Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq)
Beneteau · Finot-Conq · 2014
Updated
The Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) is a 11.12 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Finot-Conq and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2014. It races in Class C.
Length
11.12 m
36′ 6″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
2.01 m
Displacement
6.7 t
Sail area
66 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 22 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 22 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026- "Λαγουσσες - Φλεβες 2026"2026
- "Ιωαννης Καραπετης 2024"2024
The 17th Yi Sun-Sin Cup International Yacht Race2023- "Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων"2023
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: 3 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 38 (Finot-Conq) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Oyster 37 (7 meetings), Carter 33 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (7 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (6 meetings), Nereis 30 (6 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (6 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (6 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (5 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (5 meetings), Dehler 38 (Stadt) (6 meetings), Oceanis 393 (5 meetings), Olympic Sea 42 (5 meetings), JOD 35 (4 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (4 meetings), Catalina 400 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (6 meetings), First 27.7 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (4 meetings), Dromor 26 (6 meetings), Sun Shine 38 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (3 meetings), Oceanis 423 (3 meetings), Dufour 36 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (3 meetings), Dufour 325 (3 meetings), Elan 410 (3 meetings), Maxi 84 (3 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (3 meetings), Oceanis 38.1 (3 meetings), Moody 34 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) 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
5.17
40°
Beam reach
8.52
90°
Broad reach
9.40
135°
Downwind VMG
7.57
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in moderate air, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.79 | 4.10 | 4.90 | 5.17 |
| 52° | 4.36 | 6.20 | 7.19 | 7.54 |
| 60° | 4.67 | 6.51 | 7.44 | 7.82 |
| 75° | 4.98 | 6.88 | 7.66 | 8.28 |
| 90° | 5.30 | 7.31 | 8.07 | 8.52 |
| 110° | 5.30 | 7.42 | 8.39 | 9.41 |
| 120° | 5.12 | 7.28 | 8.32 | 9.74 |
| 135° | 4.53 | 6.75 | 7.97 | 9.40 |
| 150° | 3.83 | 5.92 | 7.37 | 8.58 |
| Run VMG | 3.31 | 5.13 | 6.38 | 7.57 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 620 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 38 (Finot-Conq) carries 13.24 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.21 m boom, a forestay 13.98 m above the deck and a 5.07 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 84 to 105 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.