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Beneteau 46

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2007

A 14.4-meter cruiser from 2007 featuring a fin keel with bulb and a balanced 1.96 capsize screening ratio

Designed by Berret-Racoupeau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Beneteau 46, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from El Viaje de Bohemia

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26
CoastalBluewater

1.96 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.96
LightHeavy

162 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 162
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.3
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

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

  • Beamier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2095 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau 46, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Beneteau 46 is a fractional sloop designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Beneteau from 2007 to the present, part of the Oceanis line. It measures 14.4 meters LOA with a 4.2-meter beam and a 2.0-meter draft, displacing 10,565 kg. The interior was designed by Nauta Design. Aboard *El Viaje de Bohemia*, a Beneteau 46 completed a 500-mile maiden voyage from Pensacola, Florida, to Dry Tortugas, motor-sailing at 7 to 8 knots through squalls during hurricane season.3:24 The crew used this passage as a shakedown cruise to assess the boat's systems and hull condition.8:28

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Beneteau 46 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
27.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.3
Displacement / length
162.1
Comfort ratio
25.5
Capsize screening
1.96
Hull speed
8.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1994
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2007
Designer
Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Beneteau

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Related models

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