Sun Odyssey 509
Jeanneau · Philippe Briand · 2013
Updated
The Sun Odyssey 509 is a 14.99 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Philippe Briand and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 2013. It races in Class B.
Length
14.99 m
49′ 2″
Beam
4.69 m
Draft
2.06 m
Displacement
14.1 t
Sail area
102 m²
On the podium
Where a Sun Odyssey 509 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
5
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 5 starts by 2 boats between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sun Odyssey 509 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Eolian Cup - Trofeo Franco Costa2026- Regata Brindisi-Corfù2025
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
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Not enough data yet: 2 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sun Odyssey 509 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Elan 40 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 49 (5 meetings), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (4 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (4 meetings), Dufour 44 (4 meetings), Hanse 455 (1 meeting), Azuree 46 (1 meeting), Archambault 40 (1 meeting), Delta 120 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46.1 (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (2 meetings), X-412 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), M 37 (1 meeting), First 36.7 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 39 (1 meeting), Dehler 34 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 35 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 410 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 45 (1 meeting), Feeling 39 (1 meeting), Oceanis 323 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 45.2 (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
5.71
42°
Beam reach
9.54
90°
Broad reach
10.47
135°
Downwind VMG
8.41
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. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beam when it blows, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, 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 1.0 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 509
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.01 | 4.47 | 5.37 | 5.71 |
| 52° | 4.76 | 6.83 | 8.01 | 8.47 |
| 60° | 5.13 | 7.20 | 8.33 | 8.82 |
| 75° | 5.41 | 7.48 | 8.59 | 9.29 |
| 90° | 5.65 | 8.01 | 8.96 | 9.54 |
| 110° | 5.83 | 8.25 | 9.38 | 10.45 |
| 120° | 5.67 | 8.09 | 9.30 | 10.82 |
| 135° | 5.04 | 7.48 | 8.90 | 10.47 |
| 150° | 4.23 | 6.53 | 8.18 | 9.57 |
| Run VMG | 3.67 | 5.65 | 7.08 | 8.41 |
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 400 kg.
Rigging
Sun Odyssey 509 rig and sail dimensions
A Sun Odyssey 509 carries 17.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.92 m boom, a forestay 19.09 m above the deck and a 6.34 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails