First 27 (Mauric)
Beneteau · André Mauric · 1977
Updated
The First 27 (Mauric) is a 7.94 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by André Mauric and built by Beneteau, first launched in 1977. It races in Class C.
Length
7.94 m
26′ 1″
Beam
2.96 m
Draft
1.38 m
Displacement
2.5 t
Sail area
39 m²
On the podium
Where a First 27 (Mauric) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
53%
of 15 starts by 2 boats
Wins
13%
Read from 15 starts by 2 boats between 2023 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a First 27 (Mauric) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
FR252025
Liga Interclubes Bahía de Huelva2024- Friendship Regatta2023
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 6 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a First 27 (Mauric) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Evento 42 (7 meetings), First 345 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 42.2 (7 meetings), Bavaria 40 Cruiser (7 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 38 (7 meetings), Sun Legende 41 (7 meetings), X-3 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (7 meetings), Oceanis 393 (7 meetings), Bavaria 36 (7 meetings), Bavaria 44 (7 meetings), J/80 (2 meetings), Platu 25 (2 meetings), Golden Shamrock (1 meeting), Furia 25 (2 meetings), Yatlant 24 (1 meeting), Rush 31 (1 meeting), Dufour 2800 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 26 (1 meeting), Fortuna 9 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the First 27 (Mauric) has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
3.79
43°
Beam reach
6.64
90°
Broad reach
7.31
135°
Downwind VMG
6.56
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a light-air boat. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage cracked off as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a First 27 (Mauric)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.83 | 3.71 | 3.88 | 3.79 |
| 52° | 4.32 | 5.43 | 5.68 | 5.69 |
| 60° | 4.54 | 5.62 | 5.88 | 5.94 |
| 75° | 4.68 | 5.77 | 6.12 | 6.29 |
| 90° | 4.60 | 5.82 | 6.24 | 6.64 |
| 110° | 4.61 | 5.96 | 6.49 | 6.92 |
| 120° | 4.46 | 5.91 | 6.54 | 7.18 |
| 135° | 4.07 | 5.68 | 6.40 | 7.31 |
| 150° | 3.54 | 5.25 | 6.13 | 7.06 |
| Run VMG | 3.07 | 4.59 | 5.66 | 6.56 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 300 kg.
Rigging
First 27 (Mauric) rig and sail dimensions
A First 27 (Mauric) carries 8.98 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.79 m boom, a forestay 10.19 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 45 to 49 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.