Sun Fast 37
Jeanneau · Jacques Fauroux · 1999
Updated
The Sun Fast 37 is a 10.94 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1999. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 16% 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 16% of the boats it races against.
133rd of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 193 starts across 61 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.94 m
35′ 11″
Beam
3.71 m
Draft
2.10 m
Displacement
6.6 t
Sail area
73 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Fast 37 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
35%
of 193 starts by 13 boats
Wins
13%
Read from 193 starts by 13 boats between 2012 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Fast 37 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Πορος 2026"2026- 9ο Κυπελλο Καλλιθεας2026
- "Αγκιστρι 2026"2026
- 43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
- "Νικολαος Σαρικαβαζης 2026"2026
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
19%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
32%
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 designs a Sun Fast 37 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Fast 37 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
5.23
38°
Beam reach
8.16
90°
Broad reach
8.69
135°
Downwind VMG
7.68
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 is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 37
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.25 | 4.50 | 5.09 | 5.23 |
| 52° | 4.98 | 6.57 | 7.15 | 7.33 |
| 60° | 5.26 | 6.77 | 7.33 | 7.54 |
| 75° | 5.43 | 6.93 | 7.50 | 7.89 |
| 90° | 5.40 | 7.07 | 7.68 | 8.16 |
| 110° | 5.34 | 7.13 | 7.87 | 8.68 |
| 120° | 5.15 | 7.02 | 7.81 | 8.85 |
| 135° | 4.62 | 6.62 | 7.59 | 8.69 |
| 150° | 3.92 | 5.95 | 7.21 | 8.25 |
| Run VMG | 3.39 | 5.17 | 6.50 | 7.68 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 670 kg.
Rigging
Sun Fast 37 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Fast 37 carries 13.17 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.79 m boom, a forestay 14.23 m above the deck and a 4.30 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 27 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 76 to 96 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.