Sun Odyssey 37
Jeanneau · Jacques Fauroux · 1997
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 37 is a 10.95 m displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1997. It races in Class C. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 11% 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 11% of the boats it races against.
142nd of 159 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 22 starts across 6 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
10.95 m
35′ 11″
Beam
3.78 m
Draft
1.85 m
Displacement
6.2 t
Sail area
64 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 37 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
23%
of 22 starts by 3 boats
Wins
5%
Read from 22 starts by 3 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 37 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Invernale di Roma, 45a edizione2026- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2025
- Campionato Invernale West Liguria2023
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 41a edizione2022
- Campionato Invernale di Roma, 40a edizione2020
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: 2 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 37 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Hanse 470 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Ro 330 (1 meeting), J/112 (1 meeting), J/80 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Italia 11.98 (1 meeting), Hanse 370 (1 meeting), Mylius 11 (1 meeting), Swan 43 (Holland) (1 meeting), Hanse 342 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (1 meeting), Este 24 (1 meeting), Dufour 350 (1 meeting), Comet 850 (1 meeting), First 305 (1 meeting), Sunrise 35 (1 meeting), Dufour 334 (1 meeting), Comfortina 36 (1 meeting), Albin Ballad (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 37 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
4.95
40°
Beam reach
8.14
90°
Broad reach
8.68
135°
Downwind VMG
7.27
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 the beam in a working breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward 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 37
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.98 | 4.21 | 4.83 | 4.95 |
| 52° | 4.64 | 6.27 | 6.95 | 7.15 |
| 60° | 4.97 | 6.54 | 7.16 | 7.40 |
| 75° | 5.17 | 6.76 | 7.38 | 7.81 |
| 90° | 5.17 | 6.95 | 7.63 | 8.14 |
| 110° | 5.21 | 7.08 | 7.87 | 8.78 |
| 120° | 5.04 | 6.96 | 7.80 | 8.95 |
| 135° | 4.47 | 6.53 | 7.54 | 8.68 |
| 150° | 3.79 | 5.80 | 7.09 | 8.07 |
| Run VMG | 3.29 | 5.02 | 6.21 | 7.27 |
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 480 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 37 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 37 carries 11.87 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.24 m boom, a forestay 13.65 m above the deck and a 4.46 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 18 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 65 to 98 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.