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 Sun
Odyssey 39i
This design from Marc Lombard
makes an interesting comparison to
the
Bavaria 39. Both boats
appear aimed at similar markets and
both boats have all the earmarks of
modern European cruising boats. In
fact, from a distance they could be
hard to tell apart.
Performances and handling
The
keel has a long root footprint,
elongated trailing and leading edge
fillets and a 23-degree sweep to the
leading edge. The bulb extends a
long way past the trailing edge.
The rig is the typical fractional
rig with swept spreaders and the
chainplates are bolted to the hull
outboard. This is a strong and
inexpensive way to do chainplates.
It’s not particularly good looking
as it does break the sheer but it is
strong and less prone to leaking
than the normal, through-the-deck
chainplate detail. Of course, with
the chainplates outboard you cannot
sheet a genoa in tight enough to
squeeze the boat up on the wind. You
will have to restrict yourself to
minimal overlap headsails for tight
sheeting angles.
The
mainsheet traveller is amazingly
short. It appears to be about 32
inches wide from end to end. The
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Specifications
(owner's version in parenthesis) |
- Year of built: 2006 - in production
- Cabins: 3 (2)
- WC: 1 (1)
- Guests in cabins: 6 (4)
- Guests on board: 7 (5)
- L.O.A.: 11,86 m
- L.W.L.: 10,71 m
- Beam: 3,88 m
- Draft:
2,00 m
- Fuel capacity: 130 lit
- Water capacity: 255 lit
- Engine: 40 hp
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This is a short rig by today’s standards
and should be appreciated in areas where it
blows.
Accommodation
The deck design features a
cockpit with twin wheels. This
has the advantage of opening up the cockpit
to the swim platform and allowing someone to
walk by without having to crawl around a
large-diameter wheel. The boat retains
a large port lazarette.
The Jeanneau
39i has one head and two
aft staterooms. This takes all
the pressure off the
saloon and allows room for
opposing settees. Note that the
port settee extends under the
chart table.
Charter price
With average charter price at €2.880 per week, you will
find the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 39i rather
expensive to charter, above most of the
similar size and age vessels. This
model would make a sensible family cruising
boat.
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