Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand)
Jeanneau · Philippe Briand · 2009
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) is a 13.41 m displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Briand and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2009. It races in Class B.
Length
13.41 m
44′ 0″
Beam
4.37 m
Draft
2.02 m
Displacement
9.9 t
Sail area
102 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
7%
of 46 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 46 starts by 4 boats between 2023 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026
Nurolbank Loryma Cup2026
Regata Brindisi-Corfù2026- Lliga Creuers2025
- XXIX Lliga Social CMPO2025
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
6%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Grand Soleil 44 (Judel/Vrolijk) (6 meetings), Waarschip 36 (5 meetings), Salona 41 (5 meetings), X-362 (4 meetings), First 41 (4 meetings), Hanse 400e (4 meetings), Mount Gay 30 (4 meetings), Grand Surprise (4 meetings), Oceanis 393 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), Bavaria 40 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 42 (Lombard) (1 meeting), Baltic 43 (1 meeting), Marchi 39 (1 meeting), Show 34 (1 meeting), Dufour 530 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Jézéquel) (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 43 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 51 (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (1 meeting), Elan 37 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Comet 36 (1 meeting), Bonin 358 (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) 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
5.62
41°
Beam reach
9.16
90°
Broad reach
9.73
135°
Downwind VMG
8.08
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 does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind in a strong breeze, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short off the wind when it blows, 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 0.6 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 44 (Briand)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.33 | 4.74 | 5.42 | 5.62 |
| 52° | 5.23 | 7.11 | 7.87 | 8.11 |
| 60° | 5.61 | 7.40 | 8.09 | 8.39 |
| 75° | 5.88 | 7.62 | 8.32 | 8.84 |
| 90° | 5.81 | 7.77 | 8.55 | 9.16 |
| 110° | 5.80 | 7.92 | 8.83 | 9.87 |
| 120° | 5.63 | 7.79 | 8.75 | 10.04 |
| 135° | 5.00 | 7.27 | 8.40 | 9.73 |
| 150° | 4.20 | 6.40 | 7.88 | 9.07 |
| Run VMG | 3.63 | 5.54 | 6.91 | 8.08 |
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 500 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 44 (Briand) carries 15.20 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.28 m boom, a forestay 15.93 m above the deck and a 5.00 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails