Sun Fizz
Jeanneau · Philippe Briand · 1981
Updated
Measured under the previous VPP (2021–2024)
The Sun Fizz is a 12.50 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Briand and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1981. It races in Class C.
Length
12.50 m
41′ 0″
Beam
3.79 m
Draft
1.96 m
Displacement
8.0 t
Sail area
82 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Fizz finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 11 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 11 starts by 1 boat between 2018 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Fizz was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Μακης Πανταζης - Αγκιτρι 2024"2024- "Makis Pantazis"2022
- Κορφος2021
- Κορφος2020
- Memorial Bantazis2018
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: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
9%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Fizz actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 31.7 (7 meetings), Dufour 30 (7 meetings), Mirage 28 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (6 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (6 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (6 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (6 meetings), Feeling 920 (6 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (6 meetings), Carter 37 (6 meetings), Bavaria 42 (6 meetings), Hanse 315 (6 meetings), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (6 meetings), First 38 (6 meetings), Oceanis 37 (5 meetings), Catalina 320 (5 meetings), Dufour 36 (5 meetings), Optima 101 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (5 meetings), Feeling 109 (5 meetings), Carter 33 (5 meetings), Gib Sea 312 (6 meetings), Melody (4 meetings), Oceanis 393 (3 meetings), Oyster 37 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 34.2 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (3 meetings), Dufour 38 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36 (3 meetings), Oceanis 390 (3 meetings), Elan 34 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Fizz 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.
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.
How fast is a Sun Fizz
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.84 | 4.72 | 5.02 | — |
| 52° | 5.81 | 6.95 | 7.25 | — |
| 60° | 6.12 | 7.17 | 7.47 | — |
| 75° | 6.37 | 7.35 | 7.73 | — |
| 90° | 6.31 | 7.39 | 7.86 | — |
| 110° | 6.33 | 7.57 | 8.16 | — |
| 120° | 6.15 | 7.51 | 8.17 | — |
| 135° | 5.61 | 7.21 | 7.95 | — |
| 150° | 4.90 | 6.62 | 7.59 | — |
| Run VMG | 4.25 | 5.78 | 7.01 | — |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 570 kg.