Sun Fast 37

Sun Fast 37

Development
Designer	Jacques Fauroux
Location	France
Year	2000
Builder	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	spade-type rudder
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 rigged sloop
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
← Sun Odyssey 37 [edit on Wikidata]

The Sun Fast 37 is a French sailboat that was designed by Jacques Fauroux as a racer-cruiser and first built in 2000.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The design is a more racing-oriented development of Fauroux's 1998 Sun Odyssey 37, with a taller rig and a deeper keel.^{[1][2][6][7][8]}

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2000, but it is now out of production.^{[1][2][5][9][10]}

The Sun Fast 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel 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 Swedish Volvo Penta MD2030 diesel 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. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head 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 a hull speed of 7.52 kn (13.93 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 102 to 120.^[2][11]

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Sun Fast Association.^[12][13]

In a 2015 review for Boats.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]

• List of sailing boat types

• Official website