Review of Sun Odyssey 32.1

Basic specs.

The Sun Odyssey 32.1 is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Philippe Briand. The Sun Odyssey 32.1 is built by the French yard Jeanneau.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Rig

The boat equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Sun Odyssey 32.1 is about 202 kg/cm, alternatively 1135 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 202 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1135 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Sun Odyssey 32.1 is 2.81.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 79% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for fractional rig.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	25.6 m	(83.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	25.6 m	(83.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	25.6 m	(83.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet	9.2 m	(30.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.2 m	(30.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	23.1 m	(75.7 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	20.3 m	(66.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Cunningham	3.6 m	(11.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap	7.2 m	(23.6 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul	7.2 m	(23.6 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.