Sun Fast 43

Sun Fast 43

Development
Designer	Daniel Andrieu
Location	France
Year	2003
Builder	Jeanneau
Role	Racer-Cruiser
Name	Sun Fast 43
Boat
Displacement	20,282 lb (9,200 kg)
Draft	8.37 ft (2.55 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	43.34 ft (13.21 m)
LWL	37.50 ft (11.43 m)
Beam	13.75 ft (4.19 m)
Engine type	Yanmar 80 hp (60 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel with weighted bulb
Ballast	6,173 lb (2,800 kg)
Rudder	spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	57.48 ft (17.52 m)
J foretriangle base	15.55 ft (4.74 m)
P mainsail luff	53.48 ft (16.30 m)
E mainsail foot	18.37 ft (5.60 m)
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	491.21 sq ft (45.635 m2)
Jib/genoa area	446.91 sq ft (41.519 m2)
Total sail area	938.12 sq ft (87.154 m2)
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The Sun Fast 43 is a French sailboat that was designed by Daniel Andrieu as a blue water racer-cruiser and first built in 2003. It has also been employed for yacht charter.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2003, but it is now out of production.^{[1][2][5][7][8]}

The Sun Fast 43 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a slightly raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 20,282 lb (9,200 kg) and carries 6,173 lb (2,800 kg) of ballast.^[1][2][6]

The boat has a draft of 8.37 ft (2.55 m) with the standard keel.^[1][2]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 80 hp (60 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 53 U.S. gallons (200 L; 44 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 106 U.S. gallons (400 L; 88 imp gal).^[1][2]

The design has three and four-cabin interior configurations, which provide sleeping accommodation for five to seven people. There is a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a smaller single cabin in the starboard bow, a U-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The aft cabin may be split to form a fourth cabin. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one on the port side, opposite the galley.^[1][2]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. The boat has a hull speed of 8.21 kn (15.20 km/h).^[2]

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Sun Fast Association.^[9][10]

In a 2004 review for Yacht and Boat, Barry Tranter wrote, "the boat is quick, fully fitted out, comfortable, and it rates well, so the range of the boats abilities is wide. If performance is one of the requirements on your checklist, the Sun Fast 43 should be able to satisfy most of your other sailing requirements as well."^[6]

• List of sailing boat types

• Official website
• Photo of a Sun Fast 43