Beneteau First 53 - the First is back, but not like you know it...! 

Best inside layout I saw for a long time!!!

Please highlight machinery area and engine room. Talk about access which is so important on a boat as maintenance is a way of life.

Simply gorgeous!! A very extensive tour. Thank you for sharing. I loved this video 👍👍

Very nice boat, Very nice rigg, Great sails and the most ridiculously heavy Boom.

Rational, modern, even a bit radical mechanical design and layout. But yes, not much protection from the weather. In terms of interior styling, it's modern and clean and definitely has influence from racing boats. It's understandable that some more traditional types may not like the minimalist styling. It is a bit different. It looks refreshingly clean and simple.

Clean. Almost reminds me of a Tripp design. I may pick up a First 18 to delve into the Beneteau world

Great over look of this mini Wally

Très beau bateau. L'aménagement intérieur est très intelligent. J'aime beaucoup le grand salon.

Most detailed and awesome video. You are the best 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Wow beautiful design 👌

“...looking around you must think we’re on some luxury cruiser, but no this is a beneteau first 53...” 😂😂😂

Just beautiful, would like more wind protection.

Gorgeous review !!

Pretty nice for a budget 50 plus cruiser. Weekend cruiser with a option to cross to Hawaii if adventurous 🤔🏄

I like this a lot, , great performance without needing to be a racer, brilliant weekender

Great walkthrough Toby, beautifully roomy yacht! Cheers.

This thing is amazing!

So glad they havnt gone to those sliding fridges (dangerous) in a seaway like Hanze & rounded edges again - Solid removable stylish dodger in carbon would be nice extra,

Now that boat has clean lines very good looking boat

What a beautiful streamlined boat.

Very cool looking but a few observations from a designer standpoint, in such a small space I would go for sliding doors and would make an effort to eliminate all those corners. They just take up space and create a sense of clutter als stuff tends to gather in them and then you have actual clutter!

Sweet sailing yacht

Nice job testing the new born..What I miss: main sheet traveler, a second staysail, and I wonder if she has a genset and a water maker...😊 Thanks for the ride!

Very nice one Toby, fantastic work as always...might need to get rid of my Solaris 50 now :-)

thank you .

Great review, beatifull yacht

My god.. This is the first boat that makes me wonder if should sell my house and live on a boat instead.

lorenzo wearing the ghost hat! NICE

Toby one of the best boat testers, it is a pleasure to follow his very detailed videos. About the Mast? Isn't it stepped on the keel?

That's a pretty boat.

nice video

I would have given an option to put some kind of sleek low back rest to the helm benches so you wouldn't be rolled out back word in heavy seas

I like this boat and I'm sure it'll sail well. My only major issue is the interior. It's not exactly high-end looking. It almost looks cheap and no nav station/dedicated desk is a mistake. We'll see how the design evolves. Lack of a traveler is odd, but maybe that can be addressed.. I currently own a Beneteau 393 and plan to go bigger in a few years, so let's see what Beneteau does next.

Really like the wooden table top edges and the overall look. I think I’ll do something like that. 😅

WOW!!!

no sun and rain protection?

I want to sail the world now in this boat she's beautiful.

I imgine that they are making a more racing oriented version like gran soleil did

Lotta boat for speed AND comfort. PROPS TO DESIGNERS

Sprayhood and Bimini are available on the option list.

Very nice just one million short for the purchase

I would prefer proper latches on the cabinet doors. I just get a vision of provisions all over the cabin and all the storage doors swing around wildly at the worst time.

11:45 not sure if that is stainless steel, maybe aluminum?

most anticipated review for 2019. With a B/D under 30% the 2.5 draft boat its a disappointment. The 3m optional version will be certainly more powerful but yet....

Nice looking deck and rig. The interior looked stark and cheap.

The only boat I like better than this is the new Swan 48 - great review Toby thank you

Wow

A pitty all yards now are installing magnetic latches everywhere. Easy to imagine a lot of damage in not very rough seas.

Couldn't see it but i'm pretty sure you don't need a chart table anymore if you have digital nav displays at the helm above. Lovely boat btw.

Sweet. That was the First 53 in Cannes? Nice Video! Cheers. Tony FLYachtPro / Denison

Engine room etc?

Great video! Beautiful boat! You might want to ask the crew to hush for the short time you’re recording... the beginning was a bit distracting. Yes I know, not a big deal... but if your goal is to sell the thing and create a professional viewing experience, a comment to them might help improve the video by lessening the distraction. 😎

450,000 base price, 850,000 with the options?! WTF?! It looks spartan as it is, what options did they choose?! That price is heading into Discovery territory, budget my arse!

I understand the design philosophy but what do you when there’s bad weather out?

I remember 5 years ago looking at the Sense 55 with all the ooh ah's and 5 years later it disintegrated into some 100k quality boat. I wouldn't buy one if it is same build quality as the Sense, in contrast a CNB Bordeaux 60 cost slightly cheaper or similar today and still looking good after more than a decade, but only time can tell. Hope the interior fit and finish would be better and they use some modern synthetic teak which looks good longer. So would you guys buy this or a used CNB 60 and save the money if you can afford the boat?

Quite a price jump! Engine room?

oddly reminiscent of the Swan 48

I wanna do this one day she's such a beauty

would be pretty useless in Scandinavia or other cold places as condensation would be a massive problem. owever a very nice monhull and with good sailing performance.

Bit disappointed it doesn't even have an option for a traveler

Anyone else that wants to see something about the Rapido 60 and/or the Bañuls 53 tri?

Not much cockpit shelter if it's blowing cold rain

850 is a whole lota kit over base.

What is code 0?

This is like an "affordable" WALLY ?

No navigation table??

Review beneteau ocean is 62

A million bucks for closter phobic berths and a rotten deck. The Hallberg 53 with nonslip grp deck I'd prefer for lower maintenance and comfort. Function equals beauty, not image.

No traveller?

The boat for people who know more about dreaming than sailing. I'm sure it will be perfect...until it's launched.

Toby... why is there never any breeze when you review a yacht????

£850 000, now I know Im from the north, but £850 000!

I wonder how it will show itself in the northern seas, this is the main test for boats and their performance.

Really nice but not really homely if your going to be on passage more like a sparce caravan readymade for local travel shame though the outside has great lines and is a beautiful lady

Great roomy interior and a credit to the designers. They failed in the cockpit if as you say, this is a cruisers boat not a racer. There is no comfort for the helmsman other than a "park bench" to sit on. walk all the way around the benches to walk f'ward- never happen for crew. It needs a solid canopy to fix solar panels to and proper protection from the elements if your world cruising, not a fold up Bimini as you suggest is available. this is an overpriced racer with limited creature comforts for people who will not world cruise. Sorry if that hurts Mr Beneteau, but some one has to say it. Toby won't, I don't think I have ever heard him really bag a boat design???

surprisingly the shape of the Hull isn't very modern. Doesn't look more modern than the First 50 they did years ago.

BP850K lol. You'd go for cat at that price.

Only 15 tons? That is very light for 53 footer

can I be as a test guy on deck.... :D

Benetau have been known for many years for compromise but they deserve an award for this pop out plastic.

A lot of boat for that money.

They struggle to sell this model

Why do they make interiors like in a hospital?

It's still just a Beneteau, give it 5 years and it will look like 30 years old

Nice! -- QUESTION -- Why don't they make this style of interior and exterior in a circumnavigating world cruiser. ie the minimalist interior etc., but with the large fuel tanks, proper keel and some form of dodger/bimini system. That could be the perfect sailboat.

You can keep it... it looks like it was built in Sweden at Ikea and it would be miserable in any sort of a blow. Looks great around the marina though... 400K in options is ridiculous.

6:59 did an elephant just fart?

I’d take a Swan 48 over this.

First

Please don't touch the seabed. The keel will come through the boat's bottom and flood it. Like the Bavarias.

No traveler. On a Bennie First that’s not acceptable

I guess they went for sailing equipment instead of interior quality. A nice weekend cruiser for the Med, for a few years. Zero thought about liveaboards that want to cross oceans.

trying to imagine the muscles in the neck that are deployed to so severely limit the ability to speak.

I cant say that this yacht does much for me. It doesn't seem like a cruiser and it sure isn't a racer. Nor is it a performance yacht - no traveler????. the interior is nothing new. The layout is pretty poor for a 53' yacht. The second head is ridiculous with the lack of legroom by the door into the aft cabin. Overall it seems uninspired. Perhaps that explains Toby's lackluster review. Not a Beneteau hater at all. I just think they missed the mark in a major way with this model.

14:24...: regarding the price... "850..." 850 what?? peanuts, apples, Euros, Pound, US Dollars, Zimbabwe Dollars???

Nope.

Kinda looks like a copy of a swan 48

So no A/C, water maker or USB charging station for all the electrical gadgets, no integrated solar, wind turbine or auto pilot. Let me guess , no bow truster and it sticks to a propane stove instead of induction. I don't this the designer knew what he wanted. Why not all electric

15 tonnes........once again ..too heavy Mr Beneteau

What a horrible IKEA interior. Yuck.