The Beneteau First 285 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Group Finot and first built in 1985. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by Beneteau in France and the United States. A total of 451 were completed during the design's production run from 1985 to 1993. Design The First 285 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel, with the optional shoal draft keel and with the optional wing keel. The boat has a hull speed of . See also List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats Alerion Express 28 Aloha 28 Beneteau Oceanis 281 Bristol Channel Cutter Cal 28 Catalina 28 Cumulus 28 Grampian 28 Hunter 28 Hunter 28.5 Hunter 280 O'Day 28 Pearson 28 Sabre 28 Sea Sprite 27 Sirius 28 Tanzer 8.5 Tanzer 28 TES 28 Magnam Viking 28 References External links Sailing yachts Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailboat types built by Beneteau Sailboat type designs by Groupe Finot