Sun Fast 52
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|designer = Philippe Briand
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|location = France
|year = 1992
|no built = 20
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|builder = Jeanneau
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|draft = {{convert|8.04|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|28660|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|51.05|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|44.29|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|14.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|11078|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|64.53|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|17.85|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|56.76|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|21.16|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|600.52|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|575.93|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|1176.45|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 57
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The Sun Fast 52 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1992.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-52-jeanneau|title= Sun Fast 52 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 31 December 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221231182918/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-fast-52-jeanneau|archive-date= 31 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-52|title= Jeanneau Sun Fast 52|access-date= 31 December 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221231182937/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-fast-52|archive-date= 31 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|title= Philippe Briand|access-date = 31 December 2022|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= 31 December 2022|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.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/462-sun-fast-52/|title= Sun Fast 52|access-date= 31 December 2022|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221231183045/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/462-sun-fast-52/|archive-date= 31 December 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1994 until 1994, with 20 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 31 December 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210605143626/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 5 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 31 December 2022|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}}
Design
The Sun Fast 52 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom with steps to a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces {{convert|28660|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|11078|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|8.04|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|5.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a diesel engine of {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|53|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|140|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with either a double berth in the forward cabin, or two forward cabins with single berths in each. There are two aft cabin with double berths under the cockpit. The salon has an L-shaped settee and a straight settee around a table. The galley is located on the starboard side amidships. The galley is straight in configuration and is equipped with a four-burner stove, a refrigerator and freezer and dual sinks. A navigation station is aft of the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one in the bow and one on the port side aft.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|8.92|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} and a PHRF handicap of 57.{{cite web|url= https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/|title= PHRF Handicaps|access-date= 31 December 2022|author= US Sailing|author-link= US Sailing|work= ussailing.org|year= 2022}}
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= 31 December 2022|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
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/1-sun-fast/462-sun-fast-52/}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNFdQVydzQg Video Tour of a Sun Fast 52]
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Category:1990s sailboat type designs