Beneteau
Also known as Bénéteau
Beneteau or Bénéteau () is a French sail and motorboat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, with its holding company (Groupe Beneteau) now also holding other prestigious brands, such as Jeanneau and its multihull subsidiary Lagoon in 1995.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Beneteau
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- Avant-Garde in Boating
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- CAC Mid 60
- Company.industry
- Boat building
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- Company.founded
- in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
- Company.founders
- Benjamin Bénéteau, André Bénéteau, Annette Roux
- Company.hq_location
- 16 Boulevard de la Mer
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Production
- Beneteau sailing models
- Early models
- One design racing
- Racer/cruiser - first series
- Sense series
- Oceanis Series
- Seascape
- Beneteau Powerboats models
- Swift Trawler series
- Outboard motorboats
- Notable boats or models
- See also
- References
- External links
Beneteau or Bénéteau () is a French sail and motorboat manufacturer, with production facilities in France and in the United States. The company is a large and recognized boat builder, with its holding company (Groupe Beneteau) now also holding other prestigious brands, such as Jeanneau and its multihull subsidiary Lagoon in 1995.
==History== Shipwright founded the company in 1884, at Croix-de-Vie, France to build sailing trawlers. In the mid sixties, Benjamin's grandchildren Annette Bénéteau Roux and her brother André Bénéteau introduced a line of fiberglass boats.