Sun Odyssey 349
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2015
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 349 is a 9.97 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2015. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 72% of the designs it races against.
Goes better than its own measurements promise, and does it better than 72% of the boats it races against.
45th of 159 in its class.
Updated — Race Edge up from 56 to 67. More boats of this design have been measured, and the figure now rests on a larger fleet. The gain shows most in light and medium air.
This design has been found in real race results — 25 starts across 3 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
9.97 m
32′ 9″
Beam
3.44 m
Draft
1.96 m
Displacement
5.4 t
Sail area
60 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 349 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 25 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 25 starts by 1 boat between 2023 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 349 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale del Ponente2025- Campionato Invernale del Ponente2024
- Campionato Invernale del Ponente2023
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
4%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 349 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Solaris 44 (6 meetings), J/24 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 39 (Maletto) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 349 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
4.88
40°
Beam reach
8.11
90°
Broad reach
8.98
135°
Downwind VMG
7.35
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.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is cracked off in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
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.
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 349
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.98 | 4.19 | 4.77 | 4.88 |
| 52° | 4.63 | 6.21 | 6.89 | 7.09 |
| 60° | 4.95 | 6.52 | 7.11 | 7.35 |
| 75° | 5.28 | 6.81 | 7.34 | 7.76 |
| 90° | 5.33 | 7.03 | 7.54 | 8.11 |
| 110° | 5.46 | 7.21 | 7.96 | 8.64 |
| 120° | 5.29 | 7.12 | 7.96 | 8.98 |
| 135° | 4.74 | 6.75 | 7.69 | 8.98 |
| 150° | 4.00 | 6.00 | 7.20 | 8.25 |
| Run VMG | 3.46 | 5.20 | 6.30 | 7.35 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 470 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 349 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 349 carries 12.40 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.13 m boom, a forestay 12.76 m above the deck and a 4.43 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 13 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 61 to 91 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.