First Class 8

First Class 8
Boat
Crew 4–6
Draft 0.70 m / 1.75 m
Hull
Hull weight 1,400 kg
LOA 8.50 m
LWL 7.10 m
Beam 2.49 m
Sails
Mainsail area 20.30 m2
Jib / Genoa area 18.50 m2
Spinnaker area 49 m2

The First Class 8 (FC8) is a One-Design keelboat designed in 1982 by Group Finot and Jacques Fouroux to be constructed at Beneteau's shipyard.

It is one of Europe's most competitive sailing classes, with more than 1,000 units sold between 1982 and 1994.

Strongest fleets are located in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway and Portugal.

It is being replaced by the First Class 7.5.

It is a long boat compared with its competitors such as the J24 from America. It has straight lines for a boat of that age and has no reference to IOR hull shapes with huge beam, flared bows, and pinched sterns. The boat's lines lend themselves to a dinghy style planing hull, as opposed to digging a hole in the ocean which was a characteristic of the mid period IOR boats. The FC8 has a lot of wetted surface area which makes it slow in light air.

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