Oceanis 38 (Finot)
Beneteau · Jean-Marie Finot · 2014
Updated
The Oceanis 38 (Finot) is a 11.50 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2014. It races in Class C.
Length
11.50 m
37′ 9″
Beam
3.99 m
Draft
1.98 m
Displacement
7.3 t
Sail area
65 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 38 (Finot) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 14 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 14 starts by 3 boats between 2021 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 38 (Finot) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
25. Bosphorus Cup2026
Seanergya Regatta2021
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 38 (Finot) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Bavaria 37 (6 meetings), Mat 10 (6 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (6 meetings), Dufour 412 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 38 (Finot) 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
8.51
90°
Broad reach
9.34
135°
Downwind VMG
7.71
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 needs pressure to show what it can do. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in light air, 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)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.77 | 4.06 | 4.86 | 5.17 |
| 52° | 4.36 | 6.18 | 7.15 | 7.53 |
| 60° | 4.68 | 6.50 | 7.39 | 7.81 |
| 75° | 4.88 | 6.75 | 7.61 | 8.20 |
| 90° | 5.20 | 7.24 | 8.00 | 8.51 |
| 110° | 5.36 | 7.42 | 8.36 | 9.38 |
| 120° | 5.18 | 7.28 | 8.27 | 9.63 |
| 135° | 4.59 | 6.79 | 7.96 | 9.34 |
| 150° | 3.87 | 6.00 | 7.51 | 8.79 |
| Run VMG | 3.35 | 5.19 | 6.60 | 7.71 |
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 760 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 38 (Finot) rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 38 (Finot) carries 13.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.20 m boom, a forestay 13.99 m above the deck and a 5.15 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 5 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 85 to 112 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.