citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message a beneteau oceanis 473 47.3 at anchor beneteau or b n teau euronext ben is a french sail and motor boat manufacturer with production facilities in france and the united states . contents 1 history 2 beneteau models 2.1 first series 2.2 oceanis series 2.3 beneteau idylle series 2.4 outboard motorboats 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit shipwright benjamin b n teau founded the company 1 2 in 1884 at croix de vie france to build sailing trawlers . 3 in the mid sixties benjamin s grandchildren annette b n teau roux 4 and her brother andr b n teau introduced a line of fiberglass boats . the company is a large and recognized boat builder commanding a substantial worldwide market share for sailing yachts predominately in the united states france and the united kingdom . it has five factories in the vend e department of france and one us plant in marion south carolina . the beneteau usa plant opened in 1986 ; 5 since then the factory has nearly doubled in size to about 250 000 square feet 23 000 m2 with roughly 25 million of total capital invested in the us . beneteau models edit first series edit these are racer cruiser sailboats with a higher emphasis on the racing aspects yet are substantially equipped for comfortable cruising . equipped with tall fractional rigs high performance keels and upgraded deck hardware . oceanis series edit these are cruising boats though these boats are viable for performance handicapped racing fleet phrf handicapped racing . beneteau idylle series edit this series of cruising boats consists of five types designed by andre beneteau berret racoupeau and german frers . they were built between 1982 and 1988 and mainly sold in france and the us . beneteau idylle 880 6 beneteau idylle 1050 7 beneteau idylle 1150 8 beneteau idylle 1350 9 beneteau idylle 1550 10 also known as the mooring 51 outboard motorboats edit these are outboard powered motorboats in three different models antares cabincruisers barracuda seafishing boats and flyer consoleboats . see also edit list of sailboat designers and manufacturers references edit le spectacle du monde . spectacle du monde . 2003 . gilbert tarrab ; jacques salzer 1987 . voix de femmes le pouvoir f minin en france . qu bec am rique . isbn 978 2 89037 365 5 . le nouvel economiste . 1996 . le figaro magazine . figaro . january 2007 . businessweek . mcgraw hill . 1987 . idylle 8.80 beneteau sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com . idylle 1050 beneteau sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com . idylle 1150 beneteau sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com . idylle 1350 beneteau sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com . idylle 1550 beneteau sailboat specifications and details on sailboatdata.com . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to b n teau . beneteau brand website beneteau owners association website v t e cac mid 60 companies of france june 2012 a roports de paris air france klm alten altran technologies aperam areva atos bic biom rieux bollor bourbon bull cfao ciments fran ais club m diterran e cnp assurances derichebourg dexia eiffage eramet euler hermes eurazeo eurofins scientific faiveley transport faurecia fonciere des regions gecina groupe steria havas icade iliad imerys ingenico ipsen ipsos jcdecaux kl pierre maurel et prom mercialys m tropole tv neopost nexans nexity orpea pagesjaunes plastic omnium r my cointreau rexel rubis seb saft silic soitec technicolor teleperformance tf1 group ubisoft vicat virbac zodiac retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beneteau & oldid 743566142 categories cac mid 60french boat buildershidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2016all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschfran aisitaliano norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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