Sun Fast 30
Updated
The Sun Fast 30 is a 8.95 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by VPLP and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2023. It races in Class C.
Length
8.95 m
29′ 4″
Beam
3.01 m
Draft
1.95 m
Displacement
2.6 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Fast 30 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
2
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 2 starts by 1 boat between 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Fast 30 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Intercircoli2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Fast 30 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-41 (2 meetings), First 31.7 (2 meetings), J/109 (2 meetings), X-35 (2 meetings), J/99 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (2 meetings), Farr 30 (2 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Elan 333 (2 meetings)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.06
38°
Beam reach
8.59
90°
Broad reach
11.13
135°
Downwind VMG
8.58
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach once it pipes up, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that will lift and run given enough breeze.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 1.8 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Sun Fast 30
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.58 | 4.66 | 4.95 | 5.06 |
| 52° | 5.43 | 6.64 | 6.99 | 7.16 |
| 60° | 5.77 | 6.85 | 7.23 | 7.47 |
| 75° | 6.07 | 7.15 | 7.58 | 8.03 |
| 90° | 6.11 | 7.31 | 8.03 | 8.59 |
| 110° | 5.93 | 7.47 | 8.30 | 9.48 |
| 120° | 5.83 | 7.49 | 8.65 | 9.88 |
| 135° | 5.23 | 7.21 | 8.51 | 11.13 |
| 150° | 4.43 | 6.51 | 7.72 | 9.91 |
| Run VMG | 3.84 | 5.64 | 6.69 | 8.58 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 520 kg.
Rigging
Sun Fast 30 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Fast 30 carries 11.56 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.31 m boom, a forestay 11.77 m above the deck and a 5.84 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails