BoatsBeneteau Cyclades 39.3

Beneteau Cyclades 39.3

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

A spacious fractional sloop designed by Berret-Racoupeau specifically for the charter trade

Designed by Berret, Racoupeau & Berret-Racoupeau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Beneteau Cyclades 39.3, on the water

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

Footage from pabloberrusails

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

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.08
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 163
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.4
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 30%

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

  • Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2891 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Cyclades 39.3, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Beneteau Cyclades 39.3 is a fractional sloop designed by Berret-Racoupeau, built by Beneteau from 2007, and primarily sold to the charter trade. It measures 12.0 m LOA, with a 4.0 m beam, 1.9 m draft, and displaces 7095 kg. The design likely derives from the earlier Beneteau 393 or Oceanis 393. Aboard *Sofia*, a Beneteau Cyclades 39.3, Pablo Berrus performed a full antifouling and propeller service at Rebac Marina in Langkawi, Malaysia, sanding the hull, priming through-hulls and the lead keel, and applying two coats of antifouling paint.13:52 He also applied specialist propeller paint, replaced anodes, and greased the folding propeller mechanism.32:30

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

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.4
Displacement / length
162.9
Comfort ratio
22.0
Capsize screening
2.08
Hull speed
7.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1621
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2007
Designer
Berret, Racoupeau, Berret-Racoupeau
Builder
Beneteau

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The family

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