Beneteau California 4.70

The Beneteau California 4.70 or 470, is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by André Bénéteau as a fishing boat, day sailer and pocket cruiser, first built in 1983. The design is named for its length overall in metres.

Production
The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 1983 until 1986, with 150 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

Design
The California 470 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 spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces 882 lb.

The boat has a draft of 4.76 ft with the centreboard extended and 1.48 ft with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor up to 9.8 hp for docking and maneuvering. A Yanmar 1GM diesel inboard engine was also available as a factory option. In either case the engine is mounted in the lazarette.

The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin.

The design has a hull speed of 4.77 kn.