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I believe we are one of the oldest boat building yards in the world to be run by the family as a majority. Our history has been told many times in these last fifty years, but, to understand it, you need to grasp our company values, and return to its origins, since it is nothing but continuity and progression.
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- BENETEAU | Designed to be remarkable since 1884
History Shipwright Benjamin Bénéteau [ fr ] founded the company [2] [3] in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie , France to build sailing trawlers. [4] In the mid sixties, Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Bénéteau Roux [5] and her brother André Bénéteau introduced a line of fiberglass boats.
- 16 Boulevard de la Mer, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
- 1884 in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
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Feb 22, 2024 · The brand was born when Benjamin Beneteau founded the first boatyard in his own birthplace, the fishing town Croix-de-Vie. He began his journey in a market meant for fishing and full of sailboats designed for utility, where the value of a boat’s performance lay solely in the ability to return to the harbor markets first.
Feb 11, 2022 · Following the success of the First 30, launched in 1977, within three years Beneteau had built a line of six First sailing yachts, ranging from 18 to 35 feet. The yard was running at full capacity, producing over 1,000 boats in 1980, and it rose to become the leader of a fast-expanding recreational sailing industry.
May 18, 2024 · The first BENETEAU boats sailed from the shipyards of Croix-de-Vie over 136 years ago. Since that time, the BENETEAU brand has been synonymous with quality and innovation to all those who have taken to the water – first by the fishermen who made their livelihood from the sea and then by the legions of recreational boaters around the globe.
The History of Beneteau. BENETEAU BOATS: A HISTORY OF FIRSTS. A brand with a long proud family heritage, Beneteau’s origins stretch back to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France in 1884. It was here at Quai de Greniers that an inventive Benjamin Bénéteau founded a small boat yard and worked on designing new better performing boats.
Dating back to 1884, Bénéteau is one of the oldest family-run boatbuilders in the business and the world’s largest producer of yachts, launching more than 10,000 hulls per year.
