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Jeanneau Sun Fast 40

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2003

A 12-metre performance cruiser with a 1.93m draft and a balanced 18.93 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Daniel Andrieu.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & 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 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.05
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 194
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.9
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.9
Displacement / length
194.1
Comfort ratio
23.3
Capsize screening
2.05
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1539
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2003
Designer
Daniel Andrieu
Builder
Jeanneau

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