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2020 Beneteau 53' (16.15 m) First 53
Jamestown, Rhode Island, United States
Zuma
The Beneteau First 53 stands apart in many important and noticeable ways from other modern performance cruisers. You'll find clean unobstructed lines, wide open spaces, and a simplistic, yet elegant, design that begs you to cast off the lines and go sailing.
- Racing Sailboat
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: BEYGH006C020
| FEATURES: |
|---|
| Bow Thrusters |
| Air Conditioning |
| Electric Winches |
| Twin Rudders |
| Generator |
| Notable Upgrades: "ZUMA" has all of the right upgrades including generator, air con, bow thruster, electric winches and more. The V-boom, self-tacking jib, electric winches and twin rudders make her remarkably easy to sail. With her full teak decks and black spars, she is simply stunning. ZUMA is Awlgripped in Flag Blue |
| Date Listed: 05/21/2025 |
Description
The Beneteau First 53 stands apart in many important and noticeable ways from other modern performance cruisers. Instead of hard chines, oversized arches, and other distracting features, you'll find clean unobstructed lines, wide open spaces, and a simplistic, yet elegant, design that begs you to cast off the lines and go sailing.
With a single point mainsheet, 4 electric winches, and all controls led back to twin carbon wheels, this boat is specifically designed for fast, shorthanded sailing. However, making 8 knots under main and genoa, you may find yourself gazing down from the high side, across the 5-meter beam, over what seems like an acre of open space, you quickly realize that sailing a yacht like this is probably more fun with family and friends. Perhaps you will invite them next time. Fortunately, there is plenty of room for everyone.
Belowdecks you'll find the owner’s cabin forward, benefitting from substantial amounts of natural light beaming through large portlights and a hatch above. The designer chose to optimize space by placing the en-suite head to starboard and a massive walk-in shower to port. Guest accommodations follow a conventional configuration, comprising two symmetrical double cabins aft, with a separate guest head and large walk-in shower to starboard.
The L-Shaped galley to port has ample storage and counter space to prepare meals with a gimbaled stove & oven. The dining area is just forward, which can easily convert from a 4-person to 6-person table. You won't find a traditional nav-desk anywhere, but in our modern age of tablets and phones, it would be a superfluous addition. After a long day of sailing with push-button controls and fingertip steering, you can relax with a beverage (from the home-sized fridge) on the plush L-Shaped couch to starboard, thinking about who you may, or may not, invite on the next outing.
"ZUMA" is a stunning example of the Beneteau First 53, and she has all of the right upgrades including a generator, air conditioning, bow thruster, electric winches and more. The V-boom, self-tacking jib, and twin rudders make her remarkably easy to sail. Her full teak decks, dark blue hull, and black spars result in a stunning overall package. Contact the listing broker today to learn more.
Veteran Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Flagship Yacht Sales. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
Specifications
HIN/IMO: BEYGH006C020
Official Number: 1305005
LOA: 52' 2'' (15.90 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 2020
Beam: 16' 5''
LOD: 53'
LWL: 50' 6''
Draft Max: 8' 2''
Cabins: 3
Heads: 2
Maximum Speed: 9.1 Knots
Cruise Speed: 8.5 Knots
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Finish: Awlgrip
Hull Shape: Displacement
Bow Thruster: Yes
Fuel Tank: 105 Gallons (397.47 Liters)
Fresh Water: 190 Gallons (719.23 Liters)
Holding Tank: 26 Gallons (98.42 Liters)
Displacement: 34500 lbs
Ballast Weight: 9900 lbs
Builder: Beneteau
Exterior Color: Flag Blue
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Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 4JH110
- Engine Year: 2020
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 110.00
- Power KW: 82.03
- Fuel Type: Diesel
Generators
Generator 1
- Generator Make: Cummins/Onan
- Generator Model: 7.5 MDK
- Generator KW: 7.50
Full Details
Acommodations
Master stateroom with island queen berth, hanging lockers on port and starboard, head w/sink on starboard and shower on port, cabinet and drawers aft. Reading lights, overhead hatches and large hull windows with privacy screens.
Main salon w/fore and aft bench seating around the dinette table that drops down to convert to double berth on port. An L- shaped starboard settee w/retractable TV and distribution panels aft. Gray Sunbrella upholstery throughout. Teak Alpi solid wood trim with veneered ply.
Sunken galley on portside, aft head on starboard w/ separate shower stall. Twin aft guest cabins on port and starboard w/hanging lockers outboard and access to engine and generator inboard.
Air conditioning throughout via 4 Dometic units
Galley
- Force10 2-burner propane stove/oven
- Vitrifrigo refrigerator and separate top-opening freezer, 12-volt air cooled via Danfoss compressor
- 10.5-gallon water heater (engine or 110v) by Quick
- Vesta dishwasher
- Jabsco PAR-MAX4 pressure water
Heads
- Toilets: Tecma electric saltwater fwd; Jabsco Quiet Flush w/saltwater aft
- Showers: Handheld in fwd and aft shower stalls, with transom swim shower
- Sumps: Shower pans w/Rule-a-matic float switches to Whale discharge pumps
Hull and Deck
- Hull is vacuum bagged resin infused fiberglass sandwich composite with balsa wood coring.
- Internal structural grid with incorporated FRP floors and stringers.
- Deck is vacuum bagged resin infused FRP sandwich composite with balsa wood coring.
- Interior is molded FRP pan liner.
- Hull to deck joint is shoebox type in-turning overlapping flange glued and bolted.
Cockpit
- Large cockpit with teak decking throughout. Twin helm stations, each with chartplotters. All running rigging is led aft to electric winches (both primary and secondary) just forward of helms, allowing full sail operations to take place without disruption guests in forward cockpit.
- Twin folding cockpit tables in teak/stainless allow for easy access moving forward or aft. Deep cockpit benches with full cushions allow seating for 10+. A large dodger provides shade and weather protection for the forward cockpit. Lighting via boom and dodger lights.
- The low-profile coach roof and clean uncluttered side decks covered in teak (glued, not screwed) not only provide a striking appearance but also make it easy to walk forward, whether underway or at anchor. The headsail furler is recessed below deck, and the optional headsail tracks with adjustable leads are all recessed into the sides of the coach roof for tight sheeting angles with the self-tacking jib is not in use.
- A black Sparcraft Performance mast with V-boom, rod rigging, black stanchions and Dyneema lifelines complete the package.
Tankage
- Diesel: 106 gallons in (2) 53-gallon Roto-molded PVC tanks under aft bunks. Tank monitor on touchscreen panel.
- Water: 190-gallons in (3) Roto-molded PVC tanks (100-gallons fwd, 45-gallons port and starboard). Tank monitor on touchscreen panel.
- Holding Tanks: (2) 13-gallon PVC tanks behind cabinetry outboard in heads w/Tech-Edge tank monitors (discharge via gravity or deck plate pump-out)
Sails and Rigging
- Sparcraft performance black mast with rod rigging
- Park Ave boom with integral cover and lazy jacks
- Upgraded running rigging Electric Facnor headsail furler (below-deck)
- Facnor continuous line CodeZero furler on bowsprit
- Split backstays with hydraulic adjusterHydraulic vang
- Harken 70ST Performa electric primary winches
- Harken 50ST Performa electric secondary winches (mainsheet)
- Deck hardware by Harken and Spinlock
- North Sails NPL mainsail
- North Sail NPL roller furling jib (self-tacking)
- North Sails Code Zero
- North Sails spinnaker
- All hardware and running rigging for Code Zero and spinnaker (including Facnor CZ furler)
Electrical
A/C:
- Shore power: Marinco 50A/125/250V connector, 50’ 50A/250V cordset, good condition.
- Distribution Panel: Scheiber remote electronic AC power selectors; circuit breakers in aft lazarette and at panel board starboard side salon; touchscreen control panel with voltage meters
- Transformers/Inverter: Mastervolt AC Master 12/2000, 2000-watt; Mastervolt AC Master 12/500
- Battery chargers: Cristec 12V60A model YPO12-60COMOE house charger; (1) Cristec 12V25A model YP012-250E start battery charger; Dolphin Booster 12V/24V 30A thruster battery charger
D/C:
Batteries:
- (4) Exide EP450 12-volt Dual AGM thruster batteries under v-berth
- (1) Exide EM960 Start AGM 12-volt engine start fwd of engine
- (1) Exide EP450 12-volt AGM genset start aft of generator
- (3) SuperB 12-volt 100 ah Lithium batteries under cabin sole
Isolators/Switches:
- Remote electronic power switches and meters at panel w/rotary on/off switches and high amp circuit breakers in cabinet in main salon
Electronics
B&G H5000 system including:
- Twin Zeus3 12” MFD’s at each helm
- H5000 Autopilot with wired control head and wireless remote
- H5000 Ultrasonic transducers
- AIS Class B transceiver
- (3) 2020 mast displays
- V90 VHF with remote handset
- HD radar at mast
Engine and Mechanicals
- Yanmar 4JH110 diesel shaft drive (factory upgrade vs. standard 80 hp sail drive)
- Electronic controls/shifter at starboard helm
Generator
- Cummins/Onan 7.5 MDK diesel generator, 7.5 kW output
Air Conditioning
- Dometic 12k BTU for owner’s cabin
- Dometic 16k BTU for salon
- Dometic 8k BTU aft portside cabin
- Dometic 8k BTU aft starboard cabin
Windlass
- Lewmar windlass with Quick controller/chain counter at helm
Safety, Canvas and Misc.
- Harken electric-actuated opening transom
- Aqualuma underwater lights
- Dinghy garage
- Fenders, dock lines and safety gear
Disclaimer
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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