Sun Odyssey 35
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2003
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 35 is a 10.10 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2003. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 21% 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 21% of the boats it races against.
126th of 159 in its class.
Updated — First Race Edge for this design. Enough boats of this design have now been measured to rank it. It is strongest in medium and heavy air.
This design has been found in real race results — 23 starts across 13 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.10 m
33′ 2″
Beam
3.47 m
Draft
1.66 m
Displacement
5.3 t
Sail area
57 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 35 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
4%
of 23 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 23 starts by 4 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Aegean Regatta2026
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024- Pagasitikos Regatta2024
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2023
- "Poros 2022"2022
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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
5%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
First 35 (Berret) (7 meetings), Sun Shine 36 (7 meetings), Elan 45 (7 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (7 meetings), First 45 (Farr) (7 meetings), Optima 101 (6 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (6 meetings), Hanse 400e (6 meetings), Dufour 36 (6 meetings), Sigma 33 (6 meetings), Dufour 34 (6 meetings), Oceanis 381 (6 meetings), Oceanis 393 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 34 (Finot) (5 meetings), Oceanis 423 (5 meetings), Feeling 920 (5 meetings), Elan 340 (5 meetings), First 32 (7 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (5 meetings), Dufour 325 (5 meetings), Attalia 32 (4 meetings), First 28 (4 meetings), Sun Fizz 40 (4 meetings), Dufour 3800 (4 meetings), Dufour 35 (4 meetings), Dufour 29 (4 meetings), Yca 29 (4 meetings), Elan 33 (4 meetings), Sun Light 30 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 35 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
4.46
43°
Beam reach
7.78
90°
Broad reach
8.54
135°
Downwind VMG
7.06
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 needs pressure to show what it can do. 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 cracked off in a working breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a reach as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short on the beat in the light stuff, 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 0.6 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 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.65 | 3.81 | 4.44 | 4.46 |
| 52° | 4.17 | 5.78 | 6.59 | 6.73 |
| 60° | 4.48 | 6.08 | 6.85 | 7.07 |
| 75° | 4.70 | 6.34 | 7.09 | 7.48 |
| 90° | 4.91 | 6.74 | 7.36 | 7.78 |
| 110° | 5.08 | 6.93 | 7.72 | 8.49 |
| 120° | 4.89 | 6.81 | 7.66 | 8.76 |
| 135° | 4.34 | 6.37 | 7.41 | 8.54 |
| 150° | 3.67 | 5.64 | 6.90 | 7.88 |
| Run VMG | 3.18 | 4.89 | 6.00 | 7.06 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Most run a fixed propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 400 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 35 carries 11.59 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.85 m boom, a forestay 13.39 m above the deck and a 4.70 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 — 65 to 85 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.