Oceanis 50
Beneteau · Berret/Racoupeau · 2005
Updated
The Oceanis 50 is a 14.86 m displacement racing yacht designed by Berret/Racoupeau and built by Beneteau, first launched in 2005. It races in Class B.
Length
14.86 m
48′ 9″
Beam
4.63 m
Draft
2.04 m
Displacement
12.7 t
Sail area
110 m²
On the podium
Where a Oceanis 50 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
6
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 6 starts by 2 boats between 2016 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Oceanis 50 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2024
Regata dei Cinque Fari2016
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: 1 race 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 50 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Xp 44 (5 meetings), JOD 35 (5 meetings), Rm 126 (5 meetings), X-562 (5 meetings), X-372 (5 meetings), X-332 (5 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (5 meetings), First 31.7 (5 meetings), Bavaria 40 Cruiser (5 meetings), Elan 31 (Design) (5 meetings), Hanse 370 (5 meetings), Bavaria 36 (5 meetings), Optima 101 (5 meetings), Baltic 37 (5 meetings), X-442 (5 meetings), Comet 41 (5 meetings), First 29 (5 meetings), Olympic Sea 42 (5 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 26 (5 meetings), Dufour 3800 (5 meetings), Rush 31 (5 meetings), First 41 (5 meetings), Dromor 26 (5 meetings), Elan 410 (5 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (5 meetings), Dufour 40 (5 meetings), Xp 38 (1 meeting), Tripp 40 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), Canados 33 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Oceanis 50 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
5.44
42°
Beam reach
9.21
90°
Broad reach
10.02
135°
Downwind VMG
8.23
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. 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 on the beam 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 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 50
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.18 | 4.60 | 5.26 | 5.44 |
| 52° | 5.02 | 6.96 | 7.81 | 8.07 |
| 60° | 5.39 | 7.30 | 8.12 | 8.41 |
| 75° | 5.65 | 7.56 | 8.40 | 8.88 |
| 90° | 5.72 | 7.79 | 8.61 | 9.21 |
| 110° | 5.73 | 8.03 | 9.02 | 9.95 |
| 120° | 5.56 | 7.88 | 8.96 | 10.27 |
| 135° | 4.92 | 7.31 | 8.62 | 10.02 |
| 150° | 4.13 | 6.39 | 7.97 | 9.24 |
| Run VMG | 3.58 | 5.54 | 6.92 | 8.23 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 680 kg.
Rigging
Oceanis 50 rig and sail dimensions
A Oceanis 50 carries 16.84 m of mainsail hoist on a 6.01 m boom, a forestay 17.91 m above the deck and a 6.18 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 109 to 155 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.