Class CDisplacementCruiser/Racer

Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard)

Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2009

Updated

The Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) is a 9.96 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2009. It races in Class C.

Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) - Marc Lombard - JeanneauP 12.13 mLOA 9.96 m

Length

9.96 m

32′ 8″

Beam

3.34 m

Draft

1.94 m

Displacement

5.1 t

Sail area

49 m²

This design does not carry a Race Edge. The speeds below still come from measured boats.

On the podium

Where a Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet to show how this design finishes. It has not been found in the race results we have collected so far.

Recent regattas

The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

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Round 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

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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 Odyssey 33 (Lombard) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.

Not enough data yet to say who this design races against. No result we have collected puts it on the water beside another design we track.

Speed at every angle

The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.

36930°60°90°120°150°WIND8.9

Upwind VMG

4.88

40°

Beam reach

7.91

90°

Broad reach

8.64

135°

Downwind VMG

7.12

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.

This is a boat that wants breeze. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.

Where it gains

Its best ground is on a broad reach in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.

Where it pays

It falls short on the beat when the breeze is soft, giving away time it never gets back.

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.

True wind
Upwind-0.15 kn
Beam reach+0.31 kn
Broad reach+0.20 kn
Downwind+0.07 kn

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 Odyssey 33 (Lombard)

Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.

Angle6 kn10 kn14 kn20 kn
Beat VMG2.834.034.674.88
52°4.386.006.747.02
60°4.656.256.977.27
75°4.856.467.167.64
90°5.116.857.507.91
110°5.216.997.788.60
120°5.046.897.728.87
135°4.496.487.458.64
150°3.795.777.007.99
Run VMG3.295.006.127.12

How they are set up

The range each sail spans across the fleet.

Mainsail23 m² – 29 m²
Headsail23 m² – 28 m²
Gennaker60 m² – 76 m²
Spinnaker72 m² – 81 m²

Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 340 kg.

Rigging

Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) rig and sail dimensions

A Sun Odyssey 33 (Lombard) carries 12.14 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.91 m boom, a forestay 12.86 m above the deck and a 4.20 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.

Rig

Mainsail hoistP12.14 m11.50 – 12.50
Boom lengthE3.91 m3.90 – 4.20
Forestay heightIG12.86 m12.69 – 12.99
Fore triangle baseJ3.71 m3.71 – 3.80
Spinnaker hoistISP13.31 m12.89 – 13.55
BowspritTPS4.20 m3.71 – 4.44
Boom above deckBAS1.68 m1.65 – 1.69

Sails

Mainsail23.9 m²22.7 – 29.3
Headsail24.8 m²22.9 – 27.8
Gennaker70.5 m²60.4 – 75.7
Spinnaker76.6 m²71.8 – 81.4

The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 60 to 76 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.

Other designs under the same name

The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.