Beneteau Foiler Makes its Debut

Beneteau opened a new chapter in production boatbuilding with the launch last summer of the prototype Figaro Beneteau 3, a foil-assisted one-design racer and the first-ever seriesbuilt foiling keelboat. Built for the long-

Built for the long-established Figaro series of singleand doublehanded events, the training ground for France’s ocean-racing stars, the FB3 boasts a pair of retractable foils resembling inverted versions of the “Dali” foils seen on the latest generation of IMOCA 60 ocean racers. Small