Sun Fast 35
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2004
Updated
The Sun Fast 35 is a 10.45 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2004. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 53% of the designs it races against. It comes alive as the breeze builds, and gives time away in the light.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 53% of the boats it races against.
75th of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in medium and heavy air.
This design has been found in real race results — 27 starts across 10 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.45 m
34′ 3″
Beam
3.48 m
Draft
2.13 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
61 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Fast 35 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 27 starts by 8 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 27 starts by 8 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Fast 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Skagen Offshore Race2026- Raymarine OneStar2026
Regatestorre2025- Hollænderseilasen2025
Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura del Golfo di Napoli2022
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Fast 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 45 (Briand) (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 34.2 (6 meetings), Hanse 470e (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (6 meetings), First 34.7 (4 meetings), Elan 410 (4 meetings), Sun Legende 41 (3 meetings), Albin Nova (2 meetings), Sun Fast 3300 (Andrieu) (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (2 meetings), Elan 340 (2 meetings), X-34 (4 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Salona 34 (5 meetings), Elan 333 (6 meetings), Elan 310 (5 meetings), J/92 (5 meetings), Farr 30 (2 meetings), X-35 (3 meetings), J/109 (2 meetings), Italia 9.98 (2 meetings), Hanse 350 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (3 meetings), Comet 45 (2 meetings), JOD 35 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Fast 35 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
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
5.01
39°
Beam reach
8.15
90°
Broad reach
9.04
135°
Downwind VMG
7.72
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.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a reach in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Sun Fast 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.17 | 4.41 | 4.90 | 5.01 |
| 52° | 4.86 | 6.44 | 7.01 | 7.16 |
| 60° | 5.13 | 6.68 | 7.21 | 7.39 |
| 75° | 5.29 | 6.87 | 7.43 | 7.79 |
| 90° | 5.34 | 7.09 | 7.66 | 8.15 |
| 110° | 5.44 | 7.24 | 7.96 | 8.61 |
| 120° | 5.26 | 7.15 | 8.00 | 9.01 |
| 135° | 4.73 | 6.76 | 7.73 | 9.04 |
| 150° | 3.98 | 6.03 | 7.30 | 8.50 |
| Run VMG | 3.45 | 5.23 | 6.49 | 7.72 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 670 kg.
Rigging
Sun Fast 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Fast 35 carries 12.85 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.87 m boom, a forestay 13.90 m above the deck and a 4.67 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 9 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 75 to 103 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.