Sun Odyssey 39i
The Sun Odyssey 39i is a French sailboat that was designed by Marc Lombard as a cruiser and first built in 2005.
The "i" in the designation indicates that the deck is injection-molded.
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 2005 to 2010, with more than 1,000 built, but it is now out of production.The boat was replaced in production by the Sun Odyssey 409.
Design
The Sun Odyssey 39i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a nearly-plumb stem, a reverse transom with steps and a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb on the GTE model, an optional shoal-draft keel on the PTE model or a deep-draft keel on the "Performance" model. There is a dedicated life raft locker in the stern skirt. The boat displaces and carries of ballast on the GTE, on the PTE and of ballast on the Performance model.The GTE model has a draft of, the PTE has a draft of and the Performance model has a draft of.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four to six people, in two and three-cabin layouts, respectively. In the two-cabin version there is a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. A third cabin is added by dividing the aft cabin into two cabins. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a separate shower. On the three cabin model the head is smaller and the shower is not separate.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of.
The design has a hull speed of and a PHRF handicap of 120 to 129 for the Performance version and 141 for the shoal draft PTE version.