Beneteau Oceanis 311

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The Beneteau Oceanis 311, on the water

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

Footage from Lady K Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 17 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 17

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.13

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 146

EasygoingPowered-up

19.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.3

TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

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

Compared with 389 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Oceanis 311, as the fleet has seen it

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The Beneteau Oceanis 311 is a fractional sloop sailboat, designed by Group Finot and built by Beneteau from 1998 to the present. It shares its 9.8-meter hull design with several sister models, including the Figaro Solo, First 310, First 31.7, Stardust 311, and Oceanis 300. The boat has a beam of 3.2 meters, a draft of 1.4 meters, and a displacement of 3499 kg. It was offered with an optional lifting keel and twin rudders, and a wing/plate at the bottom of the keel helps keep the boat upright when beached. Aboard Lady K Sailing, a 1999 Beneteau Oceanis 311 showed "green flags" of good maintenance, including taut Sunbrella covers, organized lines, and a dry, original interior, suggesting careful single ownership.5:40

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

Presented as a good example of a used boat on the market
from Lady K Sailingseen October 20244:29

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

31.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

19.3

Displacement / length

146.2

Comfort ratio

17.5

Capsize screening

2.13

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1076

Hull

Hull type

Keel/CB w/dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1998

Units built

1042

Designer

Group Finot, Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)

Builder

Beneteau

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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.

Beneteau 311A fractional sloop featuring a roller-furling mast and an optional centerboard for versatile shoal-water cruising Beneteau Oceanis 311 LktrA Group Finot-designed cruiser featuring a lifting keel and twin rudders for beaching stability in shoal waters Beneteau Oceanis 300A masthead sloop with a 1.3-meter draft, designed for coastal cruising and ease of handling in shallow waters Beneteau Oceanis 31A Finot-Conq designed fractional sloop balancing a modern hull form with a stable 1.8-meter bulb keel Beneteau Oceanis 331A versatile Group Finot-designed masthead sloop offered in multiple keel and cabin configurations for cruising or charter Beneteau First 310A 9.45-meter fractional sloop with a 1.8-meter fin keel, optimized for a light displacement of 3,199 kilograms

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