Oceanis 390
Beneteau · Philippe Briand · 1988
Updated
The Oceanis 390 is a 11.30 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Briand and built by Beneteau, first launched in 1988. It races in Class C.
Length
11.30 m
37′ 1″
Beam
3.85 m
Draft
1.55 m
Displacement
7.5 t
Sail area
66 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 390 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 28 starts by 3 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 28 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 390 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Αγκιστρι 2026"2026- 6η Regatta Σαρωνικού2026
- "Επιδαυρος 2024"2024
- Aegean Regatta2022
- Κορφος2021
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: 4 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
4%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 390 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Oceanis 37 (7 meetings), First 31.7 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (7 meetings), Oceanis 393 (7 meetings), Sigma 33 (7 meetings), Dehler 38 (Stadt) (6 meetings), Catalina 320 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 390 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
4.61
44°
Beam reach
7.87
90°
Broad reach
8.54
135°
Downwind VMG
7.13
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. 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 across the wind in a working breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a broad reach 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 390
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.62 | 3.80 | 4.44 | 4.61 |
| 52° | 4.18 | 5.86 | 6.70 | 6.95 |
| 60° | 4.53 | 6.20 | 6.97 | 7.25 |
| 75° | 4.75 | 6.47 | 7.22 | 7.63 |
| 90° | 4.91 | 6.83 | 7.52 | 7.87 |
| 110° | 5.05 | 7.02 | 7.78 | 8.55 |
| 120° | 4.89 | 6.88 | 7.74 | 8.72 |
| 135° | 4.37 | 6.43 | 7.50 | 8.54 |
| 150° | 3.70 | 5.67 | 6.97 | 7.93 |
| Run VMG | 3.20 | 4.91 | 6.06 | 7.13 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 610 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 390 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 390 carries 12.61 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.47 m boom, a forestay 14.10 m above the deck and a 4.83 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails