Sun Fast 42

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|name = Sun Fast 42

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|designer = Philippe Briand

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|location = France

|year = 1996

|no built = 25

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|builder = Jeanneau

|role = Cruiser-Racer

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|draft = {{convert|6.07|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|displacement = {{convert|18739|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|construction = fiberglass

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|lwl = {{convert|35.07|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|12.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Yanmar 4JH {{convert|60|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine

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|keel type = fin keel with weighted bulb

|ballast = {{convert|7275|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 42 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand as an offshore cruiser-racer and first built in 1996.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-42-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast 42 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 16 January 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230116204434/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-42-jeanneau|archive-date= 16 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-42|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 42|access-date= 16 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230116204501/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-42|archive-date= 16 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-42-standard|title = Sun Fast 42 Standard Sailboat specifications|access-date = 16 January 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230116204637/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-42-standard|archive-date= 16 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-42-lead-keel|title = Sun Fast 42 Lead Keel Sailboat specifications|access-date = 16 January 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230116204642/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-fast-42-lead-keel|archive-date= 16 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|title= Philippe Briand|access-date = 16 January 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607201828/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/philippe-briand|title= Philippe Briand|access-date= 16 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211129021342/https://sailboat.guide/philippe-briand|archive-date= 29 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|title = Philippe Briand sailboat designer|access-date = 16 January 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203645/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/philippe-briand|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/460-sun-fast-42/|title= Sun Fast 42|access-date= 16 January 2023|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230116205008/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/460-sun-fast-42/|archive-date= 16 January 2023|url-status= live}}

The Sun Fast 42 is part of the Sun Fast sailboat range.{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|title = Sun Fast Sailboat range|access-date = 16 January 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918143917/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/ranges/sun-fast|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1996 to 1999, with 25 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 16 January 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= 16 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 16 January 2023|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203532/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}

Design

The Sun Fast 42 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with the hull solid fiberglass and the deck a fiberglass sandwich. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of 8° swept spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a reverse transom with steps and a fold-out swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb or optional deep-draft keel. The fin keel model displaces {{convert|18960|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|7275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast, while the deep draft version displaces {{convert|18739|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|7055|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.07|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|7.54|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional deep draft keel.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 4JH diesel engine of {{convert|60|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|40|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|92|u.s.gal}}.

The design has sleeping accommodation for up to eight people, with a "team" interior or "owner's" interior. Both interiors have a main salon with a U-shaped settee and straight settee, plus two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The team version has two bunks in the forepeak, while the owners version has a single "V"-berth. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-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 port side. The head is located just aft of the navigation station on the port side. The owner's version has a second head just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin maximum headroom is {{convert|80|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1449|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.

The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.94|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

Operational history

The boat was at one time supported by a class club that organized racing events, the Sun Fast Association.{{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= 16 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220918134424/https://sailboat.guide/sun-fast-jeanneau-class-association|archive-date= 18 September 2022|url-status= live}}

See also

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