SOUTH BREEZE
Class BDisplacementCruiser/Racer

SOUTH BREEZE — ITA 17986

Model: Oceanis 43

BeneteauBerret/Racoupeau

Updated

SOUTH BREEZE (ITA 17986) is a Oceanis 43 designed by Berret/Racoupeau and built by Beneteau. She has been racing since 2023. She sails with a larger sail plan and a shallower keel than most Oceanis 43s. Against a typical Oceanis 43 she is quicker on a beam reach and downwind.

SOUTH BREEZE ITA 17986 - Berret/Racoupeau - Beneteau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

2

Race starts

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Wins

0%

Podiums

77

Race Edge

Oceanis 43: 8

545.2s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn39
10–16 kn86
Over 16 kn47
SOUTH BREEZEA typical Oceanis 43How Race Edge works
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Length

12.75 m

41′ 10″

Beam

4.11 m

Draft

1.99 m

Displacement

8.9 t

Sail area

85 m²

On the podium

Where SOUTH BREEZE finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

2

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with SOUTH BREEZE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • ItalyRegata Brindisi-Corfù202625
  • ItalyRegata Brindisi-Corfù202369

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.

1 more race without a published distance count in the podium figures, not in this split.

Who she races against

The boats SOUTH BREEZE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

Other competitors (43)

Met too few times for a figure.

ANYWAVE (Frers 64, 1 meeting), FOREVER K (Cookson 50, 1 meeting), X MAS (Millenium 40, 1 meeting), DADDY COOL X (X-50, 1 meeting), BLU 3 (Elan E5, 1 meeting), ARETUSA F (Figaro (Lombard), 1 meeting), TALITHA (Salona 41, 1 meeting), L'OTTAVO PECCATO (M 37, 1 meeting), X-LION (X-35, 1 meeting), SOFT (Dufour 40, 1 meeting), VISION (Sun Odyssey 440, 1 meeting), FREEDOM (Sun Odyssey 440, 1 meeting), EDERAN (First 36.7, 1 meeting), SHAULA (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), BARON (Oceanis 461, 1 meeting), MY BEST LOVE (Bavaria Match 42, 1 meeting), SHAMADI (X-482, 1 meeting), FREE SPIRIT (First 40.7, 1 meeting), MAELA (Dufour 34, 1 meeting), DORADE (First 47.7, 1 meeting), OBELIX (X-41, 1 meeting), LIRICA (X-46, 1 meeting), MORGANA (Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard), 1 meeting), ALKIMIA (Sun Odyssey 410, 1 meeting), NIGHT SHADOW (B&c 52, 1 meeting), LAVORO (Mumm 36, 1 meeting), MADONNA DELLE CONCHIGLIE (Bavaria Cruiser 39, 1 meeting), STELLA K (Bavaria 40, 1 meeting), VIRGINIA (Oceanmaster 48, 1 meeting), MAGIA (Bavaria Holiday 35, 1 meeting), VOLUNTEER OF ST (Oyster 49, 1 meeting), BOBONA (Oceanis 440, 1 meeting), CARIAD BACH (Archambault 40, 1 meeting), APOLLO (Pogo 44, 1 meeting), LA PIRATA (Bavaria Holiday 38, 1 meeting), MORGAN (Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini), 1 meeting), EXCELLENT (Bavaria Match 38, 1 meeting), LEA (Elan 37, 1 meeting), BLUE BONE (Sun Odyssey 43, 1 meeting), COBALT (Sun Odyssey 44, 1 meeting), MIROS 3 (Bavaria C45, 1 meeting), ACQUARIA (Dufour 385, 1 meeting), DRAGUT (Sun Odyssey 45, 1 meeting)

How SOUTH BREEZE compares with a typical Oceanis 43

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Oceanis 43s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Oceanis 43; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.11 kn
Beam reach+0.14 kn
Broad reach+0.37 kn
Downwind+0.32 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical Oceanis 43 on the broad reach.

Speed at every angle

SOUTH BREEZE in blue, a typical Oceanis 43 dashed.

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SOUTH BREEZE in blue, a typical Oceanis 43 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Oceanis 43s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Oceanis 43

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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