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Beneteau Oceanis 320

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1987

A Philippe Briand-designed masthead sloop from 1987, balancing a light displacement with a high sail area for lively performance

Designed by Phillippe Briand & Philippe Briand.

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

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The Beneteau Oceanis 320, on the water

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

Footage from Vie d'écume

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.08
LightHeavy

185 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 185
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.2
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.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Oceanis 320, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Beneteau Oceanis 320 is a 9.2-meter masthead sloop designed by Philippe Briand, built by Beneteau from 1987 to the present. It features a fin keel with a bulb and a spade rudder, a beam of 3.3 meters, a draft of 1.4 meters, and a displacement of 3999 kg. Aboard *Corail*, a Beneteau Oceanis 440, a solo sailor departing Marigot, Saint-Martin, maintained VHF radio contact with a Beneteau Oceanis 320 named *Pamplemousse* during the initial 24 hours of a transatlantic passage.3:27 The *Pamplemousse* was sailing in 10 to 20 knots of wind and significant currents near Anguilla.24:05

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.2
Displacement / length
185.4
Comfort ratio
20.4
Capsize screening
2.08
Hull speed
7.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1059
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1987
Designer
Phillippe Briand, Philippe Briand
Builder
Beneteau

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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