Sunrise 35
Jeanneau · Jacques Fauroux · 1986
Updated
The Sunrise 35 is a 10.04 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Jacques Fauroux and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1986. It races in Class C.
Length
10.04 m
32′ 11″
Beam
3.50 m
Draft
1.81 m
Displacement
4.9 t
Sail area
58 m²
On the podium
Where a Sunrise 35 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
9%
of 11 starts by 4 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 11 starts by 4 boats between 2018 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sunrise 35 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Κυπελλο Φθινοπωρου2025- Trofeo Eolos Liappi2024
- Χειμερινη Καταδιωξη2022
- Trofeo Laki Zamani2022
- Σοπρακομιτος2021
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: 6 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sunrise 35 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 31.7 (5 meetings), Atlantic 31 (5 meetings), First 32 (6 meetings), Dehler 36 (Stadt) (4 meetings), Moody 33 (4 meetings), Albin Ballad (3 meetings), Platu 25 (5 meetings), Discovery 300 (3 meetings), Figaro 2 (3 meetings), Elan 340 (3 meetings), First 27.7 (3 meetings), Sun Odyssey 35 (3 meetings), Elan 31 (Design) (3 meetings), Oceanis 440 (3 meetings), Comet 850 (2 meetings), First 305 (2 meetings), Dufour 334 (2 meetings), Comfortina 36 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 36.2 (2 meetings), Dehler 34 (Stadt) (3 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (4 meetings), Sadler 32 (2 meetings), Oceanis 43 (2 meetings), Ohlson 29 (2 meetings), Dromor 26 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 37 (1 meeting), Elan 45 (1 meeting), Oceanis 320 (1 meeting), Bonin 358 (1 meeting), Rush 31 (1 meeting), Sun Legende 41 (1 meeting), First 325 (1 meeting), JPK 960 (1 meeting), Bavaria Cruiser 36 (1 meeting), Sun Odyssey 32.1 (1 meeting), Delanta 78 (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
4.68
40°
Beam reach
7.60
90°
Broad reach
8.42
135°
Downwind VMG
7.42
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.
This design is even-tempered. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the run once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 broad reach.
How fast is a Sunrise 35
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.11 | 4.30 | 4.64 | 4.68 |
| 52° | 4.79 | 6.26 | 6.64 | 6.74 |
| 60° | 5.05 | 6.45 | 6.84 | 6.97 |
| 75° | 5.21 | 6.60 | 7.05 | 7.33 |
| 90° | 5.10 | 6.60 | 7.14 | 7.60 |
| 110° | 5.15 | 6.78 | 7.38 | 7.96 |
| 120° | 4.99 | 6.72 | 7.44 | 8.34 |
| 135° | 4.52 | 6.43 | 7.30 | 8.42 |
| 150° | 3.86 | 5.85 | 6.98 | 8.04 |
| Run VMG | 3.34 | 5.09 | 6.34 | 7.42 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 400 kg.
Rigging
Sunrise 35 rig and sail dimensions
A Sunrise 35 carries 11.57 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.49 m boom, a forestay 13.16 m above the deck. 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 — 78 to 85 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.