Sun Odyssey 42i
The Sun Odyssey 42i 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.
The Sun Odyssey 42i is one of a series of designs with similar names and intended markets, including the 1990 Sun Odyssey 42, 1992 Sun Odyssey 42.1, the 1995 Sun Odyssey 42.2, the 1996 Sun Odyssey 42 CC and the 2007 Sun Odyssey 42 DS.
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2005, but it is now out of production.Design
The Sun Odyssey 42i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with two sets of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom with steps, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces and carries of iron ballast.The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 4JH4E diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The design was built in two and three cabin layouts. The two cabin configuration has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double berth in the "owner's" bow cabin, a fold-down dinette table in the main cabin that can form a double berth and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the starboard side and is equipped with a two-burner propane-fired stove, a top-loading refrigerator and a double sink. A navigation station with a hideaway table is on the port side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin and one on the port side in the aft cabin, both with shower cabinets.
The design has a hull speed of and a PHRF handicap of 75 to 87.