First 30 (Mauric)
Beneteau · André Mauric · 1977
Updated
The First 30 (Mauric) is a 8.75 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by André Mauric and built by Beneteau, first launched in 1977. It races in Class C.
Length
8.75 m
28′ 8″
Beam
2.85 m
Draft
1.70 m
Displacement
3.5 t
Sail area
45 m²
On the podium
Where a First 30 (Mauric) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 18 starts by 2 boats
Wins
28%
Read from 18 starts by 2 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a First 30 (Mauric) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
6η Regatta Σαρωνικού2026- Τρίγωνο Καλλιθέας2026
- 'Σαββα Γεωργιου 2026' (Α+γ)2026
- Λαγούσες2025
- 5η Regatta Σαρωνικού2025
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: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
53%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a First 30 (Mauric) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Dehler 38 (Stadt) (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45 (6 meetings), Cyclades 43.4 (6 meetings), X-332 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (5 meetings), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (5 meetings), Contest 250 (6 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (4 meetings), Oyster 37 (4 meetings), Melody (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (4 meetings), Oceanis 390 (4 meetings), Hallberg-rassy 41 (4 meetings), North Wind 435 (4 meetings), Elan 45 (4 meetings), Maxi 84 (3 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (3 meetings), Rush 31 (3 meetings), Elan 34 (3 meetings), Maxi 95 (3 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the First 30 (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
4.42
39°
Beam reach
6.99
90°
Broad reach
7.63
135°
Downwind VMG
6.84
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is upwind in the light stuff, where it does more than its size and sail area promise. It holds that advantage running deep as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach 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 broad reach.
How fast is a First 30 (Mauric)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.92 | 3.96 | 4.36 | 4.42 |
| 52° | 4.44 | 5.73 | 6.16 | 6.25 |
| 60° | 4.66 | 5.90 | 6.30 | 6.45 |
| 75° | 4.78 | 6.05 | 6.47 | 6.75 |
| 90° | 4.70 | 6.12 | 6.55 | 6.99 |
| 110° | 4.83 | 6.27 | 6.81 | 7.28 |
| 120° | 4.66 | 6.24 | 6.88 | 7.57 |
| 135° | 4.21 | 6.00 | 6.74 | 7.63 |
| 150° | 3.63 | 5.49 | 6.46 | 7.33 |
| Run VMG | 3.15 | 4.76 | 5.92 | 6.84 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 420 kg.
Rigging
First 30 (Mauric) rig and sail dimensions
A First 30 (Mauric) carries 9.88 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.88 m boom, a forestay 10.96 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 53 to 65 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.