Oceanis 323
Beneteau · Jean-Marie Finot · 2004
Updated
The Oceanis 323 is a 9.72 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2004. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 75% of the designs it races against. It is at its best in light air and struggles to hold that once it blows.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 75% of the boats it races against.
41st of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 10 starts across 7 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.72 m
31′ 11″
Beam
3.25 m
Draft
1.80 m
Displacement
4.1 t
Sail area
51 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 323 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
10%
of 10 starts by 4 boats
Wins
10%
Read from 10 starts by 4 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 323 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 14 JUL2026- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 25 AUG2026
- Burāšanas treniņš Rīga 16 JUL2026
- Ķīpsalas kauss2026
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
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: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 323 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-362 (6 meetings), Lady Helmsman (5 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), First 36.7 (4 meetings), Hanse 315 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (3 meetings), J/112 (2 meetings), Platu 25 (3 meetings), Marina 36 (2 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (2 meetings), Albin Ballad (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (4 meetings), Rimar 36 (2 meetings), Rm 126 (2 meetings), Dufour 334 (2 meetings), Rush 31 (2 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (2 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (2 meetings), Dehler 32 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Hanse 455 (1 meeting), Azuree 46 (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), Delta 120 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46.1 (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 509 (1 meeting), X-412 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 45 (1 meeting), Feeling 39 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 45.2 (1 meeting), Pierrot 9.16 (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.71
40°
Beam reach
7.85
90°
Broad reach
8.91
135°
Downwind VMG
7.28
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 323
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.12 | 4.30 | 4.70 | 4.71 |
| 52° | 4.78 | 6.28 | 6.75 | 6.84 |
| 60° | 5.04 | 6.50 | 6.96 | 7.09 |
| 75° | 5.24 | 6.66 | 7.20 | 7.48 |
| 90° | 5.39 | 6.92 | 7.38 | 7.85 |
| 110° | 5.47 | 7.08 | 7.80 | 8.41 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.00 | 7.79 | 8.88 |
| 135° | 4.76 | 6.69 | 7.56 | 8.91 |
| 150° | 4.02 | 6.02 | 7.08 | 8.13 |
| Run VMG | 3.47 | 5.21 | 6.29 | 7.28 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 440 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 323 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 323 carries 11.89 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.04 m boom, a forestay 12.82 m above the deck and a 3.60 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 11 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 64 to 89 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.