Sun Odyssey 379
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 1994
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 379 is a 11.23 m displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1994. It races in Class C.
Length
11.23 m
36′ 10″
Beam
3.83 m
Draft
1.88 m
Displacement
6.7 t
Sail area
66 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 379 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 1 start by 1 boat between 2016, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 379 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Copa del Canal2016
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: no 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 379 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 47.7 (1 meeting), Farr 30 (1 meeting), Bavaria 46 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Dehler 42 (1 meeting)
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
5.16
39°
Beam reach
8.25
90°
Broad reach
8.96
135°
Downwind VMG
7.77
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 a reach in moderate air, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beat as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind 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 379
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.32 | 4.58 | 5.07 | 5.16 |
| 52° | 5.13 | 6.72 | 7.22 | 7.34 |
| 60° | 5.45 | 6.93 | 7.41 | 7.58 |
| 75° | 5.65 | 7.09 | 7.62 | 7.95 |
| 90° | 5.52 | 7.18 | 7.74 | 8.25 |
| 110° | 5.49 | 7.30 | 8.08 | 8.95 |
| 120° | 5.32 | 7.21 | 8.05 | 9.13 |
| 135° | 4.75 | 6.81 | 7.78 | 8.96 |
| 150° | 3.99 | 6.02 | 7.27 | 8.32 |
| Run VMG | 3.46 | 5.21 | 6.52 | 7.77 |
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 680 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 379 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 379 carries 13.55 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.25 m boom, a forestay 14.16 m above the deck and a 4.45 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 89 to 107 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.