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Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 2004–2009

A Philippe Briand-designed fractional sloop balancing a high sail area-to-displacement ratio with cruiser comfort

Designed by Philippe Briand & Jeanneau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing La Vagabonde

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

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.06
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 176
EasygoingPowered-up

22.3 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.3
TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

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

  • Beamier than ~86% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2341 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45, built from 2004 to 2009, is a fractional sloop designed by Philippe Briand. It has a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull, an LOA of 13.7 meters, a beam of 4.4 meters, a draft of 2.0 meters, and a displacement of 9900 kg.5:14 A shallow draft keel option of 1.65 meters was also available. The crew of *Sailing La Vagabonde* mentioned the model while preparing for a 180-nautical-mile passage from Malta to Hammamet, Tunisia, where they encountered headwinds and maintained a two-hour watch rotation.8:21

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45 on video

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
29.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.3
Displacement / length
176.3
Comfort ratio
24.2
Capsize screening
2.06
Hull speed
8.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1952
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
2004–2009
Designer
Philippe Briand, Jeanneau
Builder
Jeanneau

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The family

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