Sun Odyssey 34.2
Jeanneau · Jacques Fauroux · 1993
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 34.2 is a 9.98 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1993. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 4% 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 4% of the boats it races against.
152nd of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it.
This design has been found in real race results — 81 starts across 32 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.98 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.29 m
Draft
1.70 m
Displacement
5.1 t
Sail area
55 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 34.2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 81 starts by 8 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 81 starts by 8 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 34.2 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2026- 6η Regatta Σαρωνικού2026
- 3ος Ιστιοπλοϊκός Αγώνας Α/Θ ¨Πέρδικα 2026¨2026
- "Λαγουσσες - Φλεβες 2026"2026
- Κασίδι2026
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
11%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
3%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 34.2 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 34.2 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
4.69
40°
Beam reach
7.62
90°
Broad reach
8.22
135°
Downwind VMG
7.04
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. 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 working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind 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.
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 34.2
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.92 | 4.08 | 4.57 | 4.69 |
| 52° | 4.55 | 6.07 | 6.62 | 6.75 |
| 60° | 4.84 | 6.30 | 6.81 | 7.00 |
| 75° | 5.04 | 6.50 | 7.01 | 7.34 |
| 90° | 5.01 | 6.64 | 7.19 | 7.62 |
| 110° | 4.96 | 6.75 | 7.47 | 8.15 |
| 120° | 4.78 | 6.63 | 7.44 | 8.38 |
| 135° | 4.28 | 6.24 | 7.21 | 8.22 |
| 150° | 3.65 | 5.58 | 6.82 | 7.74 |
| Run VMG | 3.16 | 4.86 | 6.09 | 7.04 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. Crew weight is declared around 550 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 34.2 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 34.2 carries 10.80 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.21 m boom, a forestay 12.48 m above the deck and a 3.72 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 — 50 to 79 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.