Feeling 446

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The Feeling 446, on the water

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

Footage from VOILIER ODIN

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 22 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 22

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.18

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 200

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.6

TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

Draws less than ~90% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2315 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Feeling 446, as the fleet has seen it

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The Feeling 446 is a 13.8-meter masthead sloop designed by Harle, Mortain, and Mavrikios, built by Kirie from 1990 to the present. It features a fin keel with a spade rudder, a 4.5-meter beam, a 1.6-meter draft, and displaces 9026 kg. The model is available in a three-cabin owners' version or a four-cabin charter version, similar to the Elite 446. Aboard VOILIER ODIN, the owner addressed condensation by installing ventilation grilles and planned to insulate the anchor locker ceiling.2:18 The owner also modified the off-center anchor locker with a custom guide to improve chain stowage.9:24 VOILIER ODIN sailed a coastal passage from Rochefort to the Île d'Aix, navigating the Charente River in 25-knot winds and motor-sailing in light winds at 2 to 3.7 knots.17:26

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

30.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.6

Displacement / length

200.3

Comfort ratio

22.2

Capsize screening

2.18

Hull speed

8.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1867

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1990

Designer

Harle, Mortain, Mavrikios

Builder

Kirie

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Feeling 486A Gilles Vaton masthead sloop featuring a 1.6m shoal draft and a light displacement-to-length ratio for her size Feeling 346A deck salon DI variant introduced in 1987, this masthead sloop is a fixture of the Mediterranean charter trade Elite 446A 13.66-meter masthead sloop featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, designed for stable cruising with a 2.03-meter draft Feeling 326A versatile masthead sloop offered with a centerboard or fin keel, marketed as the Elite 326 in North America Feeling 1040Marketed in the USA as the Elite 364, this masthead sloop balances a 44% ballast ratio with a shallow 1.4m draft

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