Beneteau California 6.60

The Beneteau California 6.60, sometimes called the 660, is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by André Bénéteau as a fishing boat, day sailer and a cruiser and first built in 1982. The design's designation is its length overall in metres.

Production

The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 1982 until 1987, with 150 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design

The California 6.60 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast and aluminium spars with stainless steel wire standing rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel or optional twin bilge keels. It displaces 3,527 lb (1,600 kg) and carries 882 lb (400 kg) of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 2.95 ft (0.90 m) with the standard long keel and 2.3 ft (0.70 m) with the optional twin bilge keels.

The boat is fitted with an outboard motor or an optional inboard Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 18 hp (13 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and a drop down table in the main salon that forms a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is of straight configuration and is equipped with a single-burner stove and a sink. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.

The design has a hull speed of 5.66 kn (10.48 km/h).