Английская Википедия:Beneteau 343

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The Beneteau 343, also called the Beneteau Oceanis 343 is a French sailboat that was designed by Berret-Racoupeau as a cruiser-racer and first built in 2004 as a 2005 model year.

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in Marion, South Carolina, United States, from 2004 to 2008, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Beneteau 343 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. The hull is solid fibreglass and the deck is balsa-cored. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminium spars by US Spars with discontinuous stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel, a stub keel and centreboard or optional shoal-draft keel. The fin keel model displaces Шаблон:Convert and carries Шаблон:Convert of cast iron ballast, while the centerboard and shoal draft versions displace Шаблон:Convert and carry Шаблон:Convert of cast iron ballast. On the centreboard model the centreboard is steel.

The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of Шаблон:Convert, or Шаблон:Convert with the optional shoal draft keel. The centerboard-equipped version has a draft of Шаблон:Convert with the centerboard extended and Шаблон:Convert with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of Шаблон:Convert for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds Шаблон:Convert and the fresh water tank has a capacity of Шаблон:Convert.

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people in two cabins or six people in three cabins. The three cabin interior has a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an icebox and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin. Cabin maximum headroom is Шаблон:Convert.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of Шаблон:Convert.

The design has a hull speed of Шаблон:Convert and a PHRF handicap of 147 to 162 for the fin keel and shoal draft models.

Operational history

In a 2005 review, Darrell Nicholson of Practical Sailor wrote, "sailing in 8 to 14 knots of breeze, this boat is as quick as any similarly sized production boat, and it maneuvered easily. She beats to weather within 35 degrees of the apparent wind, and accelerates quickly out of a tack. She’s also stiff: we did not consider tucking in a reef even when we encountered an 18 to 24-inch chop in 14 knots of wind."

In a 2005 review for Sailing Magazine, John Kretschmer stated, "out on the water I conned the boat to windward as McCallum trimmed the sheets. The performance was impressive. Although the new instruments were proving unreliable, it was obvious that our boat speed was good. The helm was light despite being over canvassed at times with the big genny and we had a lot of power to punch through the chop. "

See also

• List of sailing boat types

External links

• Шаблон:Official website