Oceanis 46.1
Beneteau · Pascal Conq · 2018
Updated
The Oceanis 46.1 is a 13.69 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Pascal Conq and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2018. It races in Class A. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 33% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 33% of the boats it races against.
31st of 46 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in medium and heavy air.
This design has been found in real race results — 24 starts across 14 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
13.69 m
44′ 11″
Beam
4.51 m
Draft
2.35 m
Displacement
10.9 t
Sail area
114 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 46.1 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 24 starts by 5 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 24 starts by 5 boats between 2024 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 46.1 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Nazionale d'Area - Isole Sicilia e Sardegna2026
"Αιγινα2026- Trofeo Rotta dei Florio2026
- 3ος Ιστιοπλοϊκός Αγώνας Α/Θ ¨Πέρδικα 2026¨2026
- 49° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura2026
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: 8 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
0%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 46.1 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Comet 45 (7 meetings), Stag 38 (7 meetings), Bonin 31 (7 meetings), Rimar 44.3 (7 meetings), X-362 (7 meetings), Cobra 33 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (6 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (6 meetings), Elan 410 (5 meetings), Elan 40 (5 meetings), Neo 430 (6 meetings), Polaris 33 (4 meetings), Centurion 40 (4 meetings), First 28 (4 meetings), Dufour 35 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Jézéquel) (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (4 meetings), Maxi 84 (4 meetings), Salona 37 (4 meetings), Melody (4 meetings), Hanse 430 (4 meetings), Oceanis 423 (4 meetings), Bavaria 36 (4 meetings), Farr 400 (3 meetings), Millenium 40 (3 meetings), Xp 50 (3 meetings), Solaris 36 (6 meetings), Comet 41 (3 meetings), First 44.7 (3 meetings), Atlantic 31 (5 meetings), Dufour 34 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 46.1 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
5.86
39°
Beam reach
9.72
90°
Broad reach
11.02
135°
Downwind VMG
8.69
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 once the breeze fills, 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 0.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Oceanis 46.1
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.49 | 4.94 | 5.67 | 5.86 |
| 52° | 5.55 | 7.45 | 8.18 | 8.43 |
| 60° | 6.05 | 7.82 | 8.44 | 8.73 |
| 75° | 6.30 | 8.10 | 8.75 | 9.26 |
| 90° | 6.30 | 8.31 | 9.06 | 9.72 |
| 110° | 6.37 | 8.49 | 9.48 | 10.62 |
| 120° | 6.14 | 8.40 | 9.54 | 11.03 |
| 135° | 5.50 | 7.91 | 9.14 | 11.02 |
| 150° | 4.60 | 6.95 | 8.47 | 9.91 |
| Run VMG | 3.99 | 6.02 | 7.37 | 8.69 |
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 700 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 46.1 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 46.1 carries 17.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.62 m boom, a forestay 18.33 m above the deck and a 6.56 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 9 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 128 to 187 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.