SURPRISE — ITA-SURPRI
Model: Sun Odyssey 39
Updated
SURPRISE (ITA-SURPRI) is a Sun Odyssey 39 designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau. She has been racing since 2016 and has won two races. She sails with a shallower keel than most Sun Odyssey 39s. Against a typical Sun Odyssey 39 she is slower upwind in light air and downwind.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats22
Race starts
2
Wins
36%
Podiums
29
Race Edge
Sun Odyssey 39: 60
563.9s/mile
Rating 2025
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
11.75 m
38′ 7″
Beam
3.89 m
Draft
2.18 m
Displacement
7.4 t
Sail area
72 m²
On the podium
Where SURPRISE finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
36%
of 22 starts · Sun Odyssey 39 fleet: 33%
Wins
9%
Regattas
Every regatta we found with SURPRISE on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer201933164- Vento de l'Alguer201887
- Vento de l'Alguer2017263836166
- Vento de l'Alguer20165365438
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Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat.
Round the buoys
9%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
64%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The boats SURPRISE meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (3)
Other competitors (10)
Met too few times for a figure.
VISPA TERESA (J/24, 7 meetings), COCCA (First 345, 5 meetings), VITAMINA (Canados 33, 5 meetings), L'ALTRA LUNA (Comet 105, 5 meetings), PICKA II (Elan 37, 5 meetings), ZAHRA (Mostes 55, 4 meetings), GAGLIARDA (Elan 350, 3 meetings), PALUCK III (Class 33, 2 meetings), TYXH (F&c 40, 1 meeting), PERGENTINA (Canados 37, 1 meeting)
How SURPRISE compares with a typical Sun Odyssey 39
Her main 2025 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Sun Odyssey 39s measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Sun Odyssey 39; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she gives away time to a typical Sun Odyssey 39 on the upwind.
Speed at every angle
SURPRISE in blue, a typical Sun Odyssey 39 dashed.
SURPRISE in blue, a typical Sun Odyssey 39 dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Sun Odyssey 39s racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Sun Odyssey 39
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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