Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard)
Jeanneau · Marc Lombard · 2006
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) is a 12.53 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Marc Lombard and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2006. It races in Class B. Across the measured fleet it goes better than its own numbers promise, ahead of 37% 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 37% of the boats it races against.
58th of 92 in its class.
This design has been found in real race results — 32 starts across 22 events — not only in measurement files.
Length
12.53 m
41′ 1″
Beam
4.11 m
Draft
2.12 m
Displacement
8.9 t
Sail area
81 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
16%
of 32 starts by 7 boats
Wins
3%
Read from 32 starts by 7 boats between 2013 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026
EST 1052026- 3ος Ιστιοπλοϊκός Αγώνας Α/Θ ¨Πέρδικα 2026¨2026
- 42ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Α/θ ¨Πορος ΄26¨2026
- Campionato Invernale Citta' di Bari2026
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: 3 races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
19%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
X-119 (7 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (6 meetings), Moody 38 (6 meetings), Dehler 30 OD (5 meetings), Dufour 40 (6 meetings), First 47.7 (6 meetings), Gin Fizz (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37.1 (5 meetings), Melges 24 (4 meetings), First Class 10 (4 meetings), Bavaria 42 (4 meetings), X-35 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 410 (4 meetings), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (4 meetings), Maxi 95 (4 meetings), Dufour 365 (4 meetings), First 31.7 (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 50 (Peterson) (4 meetings), First 211 (4 meetings), Oceanis 41.1 (4 meetings), Bavaria 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (6 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), Salona 41 (3 meetings), Bavaria C45 (4 meetings), Millenium 40 (3 meetings), M 37 (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) 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
5.44
40°
Beam reach
8.84
90°
Broad reach
9.71
135°
Downwind VMG
7.86
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.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. 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 when it blows, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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 42 (Lombard)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.10 | 4.49 | 5.25 | 5.44 |
| 52° | 4.84 | 6.73 | 7.60 | 7.87 |
| 60° | 5.18 | 7.04 | 7.82 | 8.13 |
| 75° | 5.41 | 7.26 | 8.02 | 8.57 |
| 90° | 5.58 | 7.55 | 8.29 | 8.84 |
| 110° | 5.64 | 7.76 | 8.69 | 9.66 |
| 120° | 5.48 | 7.64 | 8.62 | 10.02 |
| 135° | 4.87 | 7.13 | 8.30 | 9.71 |
| 150° | 4.08 | 6.26 | 7.71 | 8.89 |
| Run VMG | 3.54 | 5.42 | 6.69 | 7.86 |
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 690 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) carries 15.02 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.47 m boom, a forestay 15.73 m above the deck and a 5.69 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 13 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 98 to 140 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.