- Length
- 7.5 m
- Beam
- 2.8 m
- Draft
- 1.3 m
- Sail area
- 26.2 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.5 m
- Waterline length
- 6.65 m
- Beam
- 2.8 m
- Draft
- 1.3 m
- Displacement
- 1,800 kg
- Ballast
- 700 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 26.2 m²
- Mainsail area
- 10.83 m²
- Foresail area
- 15.35 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 9.54 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.22 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.02 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.7 m
- Forestay length
- 10.07 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, transom-hung rudder
Production & design5
- Production started
- 1979
- Production ended
- 1984
- Hulls built
- 1115
- Builder
- Beneteau
- Designer
- Jean-Marie Finot
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.05
- Displacement / length
- 170.51
- Ballast / displacement
- 38.9 %
- Comfort ratio
- 14.1
- Capsize screening
- 2.33
- Hull speed
- 6.26 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 128 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
First 251 generation
01
1979–1984