| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Jacques Fauroux |
| Location | France |
| Year | 2000 |
| Builder(s) | Jeanneau |
| Role | Cruiser-Racer |
| Name | Sun Fast 37 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 13,779 lb (6,250 kg) |
| Draft | 6.79 ft (2.07 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 37.40 ft (11.40 m) |
| LWL | 31.50 ft (9.60 m) |
| Beam | 12.14 ft (3.70 m) |
| Engine type | Volvo Penta MD2030 56 hp (42 kW)diesel engine |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fin keel with weighted bulb |
| Ballast | 4,497 lb (2,040 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | spade-typerudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 46.33 ft (14.12 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 12.75 ft (3.89 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 43.25 ft (13.18 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 15.58 ft (4.75 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | fractional riggedsloop |
| Mainsail area | 336.92 sq ft (31.301 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 295.35 sq ft (27.439 m2) |
| Total sail area | 632.27 sq ft (58.740 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 102-120 |
TheSun Fast 37 is a Frenchsailboat that was designed byJacques Fauroux as aracer-cruiser and first built in 2000.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The design is a more racing-oriented development of Fauroux's 1998Sun Odyssey 37, with a taller rig and a deeper keel.[1][2][6][7][8]
The design was built byJeanneau in France, starting in 2000, but it is now out of production.[1][2][5][9][10]
The Sun Fast 37 is a recreationalkeelboat, built predominantly offiberglass, with wood trim. It has afractionalsloop rig, araked stem, areverse transom an internally mounted spade-typerudder controlled by awheel and a fixed finkeel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 13,779 lb (6,250 kg) and carries 4,497 lb (2,040 kg) of ballast.[1][2][6]
The boat has a draft of 6.79 ft (2.07 m) with the standard keel.[1][2]
The boat is fitted with a SwedishVolvo Penta MD2030diesel engine of 56 hp (42 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 36 U.S. gallons (140 L; 30 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 84 U.S. gallons (320 L; 70 imp gal).[1][2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people in three cabins, with a double"V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and two aft cabin, each with a double berth. A two cabin interior has just one larger aft cabin on the port side. Thegalley is located on the port side just forward of thecompanionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, anice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. Thehead is located aft on the starboard side. On the two cabin layout the head is larger and includes a shower.[1][2][6]
The design has ahull speed of 7.52 kn (13.93 km/h) and aPHRF handicap of 102 to 120.[2][11]
The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, theSun Fast Association.[12][13]
In a 2015 review forBoats.com, Rupert Holmes wrote, "this Jacques Fauroux designed 37-footer helped to set new standards in accommodation in cruising boats of this size when it was first launched at the very end of the 1990s. In addition, it also provided reasonable sailing performance, especially in the Sun Fast version, which offered a deep bulb keel with a draught of 2.07m allied to a larger rig. As a result both models proved popular, with production continuing for some seven years."[6]