The Beneteau Capelan is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by André Bénéteau as a fishing boat, day sailer and pocket cruiser, and first built in 1972.
[1][2][5][6][7][8] The Capelan is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim.
The hull has a spooned and slightly raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel.
[1][2][5][6] The boat is normally fitted with a small 4 to 15 hp (3 to 11 kW) outboard motor mounted in a stern well, for docking and maneuvering.
[1][2][5][6] The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the small cabin.