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Jeanneau Sun Charm 39

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1988

A Jacques Fauroux-designed masthead sloop built for the charter trade, offering a balanced sail area and shoal draft options

Designed by Jacques Faroux.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.10
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 187
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.7
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.7
Displacement / length
187.4
Comfort ratio
21.6
Capsize screening
2.10
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1478
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1988
Designer
Jacques Faroux
Builder
Jeanneau

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