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Beneteau 46

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

A 14.4-metre 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 Sailing Yacht Ula

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 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 Berret-Racoupeau-designed fractional sloop with a fin-and-bulb keel and spade rudder, built by Beneteau from 2007. Marketed as the Oceanis 46 outside the US, it displaces 10,565 kg with a 14.4-meter LOA and a 4.2-meter beam. Its standard draft is 2.0 meters, though a shallow-keel option reduces draft to 1.7 meters. The interior was designed by Nauta Design. The main sail measures 44.40 square meters, and a 140% genoa adds 49.10 square meters of sail area. An asymmetrical spinnaker option provides 120 square meters.

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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On the water

The Beneteau 46 on video

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

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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The family

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