OCEANIS Clipper 311

 

 

  • Two versions: Bi-rudders and raisable keel or bulb keel
  • Performance and stiff
  • Rudder efficiency on the wind in order to control perfectly in all the conditions.
  • Stability and safety in the grounding thanks to its widened base by two rudders and the shape of "salmon with fins".(Illustration)
Océanis 311 sight of quoted(esteemed) (44 Kb)

Notes of the architect:

 

Jean Marie Finot (15 Kb)
We wanted to make a sure, easy to use boat, without trouble for the family cruise.
The hull is in the continuity of the first 310 and of the Figaro solo Bénéteau, it is similar to that of the first 31.7.

We worked on these hulls to have:

- Stability of shape
- Stability of progress
- Balance when heeling.

In other words a boat which doesn't heel and roll much.
The rigging is simple, moreover the shrouds are put on the plating that gives a more solid mast and especially much easier foresails to sheet in because of no overlapping. Furthermore it doesn't hang on to the rigging at the time of the tack. All the manoeuvres return in the cockpit.
Inside everything was conceived for the family cruise.
A drifter version was conceived with a very brief ballast which has a drift of hydrodynamic profile of 240 kg. The boat presses in the grounding on this widened ballast with two fins.

Signature JMF (5 Kb)

Jean Marie Finot


The characteristics of the boat:

 

Plan oceanis 311 sight of quoted(esteemed) (27Ko)
Overall length 9.85 m
Hull length 9.54 m
Waterline Length 8.80 m
Max beam 3.23 m
Draft 1.45 m
Displacement (keel fixed) About 3500 kg
Displacement (drifter) About 3800 kg
Ballast (keel fixed) About 1100 kg
Ballast (drifter) About 1400 kg
Sail surface close hauled 50 m ²
Main sail 25.70 m ²
Genoa 24.30 m ²
Spinnaker 71 m ²
Berths 6
   

Article on the grounding of him(her,it) océanis 311 (117 Kb)
Voile Magazine in August 98

An advanced technology for an exceptional boat:

 

 
Seen of hulls (33 Kb)

[Efficiency of the to leeward rudder in
order to control perfectly in all conditions]


Bi-rudders allows a better control as reaching as close hauled.
With two smaller rudders, the strain decreases much, and the safety increases.


The Océanis Clipper 311 is an easy boat to steer due to its stability of shape.
This boat is intended for the family coastal cruise boat .
The Océanis 311 in sea:
Océanis 311 sight of quoted(esteemed) (100 Kb) Oceanis 311 seen arriére (45 Kb)

The Océanis 311: a boat which doesn't heel and roll much.

 

The  photos result from
the Bénéteau's brochure


What do the papers say?

Articles on the sails of the Océanis Clipper 311 ()

 

Article (140 Kb)
Voile Magazine in August 98
François Chalain's article (87 Kb)

Bateaux in August 98


The Océanis Clipper 311, a comfortable boat, for the whole family...

Difficult to make better
A real owner's cabin of 2.05m of length on 1.90m, every well lit by an aft porthole. (...) Let us recognize that it is difficult to make better on a sailboat of less than 10 metres... Well conceived, practical, aesthetically pleasing, the Clipper 311 knows an incredible success since its launch. Perfectly adapted to the program of family cruise, it benefits also from an important asset, its price.

Extracted of an article of December, 1998 of the magazine Voile magazine.

Drawing inside (22 Kb)

The Océanis 311 one boat station wagon (92 Kb)
Inside Photos of the Océanis 311: Voile Magazine in August 98

Technical articles on the Océanis Clipper 311 were written in the following magazines:
Bateaux: July, 1998 - August, 1998
Voile magazine: August, 1998 - December, 1998

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[Illustration on grounding] [Articles on the sails] [ Inside Photos of the Océanis 311]

 

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