Oceanis 34.1
Beneteau · Marc Lombard · 2021
Updated
The Oceanis 34.1 is a 9.96 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2021. It races in Class C.
Length
9.96 m
32′ 8″
Beam
3.57 m
Draft
1.99 m
Displacement
5.5 t
Sail area
59 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 34.1 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 21 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 21 starts by 3 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 34.1 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Round Aeolian Race 2026 - Campionato Italiano Offshore ORC2026
"Μακης Πανταζης" - Αγκιστρι2026- Trofeo Rotta dei Florio2026
- "Κυπελλο Χριστουγεννων"2025
- "Αγ. Νικολαου 2025"2025
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
5%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 34.1 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Feeling 109 (7 meetings), Feeling 920 (7 meetings), Gin Fizz (7 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (7 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (7 meetings), Contest 250 (7 meetings), Oceanis 37 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (6 meetings), Bavaria 40 (6 meetings), Hanse 315 (6 meetings), Elan 410 (6 meetings), First 28 (6 meetings), Maxi 84 (7 meetings), Nereis 30 (6 meetings), Bavaria 31 (6 meetings), Elan 34 (5 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (6 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (5 meetings), Feeling 39 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 34.2 (4 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 34.1 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
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
5.06
40°
Beam reach
8.32
90°
Broad reach
8.70
135°
Downwind VMG
7.36
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.
It is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam in a working breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 34.1
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.38 | 4.56 | 4.96 | 5.06 |
| 52° | 5.21 | 6.71 | 7.06 | 7.25 |
| 60° | 5.53 | 6.91 | 7.29 | 7.50 |
| 75° | 5.78 | 7.08 | 7.58 | 7.90 |
| 90° | 5.71 | 7.16 | 7.76 | 8.32 |
| 110° | 5.40 | 7.06 | 7.86 | 8.88 |
| 120° | 5.09 | 6.94 | 7.78 | 9.00 |
| 135° | 4.54 | 6.54 | 7.52 | 8.70 |
| 150° | 3.85 | 5.80 | 6.92 | 7.85 |
| Run VMG | 3.33 | 5.02 | 6.03 | 7.36 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 550 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 34.1 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 34.1 carries 12.66 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.15 m boom, a forestay 12.57 m above the deck and a 4.42 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails