Beneteau Oceanis 54

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The Beneteau Oceanis 54, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Sunday

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

Comfort ratio 24

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.04

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 119

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.4

TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 35%

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

Beamier than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1146 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Beneteau Oceanis 54, 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 54, also known as the BENETEAU 54, is a fractional sloop designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Beneteau since 2008. It measures 16.7 meters LOA with a 4.9-meter beam and a 2.3-meter draft, displacing 14,321 kg. The model is offered with a fin keel with bulb, and a shoal keel option is available, reducing the draft to 5.92 feet. Aboard *Sailing Sunday*, a 54-foot Beneteau was observed dragging anchor in the Balearic Islands during a squall, prompting the crew of *Sunday* to donate a 30-kg anchor, noting the Beneteau's 25-kg anchor was undersized for its displacement.9:52

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

34.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

21.4

Displacement / length

118.6

Comfort ratio

23.8

Capsize screening

2.04

Hull speed

9.4 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2825

Hull

Hull type

Fin Keel w/bulb

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2008

Designer

Berret - Racoupeau, Berret-Racoupeau

Builder

Beneteau

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The family

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