Oceanis 46 (Berret)
Beneteau · Jean Berret · 2006
Updated
The Oceanis 46 (Berret) is a 13.70 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jean Berret and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2006. It races in Class B.
Length
13.70 m
44′ 11″
Beam
4.30 m
Draft
2.03 m
Displacement
10.6 t
Sail area
96 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 46 (Berret) finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
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 1 start by 1 boat between 2022, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 46 (Berret) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2022
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: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Oceanis 46 (Berret) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Elan 333 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Oceanis 400 (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), 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), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 37 (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
5.63
40°
Beam reach
9.07
90°
Broad reach
9.92
135°
Downwind VMG
8.13
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 0.4 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 (Berret)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.29 | 4.71 | 5.45 | 5.63 |
| 52° | 5.18 | 7.09 | 7.86 | 8.12 |
| 60° | 5.57 | 7.39 | 8.08 | 8.39 |
| 75° | 5.86 | 7.62 | 8.30 | 8.73 |
| 90° | 5.84 | 7.81 | 8.49 | 9.07 |
| 110° | 6.02 | 8.10 | 8.93 | 9.74 |
| 120° | 5.91 | 8.02 | 8.91 | 10.11 |
| 135° | 5.18 | 7.61 | 8.63 | 9.92 |
| 150° | 4.35 | 6.69 | 8.09 | 9.15 |
| Run VMG | 3.77 | 5.80 | 7.06 | 8.13 |
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 880 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 46 (Berret) rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 46 (Berret) carries 15.27 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.30 m boom, a forestay 16.50 m above the deck and a 5.20 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 — 128 to 171 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.