Andre Mauric

André Mauric was one of France’s most influential yacht designers of the 20th century, best known for revolutionizing offshore racing under the International Offshore Rule (IOR) and launching Beneteau’s First performance line with the groundbreaking First 30 (1977). A quiet, meticulous engineer from Marseille, Mauric combined scientific rigor with racing intuition, producing boats that were fast, seaworthy, and production-ready—a rare trifecta in the 1970s.