18 December 2025
Sailing, facing the elements, testing one’s skillset on the ocean… the Jeanneau Sun Fast line offers passionate sailors boats conceived and constructed for offshore racing. With rigorous design, proven performance, and accessible pricing, Sun Fast sailboats have become an essential reference in short-handed sailboat racing. Present at all the great classic offshore races, from the Rolex Fastnet Race to the Middle Sea Race, the Transquadra, the Armen Race, and the Cowes-Dinard-Saint Malo Race, Sun Fast models have made their mark.
Jeanneau and Offshore Racing: Savoir-Faire and Heritage Delivering Exceptional Performance
60 Years of Commitment to Great Offshore Races
For over six decades, Jeanneau has cultivated a culture of innovation for enhanced performance. Beginning in the 1980’s, the shipyard became the official supplier for the Tour de France à la voile, with the Rush, then the Sélection, and the JOD 35 sailboat models. In parallel, Jeanneau Techniques Avancées would distinguish themselves in iconic races, such as the Route du Rhum, where their multihulls would sweep the podiums – notably in 1986, with the triumph of Philippe Poupon. In 1990, the first three places on the awards podium were occupied by Jeanneau Techniques Avancées trimarans, including Florence Arthaud’s famous Pierre 1er.
From the Construction of Prototypes to Accessible Series
Over the years, Jeanneau’s heritage in highly competitive racing has contributed to the design of accessible and reliable sailboat model lines. The brand remains faithful to its commitment to offer high-performance, well-designed sailboats able to distinguish themselves in offshore races – all while remaining easy to handle for experienced amateurs. The Sun Fast line has inherited the expertise of the shipyard without pretention to elitism: with over 1,000 sailboats built across the line, Jeanneau proves that accessibility and performance can coexist.
Accessible Offshore Racing with Sun Fast Sailboats
A Single Objective: Make Competition Possible for All
With Sun Fast, Jeanneau’s ambition is to democratise offshore racing – long reserved for professional skippers or custom-built sailboats.
Sun Fast sailboats are designed for all sailors who wish to line up at the race start without facing multiple technical or financial obstacles, featuring:
- Renowned savoir-faire in the field of offshore racing;
- An international distribution network;
- Optimised construction for races with IRC and ORC rating;
- Rigorously developed, taking the smallest regulatory details into account to optimise performance in corrected time;
- Highly equipped;
- Truly versatile use.
Single-Handed, Double-Handed, or Crewed Race Events
Sun Fast sailboats are designed by Jeanneau with a particular accent on reliability, speed, and ease of handling, to shine in single-handed, double-handed, or crewed races. The various Sun Fast models are as much at ease in coastal races on the Bay of Quiberon or in the Solent, for example, as in offshore races.
Sun Fast 3200, Sun Fast 3300, and Sun Fast 3600: Three Iconic Sailboats, Designed to Win
The Sun Fast 3200: A Reference in Coastal Cruising
First model in the current line of Sun Fast sailboats, the 3200, has rapidly become known as a versatile sailboat, capable of shining as brightly in racing as in fast cruising. She is among the most popular racer-cruiser models in Europe for amateur offshore racing, with 225 sailboats built.Owing to her robustness, her ease of handling, and her performance when racing double handed, she has forged a solid reputation in races like the Transquadra, the RORC Season's Points Championship, and the Duo Catamania.
The Sun Fast 3300: Speed and Stability Downwind
With her double-chined hull, her ergonomic deck plan, and exceptional performance in downwind sailing, the Sun Fast 3300 is today one of the most competitive sailboats in her category. She has won the Cap Martinique and the 2024 and 2025 Middle Sea Race in IRC Class 6, and she has distinguished herself on the international scene, notably in the New England Championships, with Ken Read at the helm.
Her balance of minimalist comfort and efficiency at sea wins over numerous sailors involved in a variety of race formats!
The Sun Fast 3600: Versatility and Power
Designed for double-handed or fully crewed racing, the Sun Fast 3600 offers an excellent combination of power, stability, and ease of handling. She excels at covering long distances, as demonstrated by her results in the RORC Caribbean 600 and Roma per Due races. Her spacious cockpit, twin rudders, and extended lines make her a reassuring sailboat, capable of sustaining a high pace over several days of racing.
Naval Architects and Design for Competitiveness
From the start, Jeanneau has worked with naval architects renowned for mastery of the constraints of offshore racing. Daniel Andrieu, historic designer of Sun Fast sailboats, knows the IRC gauge perfectly: he designed the Sun Fast 3200 and Sun Fast 3600, carefully considered to meet the most demanding owners’ expectations of performance and price.
Guillaume Verdier, at the origine of the Sun Fast 3300, is also the naval architect of boats in the Vendée Globe and America’s Cup. With Andrieu Yacht Design, he has conceived an innovative hull for the Sun Fast 3300, optimised for performance in downwind sailing and with an average speed estimated at up to 5% above that of the Sun Fast 3200.
The design of the Sun Fast 3200, Sun Fast 3300, and Sun Fast 3600 integrate careful considerations regarding the distribution of space, sail area, lightweight materials, and ergonomic design in the cockpit. The result: the sailboats are regularly present in the highest rankings for the biggest European and international races.
Sun Fast 30 One Design: New-Generation One Design for Offshore Racing
A Recyclable, High-Performance, Production Model Sailboat
Newest addition to the line, the Sun Fast 30 One Design is the first production model sailboat constructed using recyclable composite. Resulting from a partnership between Jeanneau, Multiplast, and VPLP Design, this entirely French One Design has been conceived to offer exceptional offshore sailing performance for a nine-metre boat, and all in keeping with the goal of sustainability.
Voted “Sailboat of the Year” by Voile Magazine and named “Performance Yacht of the Year” at the British Yachting Awards in 2024, the Sun Fast 30 OD is distinguished by her speed, her light weight, her contemporary design, and her capacity for sailing in a dedicated manner. Her design for performance results from work in advanced digital optimisation.
Discover the Sun Fast 30 One Design
A Dynamic Class by World Sailing
The Sun Fast 30 One Design has been selected by the international federation of World Sailing as the official sailboat for the Offshore Double Handed World Championship, (ODHWC). This is a serious prospect for the sailboat’s inclusion in the Brisbane Olympic Games, in 2032.
Around the Sun Fast 30 OD, a young, dynamic class is organising – the Class C30 – attracting a new generation of skippers. Designed for preparing and training future talents for racing, this sailboat makes offshore racing more accessible, more structured, and turned more toward the future.
Sun Fast: Worldwide Recognition in the Great Classic Races
Regularly ranked at the top of all the world’s greatest amateur races, Sun Fast sailboats compete on equal footing with models from respected shipyards such as JPK, J/Boats, and Pogo Structures.
In both coastal and long-distance races… the podiums and the victories follow:
- In the Atlantic, the Sun Fast 3300 has notably dominated in the Transquadra and the Cap Martinique, while the 3600 has performed well in the RORC Caribbean 600.
- In the Mediterranean, the Sun Fast 3300 won the Rolex Middle Sea Race in IRC Classe 6, as well as the Roma per Due. Other models have distinguished themselves in races like the HORC Aegean 600 and Loro Piana Giraglia.
- In the Baltic Sea, the Sun Fast 30 OD has been named champion of the Baltic 500 in ORC Double-Handed and Overall.
- In Oceania, the Sun Fast 3300 has swept the podiums since 2023, in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Enter the race
With Sun Fast sailboats, enrolling to be at the start of a great classic race is no longer reserved for the elite: Jeanneau opens the field of possibilities to all sailing fans who wish to get involved, to progress, and to perform. Each sailboat in the line has been designed to enable you to take the plunge, to experience your own regattas, and to measure yourself against the best, in optimal conditions. You, too, can join the community of Sun Fast racers!