Sun Fast 40

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Daniel Andrieu

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|location = France

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|builder = Jeanneau

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|engine = {{convert|30|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel with weighted bulb

|ballast = {{convert|5291|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = spade-type rudder

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|rig type = Bermuda rig

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The Sun Fast 40 is a French sailboat that was designed by Daniel Andrieu as a racer-cruiser and first built in 2003.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-40-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast 40 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 6 February 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230206014842/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-40-jeanneau|archive-date= 6 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-40|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 40|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230206014845/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-40|archive-date= 6 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/andrieu-daniel|title= Daniel Andrieu|access-date = 6 February 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129192935/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/andrieu-daniel|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/daniel-andrieu|title= Daniel Andrieu|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221129193107/https://sailboat.guide/daniel-andrieu|archive-date= 29 November 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneauamerica.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/458-sun-fast-40/|title= Sun Fast 40|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230206014851/https://www.jeanneauamerica.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/458-sun-fast-40/|archive-date= 6 February 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.boats.com/reviews/fast-40/|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 40|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= ((Staff))|work= boats.com|date= 19 November 2004|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230206014900/https://www.boats.com/reviews/fast-40/|archive-date= 6 February 2023|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2003, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 6 February 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230104184016/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 4 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}

Design

The Sun Fast 40 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with three sets of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by twin wheels and a fixed fin keel or optional deep-draft "performance" keel. The fin keel model displaces {{convert|16094|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5291|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast, while the performance version displaces {{convert|16535|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5776|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead and iron ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|7.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional deep-draft performance draft keel.

The boat is fitted with a {{convert|30|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|36|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|85 |u.s.gal}}.

The design has sleeping accommodation for four or six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee and two seats in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side, or, optionally, two aft cabins, each with double berths. The galley is located on the starboard side at the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. The head is located aft on the port side. An optional second head may be fitted in the bow cabin, on the starboard side.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.74|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1162|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club, the Sun Fast Association, that organized racing events.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date = 18 September 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134110/https://sailboatdata.com/association/sun-fast-jeanneau|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|title= Sun Fast (Jeanneau)|access-date= 6 February 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134424/https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}

A 2004 review by Boats.com reported, "Jeanneau makes its entry into the crowded 40' racer/cruiser fleet with the new Sun Fast 40. Jeanneau asked designer Daniel Andrieu to create a true multi-purpose boat, with speed potential to keep up with other 40' racer/cruisers, yet retain a comfortable interior for cruising and weekending. The Sun Fast line by Jeanneau accentuates the racer in racer/cruiser; their Sun Odyssey line is targeted specifically at the cruising market."

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