Sun Odyssey 36.2
Jeanneau · Jacques Fauroux · 1996
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 36.2 is a 10.55 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1996. It races in Class C.
Length
10.55 m
34′ 7″
Beam
3.68 m
Draft
1.39 m
Displacement
5.9 t
Sail area
61 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 36.2 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
10%
of 41 starts by 4 boats
Wins
2%
Read from 41 starts by 4 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 36.2 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
"Αιγινα2026- "Κυπελλο Δεη 2025"2025
- "Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2025"2025
- "Ειρηνης & Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2025"2025
- Λαγούσες2025
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: 7 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
12%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 36.2 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 36.2 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
4.65
43°
Beam reach
7.92
90°
Broad reach
8.51
135°
Downwind VMG
7.42
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 across the wind once the breeze fills, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind 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 36.2
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.79 | 3.92 | 4.56 | 4.65 |
| 52° | 4.42 | 6.00 | 6.77 | 6.91 |
| 60° | 4.76 | 6.33 | 7.00 | 7.20 |
| 75° | 4.97 | 6.57 | 7.23 | 7.61 |
| 90° | 5.03 | 6.71 | 7.45 | 7.92 |
| 110° | 5.04 | 6.88 | 7.64 | 8.45 |
| 120° | 4.87 | 6.78 | 7.62 | 8.61 |
| 135° | 4.39 | 6.40 | 7.42 | 8.51 |
| 150° | 3.75 | 5.77 | 7.06 | 8.02 |
| Run VMG | 3.24 | 5.01 | 6.23 | 7.42 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 36.2 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 36.2 carries 11.00 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.35 m boom, a forestay 13.09 m above the deck and a 3.77 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 62 to 87 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.