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Beneteau 373

Fin Keel w/bulb · First built 2004

A Berret-Racoupeau designed cruiser featuring a bulb-fin keel and a high-volume hull optimized for comfortable coastal cruising

Designed by Berret, Racoupeau & Berret-Racoupeau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin Keel w/bulb

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The Beneteau 373, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

2.02 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.02
LightHeavy

185 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 185
EasygoingPowered-up

16.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.3
TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau 373, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Beneteau 373 is a Berret-Racoupeau-designed fin-keel sailboat built by Beneteau from 2004 to the present, with an LOA of 11.2 meters, a beam of 3.8 meters, and a displacement of 6630 kg. It features a standard draft of 1.9 meters, with a shallow keel option reducing draft to 1.45 meters. The model is also known as the OCEANIS CLIPPER 373. Deb Fish, Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, emphasizes that a positive attitude is the most critical trait for offshore crew members, particularly during high-stress tasks like sail changes in heavy weather.28:35 Fish advocates for inclusive crew management, empowering all crew members to learn every role on the boat.45:02 She notes that delivery passages after races offer low-stress opportunities for inexperienced crew to practice helming and technical tasks.45:56

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.5%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.3
Displacement / length
184.9
Comfort ratio
23.5
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1442
Hull
Hull type
Fin Keel w/bulb
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2004
Designer
Berret, Racoupeau, Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Beneteau

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Related models

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