First Class 8, ex reference monotype

How to choose your second-hand sailboat? This week First Class 8. This regatta monotype has used a lot of oilskin overalls from many regatta sailors. Outdated for the regatta, it remains a very good, healthy and fast sailboat. Its habitability is not ridiculous to consider a small cruise.

It's true that we don't hear much about it any more... And yet, from 1982 to the end of the 1990s, it was THE benchmark one-design. The end of production led to a decline in the activity of this regatta class, although it remained for a time in overdrive on Spanish shores (Hispanic clubs bought dozens of boats).

Fast but demanding, this low freeboard racer has trained hundreds of crews in regattas. Today, with its pivoting keel, it remains easy to transport on the road and can compete well in interseries. But this sturdy hull can also be transformed into a coastal cruiser for a couple with little regard for comfort.