Oceanic 46 (Brewer)

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The Oceanic 46 (Brewer), on the water

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

Footage from Plan-Sea

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 41 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 41

CoastalBluewater

At 1.68 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.68

LightHeavy

308 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 308

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.9

TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~89% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2253 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Oceanic 46 (Brewer), as the fleet has seen it

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The Oceanic 46 is a cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Ted Brewer, with construction supervised in Taiwan by Pan Oceanic founder Robert Pancoe from 1980 until approximately 1983. It features a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, measures 13.9 meters LOA, has a 4.1-meter beam, 1.8-meter draft, and displaces 15,195 kg. The model is also known as the Pan Oceanic 46, Mao Ta 46, and generically as the Brewer 46; the SEASTAR 460 is a nearly identical design built later. Aboard Plan-Sea, a crew inspecting an Oceanic 46 in Florida found significant engine oil leaks during a pre-purchase inspection, leading them to reject the vessel.

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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Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel looked into buying

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

34.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.9

Displacement / length

307.6

Comfort ratio

41.2

Capsize screening

1.68

Hull speed

8.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1761

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1980

Units built

40

Designer

Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer

Builder

Mao Ta Shipyard (TAIWAN), (Taiwan)

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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.

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