Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 DS

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The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 DS, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.00

LightHeavy

178 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 178

EasygoingPowered-up

16.2 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.2

TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2634 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 DS, as the fleet has seen it

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The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 43 Ds is a masthead sloop designed by Daniel Andrieu and built by Jeanneau from 1994 to 2006. It has a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, measures 12.8 meters LOA, 4.2 meters beam, 2.0 meters draft, and displaces 9549 kg. A shallow draft option of 1.6 meters was available. The model is a production sailboat, a type favored for modern bluewater cruising in non-circumnavigation voyages due to superior livability, larger cockpits, and easier installation of amenities like solar arrays compared to older, heavy-displacement designs.4:45 Production models like the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42DS, a similar model, constitute 53% of cruising monohulls under 60 feet participating in the ARC rally.4:16 These boats are considered highly capable for Caribbean and Mediterranean cruising.4:41 Buyers of 20-year-old production vessels should budget for maintenance, including standing rigging replacement, sail inventory updates, and potential engine overhauls for standard Yanmar 4JH series engines.6:18

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

30.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.2

Displacement / length

178.2

Comfort ratio

25.5

Capsize screening

2.00

Hull speed

8.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1842

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1994–2006

Designer

Daniel Andrieu

Builder

Jeanneau

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The family

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