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Sunbeam 29.1

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel w/dual Rudders · First built 2023

A high-performance fractional sloop with a swing keel and dual rudders, designed for agile sailing in shallow waters

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel w/dual Rudders

See her sail

The Sunbeam 29.1, on the water

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

Footage from Jakob Lang Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.49 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 2,000 kg of hull, so roughly 2,600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.85 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 113
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.2
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Sunbeam 29.1, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Sunbeam 29.1 is a fractional sloop with a swing keel and dual rudders, built by Sunbeam Watersports GmbH and Schochl Yachtbau in Austria since 2023. It measures 9.0 meters LOA, with a 2.5-meter beam and a 1.9-meter draft, displacing 2000 kg. Its sail plan includes a square-top main and self-tacking jib, with a standard main sail area of 30 square meters and an optional 60-square-meter gennaker. Jakob Lang toured a Sunbeam 29.1 at the Tulln boat show in Austria.4:40

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

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.2
Displacement / length
113.0
Comfort ratio
15.4
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
757
Hull
Hull type
Swing keel w/dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2023
Builder
Sunbeam Watersports GmbH (Austria)

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The family

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