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Beneteau Sense 43

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders · First built 2011

A Berret-Racoupeau fractional sloop featuring dual rudders and a wide beam designed for modern, stable cruising

Designed by Berret-Racoupeau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Dual Rudders

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The Beneteau Sense 43, on the water

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

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 165
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.6
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.

  • Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2566 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Sense 43, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Beneteau Sense 43 is a Berret-Racoupeau-designed fractional sloop built by Beneteau since 2011, featuring a fin keel with a bulb and dual rudders. This luxury cruising sailboat has an LOA of 13.2 meters, a beam of 4.3 meters, a draft of 2.0 meters, and displaces 10069 kg. Beneteau prioritizes interior volume, high freeboard, and amenities like folding transoms, electric winches, and in-mast furling in its Sense series.2:38 While popular for coastal cruising and island hopping, these production boats typically have lighter construction and less space for custom additions than heavier bluewater vessels.5:18 Buyers should inspect the bilge matrix and keel-to-hull mounting points for stress cracks, especially on high-aspect keel models.8:34

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
26.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.6
Displacement / length
165.0
Comfort ratio
25.3
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
8.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1959
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2011
Designer
Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Beneteau

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