Sun Odyssey 469
Jeanneau · Philippe Briand · 2013
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 469 is a 13.67 m displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Briand and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2013. It races in Class B.
Length
13.67 m
44′ 10″
Beam
4.49 m
Draft
1.61 m
Displacement
10.8 t
Sail area
106 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 469 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 11 starts by 1 boat
Wins
0%
Read from 11 starts by 1 boat between 2022 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 469 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
43ος Ιστιοπλοικος Αγωνας Κορφος ΄262026- "Κυπελλο Χριστουγεννων"2025
- "Κυπελλο Δεη 2025"2025
- "Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2025"2025
- "Ειρηνης Φιλιας - Βαθυ Μεθανων 2024"2024
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: 1 race of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
10%
of these races end on the podium
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 469 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Bavaria 31 (7 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Design) (6 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (6 meetings), Dufour 34 (Dufour) (7 meetings), Dufour 325 (5 meetings), Feeling 109 (5 meetings), Hallberg Rassy 352 (7 meetings), Moody 34 (5 meetings), Apollo 12 (7 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (5 meetings), Melody (5 meetings), Maxi 84 (5 meetings), Gin Fizz (7 meetings), Bavaria Holiday 35 (4 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (4 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45.1 (4 meetings), Nereis 30 (4 meetings), Feeling 39 (4 meetings), Carter 37 (4 meetings), Hanse 470e (4 meetings), Feeling 920 (4 meetings), Hallberg-rassy 41 (4 meetings), Elan 45 (4 meetings), Oyster 37 (4 meetings), Nek 26 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33 (Andrieu) (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 26 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (5 meetings), Dehler 38 (Stadt) (3 meetings), Elan 410 (3 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Sun Odyssey 469 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
5.77
40°
Beam reach
9.38
90°
Broad reach
10.23
135°
Downwind VMG
8.21
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 to windward in light air, 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 469
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.34 | 4.79 | 5.56 | 5.77 |
| 52° | 5.21 | 7.15 | 8.04 | 8.31 |
| 60° | 5.56 | 7.45 | 8.28 | 8.59 |
| 75° | 5.82 | 7.67 | 8.50 | 9.07 |
| 90° | 5.78 | 7.92 | 8.73 | 9.38 |
| 110° | 5.89 | 8.12 | 9.13 | 10.19 |
| 120° | 5.74 | 7.98 | 9.06 | 10.57 |
| 135° | 5.13 | 7.45 | 8.68 | 10.23 |
| 150° | 4.31 | 6.56 | 8.06 | 9.33 |
| Run VMG | 3.74 | 5.69 | 7.00 | 8.21 |
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 710 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 469 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 469 carries 16.44 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.07 m boom, a forestay 17.22 m above the deck and a 6.34 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 129 to 157 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.