SUN LION
Class CHeavy displacementCruiser/Racer

SUN LION — GRE 1518

Model: Sun Odyssey 34.2

JeanneauJacques Fauroux

Updated

SUN LION (GRE 1518) is a Sun Odyssey 34.2 designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau. She has been racing since 2021. She sails with a smaller sail plan and a shallower keel than most Sun Odyssey 34.2s. Against a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2 she is slower upwind in light air, on a beam reach and downwind.

SUN LION GRE 1518 - Jacques Fauroux - Jeanneau

Racing record

Races with at least six boats

8

Race starts

0

Wins

0%

Podiums

2

Race Edge

Sun Odyssey 34.2: 4

676.9s/mile

Rating 2025

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn1
10–16 kn93
Over 16 kn86
SUN LIONA typical Sun Odyssey 34.2How Race Edge works
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Length

9.98 m

32′ 9″

Beam

3.29 m

Draft

1.70 m

Displacement

5.1 t

Sail area

55 m²

On the podium

Where SUN LION finishes when she goes racing.

0

Wins

0

Seconds

0

Thirds

8

Starts

Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with SUN LION on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • Greece"Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2023"202327
  • Greece"Epidavros 2022"202221202019
  • GreeceKypello Amfitheas202144
  • Greece"Αγκιστρι 2021"20214343

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Round the buoys, or offshore

A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.

Round the buoys

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Not enough data yet: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.

Offshore & coastal

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Not enough data yet: 7 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.

Who she races against

The boats SUN LION meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.

SUN LION aheadRival ahead
ALMYRA · Sun Odyssey 36.20%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
ALITAKI · Dufour 3013%ahead in 1 of 8 meetings
HURRICANE · Gin Fizz0%ahead in 0 of 8 meetings
Other competitors (101)

Met too few times for a figure.

ANNA MARIA II (Atlantic 31, 7 meetings), SAGINI (Triton 48, 7 meetings), ELEONORA (Carter 33, 7 meetings), THALASSINOS AETOS (Gib Sea 334, 7 meetings), AGIA PARASKEVI (Oceanis 381, 7 meetings), ADRA (First 31.7, 6 meetings), NATASSA (Feeling 920, 6 meetings), AURA (Dufour 325, 6 meetings), PANDORA (Sun Odyssey 34.2, 6 meetings), NAFSITHOI (Discovery 300, 6 meetings), SOTIRIS JUNIOR (Nereis 30, 6 meetings), HARA TON ANGELON IV (Elan 45, 6 meetings), JULIANNA (Moody 34, 6 meetings), CHAMOGELO (Grand Soleil 34 (Finot), 4 meetings), TOMAHAWK (First 45 (Farr), 4 meetings), MANOULI TOO (Sun Odyssey 45.1, 4 meetings), MARSO (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 4 meetings), BLUE (Carter 33, 4 meetings), ISIDOROS (First 28, 4 meetings), ERATO (Dufour 30, 4 meetings), VENTUS (Sun Fast 37, 3 meetings), METHI (Sun Odyssey 36, 3 meetings), MELINA (Elan 333, 3 meetings), VENCEREMOS (Elan 40, 3 meetings), KALIPSO (Bavaria Holiday 35, 3 meetings), DIAS (First 38, 3 meetings), ARGONAFTIS II (First 32, 3 meetings), EVITA K (Atlantic 31, 3 meetings), FILIRA (Grand Soleil 37 (Design), 3 meetings), ANEMOLIA (Catalina 320, 3 meetings), FLORANNA III (Hanse 315, 3 meetings), BLUE LINE (Sun Shine 36, 3 meetings), LAIDA 2 (Ecume De Mer, 2 meetings), POSEIDON (First 38, 2 meetings), CHRISTINA II (Dehler 38 (Stadt), 2 meetings), GALAZIOS ANEMOS (Feeling 920, 2 meetings), NEXUS (X-402, 2 meetings), PILEFS (Hallberg Rassy 352, 2 meetings), ALHIMISTIS ONEIROU (Melody, 2 meetings), THARRINOS (Sun Odyssey 37.1, 2 meetings), ILIADA (Sun Odyssey 33.1, 2 meetings), SKORPIOS (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), LAST LOVE (First 30 (Berret), 2 meetings), ANEMOS (Dufour 36, 2 meetings), TOLMI (First 32, 2 meetings), HOY HOY (North Wind 435, 2 meetings), SEA PEARL (Elan 34, 2 meetings), IRIS (Sun Shine 38, 2 meetings), BLUESCAPE (Oceanis 361, 2 meetings), KATE MARY V (Sun Odyssey 32, 2 meetings), BELL' ANGIOLINA (Brigand 9.5, 2 meetings), JEANNE BONNE (Dromor 26, 2 meetings), SIBYLLA (Eygthene 24, 2 meetings), NAIS (Dufour 33, 2 meetings), AERIKO (Mirage 28, 2 meetings), METATRON (Bavaria 42, 2 meetings), SARAVA (Alpa 34, 2 meetings), HARIS (Discovery 300, 2 meetings), ANASTASSIA (Moody 34, 2 meetings), ATHINA (Atlantic 31, 2 meetings), VIKOULA (Hallberg Rassy 352, 2 meetings), MYTHOS (Sun Odyssey 35, 2 meetings), DAFNI (Nordship 32, 2 meetings), ANEMOS (Dufour 34 (Dufour), 2 meetings), TWEETY (Albin Ballad, 1 meeting), SAGITTARIUS (First 30 (Mauric), 1 meeting), ERODIOS (Dromor 26, 1 meeting), NEPHELE (First 30 (Berret), 1 meeting), LYGEIA (Sun Odyssey 32, 1 meeting), NIKI (Sigma 33, 1 meeting), CISSI (Maxi 84, 1 meeting), KYMO II (Discovery 300, 1 meeting), ESCAPE (X-332, 1 meeting), CHRISTINA (Oyster 37, 1 meeting), ALKYON (Gin Fizz, 1 meeting), LINA II (Sun Fast 32, 1 meeting), KATERINA (Apollo 12, 1 meeting), ROZA II (First 405, 1 meeting), PHAEDRA (Hanse 508, 1 meeting), SIM CAT (Carter 37, 1 meeting), GITANA (Feeling 39, 1 meeting), EVELINA (Comet 850, 1 meeting), FAETHON (Moody 30, 1 meeting), ASTARTE (Gin Fizz, 1 meeting), PANIC (Sun Odyssey 40, 1 meeting), HARA (Dromor 26, 1 meeting), SOUKOU (Kelt 5.50, 1 meeting), IOESSA (Discovery 300, 1 meeting), SALTY (First 35 (Berret), 1 meeting), ARTEMIS (Nek 26, 1 meeting), ARIADNI II (Discovery 300, 1 meeting), ANNA (Gib Sea 402, 1 meeting), GIALABOUKOS (Westerly Renown, 1 meeting), PELISSIMA (First 38, 1 meeting), BRAVA (Feeling 109, 1 meeting), ADRIFT (Gib Sea 312, 1 meeting), ZANTIO (Rush 31, 1 meeting), OLYMPIA (Dufour 30, 1 meeting), DEO VOLENTE (Sun Odyssey 40, 1 meeting), ALEX (Dufour 30, 1 meeting), APNEA (Oceanis 393, 1 meeting)

How SUN LION compares with a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2

Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Sun Odyssey 34.2s measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind-0.60 kn
Beam reach-0.29 kn
Broad reach-0.46 kn
Downwind-0.41 kn

Full width is 0.6 kn either way.

At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2 on the upwind.

Speed at every angle

SUN LION in blue, a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2 dashed.

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SUN LION in blue, a typical Sun Odyssey 34.2 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other Sun Odyssey 34.2s racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the Sun Odyssey 34.2

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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