Oceanis 400
Beneteau · Jean-Marie Finot · 1993
Updated
The Oceanis 400 is a 11.80 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Beneteau, first launched in 1993. It races in Class C.
Length
11.80 m
38′ 9″
Beam
3.92 m
Draft
1.67 m
Displacement
7.3 t
Sail area
78 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 400 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
7
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 7 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 400 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022
Tama2020- Tama2019
- Συμη2018
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: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 400 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 42 (Farr) (6 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 26 (6 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (6 meetings), Grand Surprise (6 meetings), Yca 29 (6 meetings), First 41 (6 meetings), Optima 101 (6 meetings), Hanse 370 (6 meetings), First 32 (4 meetings), X-362 (2 meetings), Mirage 28 (2 meetings), Bavaria 44 (2 meetings), Dufour 350 (2 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (2 meetings), Elan 333 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), First 36.7 (2 meetings), Elan S3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Zuanelli 401 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Hanse 411 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 49 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46 (Berret) (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Figaro 2 (1 meeting), Bavaria Holiday 38 (1 meeting), Millenium 40 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), Sweden Yachts 340 (1 meeting), Hanse 540e (1 meeting), Italia 9.98 (1 meeting)
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
5.04
42°
Beam reach
8.44
90°
Broad reach
9.11
135°
Downwind VMG
7.90
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 across the wind when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 400
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.99 | 4.27 | 4.93 | 5.04 |
| 52° | 4.74 | 6.49 | 7.26 | 7.45 |
| 60° | 5.13 | 6.81 | 7.49 | 7.75 |
| 75° | 5.37 | 7.04 | 7.71 | 8.17 |
| 90° | 5.27 | 7.09 | 7.83 | 8.44 |
| 110° | 5.22 | 7.27 | 8.11 | 8.95 |
| 120° | 5.04 | 7.15 | 8.11 | 9.21 |
| 135° | 4.52 | 6.71 | 7.88 | 9.11 |
| 150° | 3.84 | 6.00 | 7.45 | 8.55 |
| Run VMG | 3.32 | 5.21 | 6.60 | 7.90 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 770 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 400 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 400 carries 13.10 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.87 m boom, a forestay 14.70 m above the deck and a 5.03 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 — 89 to 96 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.