Oceanis 40.1
Beneteau · Marc Lombard · 2022
Updated
The Oceanis 40.1 is a 11.97 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2022. It races in Class C.
Length
11.97 m
39′ 3″
Beam
4.18 m
Draft
2.06 m
Displacement
8.0 t
Sail area
71 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 40.1 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
1
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 5 starts by 2 boats between 2024 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 40.1 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Κυπελλο Χριστουγεννων"2025- "Αγ. Νικολαου 2025"2025
- "Κυπελλο Δεη 2025"2025
- "Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2024"2024
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: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 40.1 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 35 (Berret) (5 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (5 meetings), Atlantic 31 (5 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (4 meetings), Oceanis 393 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (4 meetings), Salona 37 (4 meetings), Dufour 35 (4 meetings), Maxi 84 (4 meetings), Dufour 390 (4 meetings), Dromor 26 (6 meetings), Hanse 315 (4 meetings), Discovery 300 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (5 meetings), Elan 34 (2 meetings), Moody 34 (2 meetings), Oceanis 38.1 (3 meetings), Dufour 40 (3 meetings), Dehler 38 (Stadt) (2 meetings), Dufour 325 (2 meetings), Oceanis 34.1 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 343 (2 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (2 meetings), Elan 410 (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (2 meetings), Feeling 920 (3 meetings), First 28 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 469 (3 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (4 meetings), Hanse 430 (3 meetings), Apollo 12 (3 meetings), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (4 meetings), Feeling 39 (3 meetings), Dufour 30 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 40.1 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
5.40
41°
Beam reach
8.74
90°
Broad reach
9.37
135°
Downwind VMG
7.73
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 cracked off once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward 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 40.1
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.85 | 4.14 | 4.99 | 5.40 |
| 52° | 4.51 | 6.31 | 7.34 | 7.85 |
| 60° | 4.89 | 6.67 | 7.59 | 8.14 |
| 75° | 5.14 | 6.98 | 7.81 | 8.51 |
| 90° | 5.55 | 7.44 | 8.17 | 8.74 |
| 110° | 5.58 | 7.62 | 8.49 | 9.43 |
| 120° | 5.41 | 7.48 | 8.42 | 9.65 |
| 135° | 4.82 | 6.98 | 8.10 | 9.37 |
| 150° | 4.06 | 6.16 | 7.55 | 8.65 |
| Run VMG | 3.52 | 5.34 | 6.57 | 7.73 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 750 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 40.1 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 40.1 carries 14.69 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.00 m boom, a forestay 15.13 m above the deck and a 5.45 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 — 100 to 140 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.