The First 45 is a sail boat from Beneteau. Founded in 1884 at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie as a fishing-boat yard, Beneteau is the largest sailing-boat manufacturer in the world and the centre of a group that also owns Jeanneau, Lagoon, Prestige and Excess. It specialises in production cruising yachts - the Oceanis range - and the First line of cruiser-racers. The hull measures about 13.7 metres. It sleeps up to 8.
Adriavela lists 10 boats of this model. They were built between 2009 and 2013, so the layout and the equipment differ from one hull to the next. The hulls here carry 3 cabins and 8 berths.
They all leave from Marina Kaštela. A 7-day charter starts at €2,081, which is €297 a day. A monohull of this size takes a full crew and still handles like a sailing boat, which is what most skippered weeks on this coast are booked for.