Telex
Raymarine tiller pilot 2000+
Clipper AIS receiver
ICOM DSC VHF
Quark NMEA WIFI multiplexer (for transmission of Raymarine & navigation data to tablet/laptop navigation)

SAILS & RIGGING
Fractional rigged sloop, keel stepped
Furlex headsail reefing system
Sparcraft silver anodised aluminium mast & spars
Sparcraft shroud doubler plate upgraded 2021
Slab reefing boom fitted with rod kicker
Stainless steel standing rigging replaced & tuned 2018
Dyneema running rigging led aft to Spinlock rope clutches
Running rigging replaced 2021-2023
New Dyneema backstay cascade 2021
Cast iron fin keel with lead bulb
2 x Lewmar 40ST 2 speed primary winches
2 x Lewmar 30ST secondary winches
Roller furling jib - understood to be in excellent condition
Dolphin Sails Mylar no.1 racing jib well used but fast
Quantum Sails Kevlar no.2, racing jib, reasonable condition
Quantum Sails Kevlar no3, racing jib, reasonable condition
North Sails 3Di Raw racing main, new April 2022
Quantum Sails Kevlar racing/cruising mainsail, good cruising condition
Elvstrom Dacron cruising mainsail, fair condition
North Sails S2 Symmetric racing spinnaker, new April 2022
Parker & Kay AP spinnaker, good condition
Dolphin Sails Asymmetric spinnaker
Sprayhood
Stackpack mainsail
Boom tent