Sun Odyssey 36
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2007
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 36 is a 10.68 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2007. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 22% 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 22% of the boats it races against.
125th of 159 in its class.
Updated — Race Edge up from 10 to 20. More boats of this design have been measured, and the figure now rests on a larger fleet. The gain shows most in medium air.
This design has been found in real race results — 41 starts across 19 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.68 m
35′ 0″
Beam
3.58 m
Draft
1.93 m
Displacement
5.7 t
Sail area
64 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 36 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
5%
of 41 starts by 6 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 41 starts by 6 boats between 2015 and 2023, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 36 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer2023
Ταμα2023- "Ag. Nikolaou 2021"2021
- Kypello Amfitheas2021
- "Αγκιστρι 2021"2021
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
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
7%
of these races end on the podium
Better the longer it gets. Boats that settle into a groove and hold it gain ground once the course stops turning.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 36 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Canados 37 (7 meetings), Carter 33 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (7 meetings), Sun Shine 38 (7 meetings), First 345 (6 meetings), Queen 34 (6 meetings), Sun Fast 32 (6 meetings), Triton 48 (6 meetings), Dufour 325 (6 meetings), Oceanis 381 (6 meetings), Hanse 315 (6 meetings), Bavaria 42 (6 meetings), Elan 34 (6 meetings), Elan 333 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (5 meetings), Elan 40 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 36 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
5.13
39°
Beam reach
8.33
90°
Broad reach
9.04
135°
Downwind VMG
7.41
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 across the wind when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short running deep in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
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 36
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.13 | 4.40 | 4.97 | 5.13 |
| 52° | 4.84 | 6.49 | 7.11 | 7.32 |
| 60° | 5.13 | 6.72 | 7.30 | 7.58 |
| 75° | 5.32 | 6.92 | 7.50 | 8.01 |
| 90° | 5.41 | 7.18 | 7.83 | 8.33 |
| 110° | 5.48 | 7.32 | 8.09 | 9.14 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.21 | 8.07 | 9.23 |
| 135° | 4.77 | 6.80 | 7.77 | 9.04 |
| 150° | 4.01 | 6.05 | 7.28 | 8.32 |
| Run VMG | 3.48 | 5.24 | 6.36 | 7.41 |
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 440 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 36 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 36 carries 13.19 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.88 m boom, a forestay 13.88 m above the deck and a 4.58 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 10 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 66 to 101 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.