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Jeanneau Voyage 12.5

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1987

A 12.5-meter masthead sloop with a 1.65-meter draft that served as the predecessor to the Sun Odyssey 42

Designed by Guy Ribadeau Dumas.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Jeanneau Voyage 12.5, on the water

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

Footage from Alfredo Contaldo

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

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.04
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 217
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.6
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

  • Draws less than ~81% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2723 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Jeanneau Voyage 12.5, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Jeanneau Voyage 12.5 is a masthead sloop designed by Guy Ribadeau Dumas, built by Jeanneau from 1987 to the present, with a length overall of 12.5 meters, a beam of 4.1 meters, and a displacement of 8149 kg. Its hull features a fin with a rudder on skeg, and the model was later updated to become the Sun Odyssey 42. Aboard Alfredo Contaldo, a 1990 Jeanneau Voyage 1250 motorsailed toward Cefalù, Sicily, using its mainsail to reduce rolling in a light headwind.0:08 The boat anchored in the Cefalù roadstead, where a northeast swell caused significant motion overnight.4:13 The crew later moved the vessel to a transit pier in the harbor.17:34

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
41.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.6
Displacement / length
216.6
Comfort ratio
24.8
Capsize screening
2.04
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1587
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1987
Designer
Guy Ribadeau Dumas
Builder
Jeanneau

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Related models

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Jeanneau Voyage 11.2A Guy Ribadeau Dumas-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for offshore stability and controlJeanneau Sun Odyssey 42A short-run 1990s cruiser featuring a fin keel with a partial skeg-hung rudder for directional stabilityJeanneau Sun Odyssey 42.2A 12.8-meter masthead sloop featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, evolved from the Voyage 12.50 for cruising comfortJeanneau Sun Odyssey 42.1A Daniel Andrieu-designed masthead sloop with a 19.32 sail area-to-displacement ratio for balanced cruising performanceJeanneau Sun Odyssey 47 CCA Philippe Briand-designed center cockpit cruiser built for offshore comfort with a stable, deep-draft fin keel

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