- Length
- 15.47 m
- Beam
- 4.47 m
- Draft
- 2.3 m
- Sail area
- 95.41 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 15.47 m
- Waterline length
- 13.84 m
- Beam
- 4.47 m
- Draft
- 2.3 m
- Displacement
- 13,000 kg
- Ballast
- 4,225 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 95.41 m²
- Mainsail area
- 41.89 m²
- Foresail area
- 53.52 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 17.69 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 6.05 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 15.51 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 5.4 m
- Forestay length
- 18.7 m
Engine & propulsion2
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Yanmar / Perkins
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, bulb, spade rudder
Tanks2
- Fuel tank
- 500 L
- Fresh water tank
- 999 L
Production & design5
- Production started
- 1995
- Production ended
- 2004
- Hulls built
- 200
- Builder
- Beneteau
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design/Armel Briand
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 17.62
- Displacement / length
- 136.55
- Ballast / displacement
- 32.5 %
- Comfort ratio
- 26.35
- Capsize screening
- 1.92
- Hull speed
- 9.03 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 425.2 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Beneteau 501 generation
01
1995–2004