Oceanis 440
Beneteau · Bruce Farr · 1992
Updated
The Oceanis 440 is a 13.12 m displacement racing yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built by Beneteau, first launched in 1992. It races in Class B.
Length
13.12 m
43′ 1″
Beam
4.23 m
Draft
1.76 m
Displacement
9.8 t
Sail area
88 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 440 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
21%
of 19 starts by 2 boats
Wins
11%
Read from 19 starts by 2 boats between 2017 and 2023, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 440 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2023
:Nikolaos Koumiotis 2022"2022- Kypello Amfitheas2021
- Aegean Regatta2021
- Σοπρακομιτος2021
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
27%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 440 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Hallberg Rassy 26 (7 meetings), Optima 101 (7 meetings), Elan 31 (Design) (7 meetings), First 41 (7 meetings), Grand Surprise (7 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (7 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (7 meetings), Yca 29 (7 meetings), First 32 (7 meetings), Discovery 300 (7 meetings), Bavaria 37 (6 meetings), Dufour 3800 (4 meetings), Bavaria 36 (4 meetings), Elan 40 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (4 meetings), Elan 37 (4 meetings), Elan 410 (4 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (4 meetings), First 456 (4 meetings), Comet 41 (4 meetings), Bavaria 44 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (4 meetings), Sun Light 30 (4 meetings), Melody (4 meetings), Carter 33 (4 meetings), Dromor 26 (4 meetings), Moody 38 (3 meetings), Hanse 370 (3 meetings), Dufour 350 (3 meetings), Mirage 28 (3 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (3 meetings), Figaro 2 (3 meetings), Elan 340 (3 meetings), First 31.7 (3 meetings), Sunrise 35 (3 meetings), First 27.7 (3 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 35 (3 meetings), Moody 33 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 440 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
5.29
41°
Beam reach
8.62
90°
Broad reach
9.27
135°
Downwind VMG
8.14
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. 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 once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 440
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.07 | 4.39 | 5.10 | 5.29 |
| 52° | 4.86 | 6.69 | 7.49 | 7.72 |
| 60° | 5.24 | 7.02 | 7.72 | 7.99 |
| 75° | 5.51 | 7.25 | 7.94 | 8.38 |
| 90° | 5.44 | 7.37 | 8.10 | 8.62 |
| 110° | 5.49 | 7.57 | 8.36 | 9.15 |
| 120° | 5.33 | 7.46 | 8.35 | 9.41 |
| 135° | 4.75 | 7.00 | 8.11 | 9.27 |
| 150° | 4.00 | 6.19 | 7.64 | 8.77 |
| Run VMG | 3.47 | 5.36 | 6.80 | 8.14 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 700 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 440 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 440 carries 14.19 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.23 m boom, a forestay 15.82 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails