Sun Odyssey 32.1
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Sun Odyssey 32.1
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|designer = Philippe Briand
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|location = France
|year = 1994
|no built = 60
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|6.40|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|7936|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|31.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|26.41|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.82|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Volvo MD2020 {{convert|20|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|2381|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|38.06|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|10.60|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|31.82|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.81|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|187.90|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|201.72|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 136
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The Sun Odyssey 32.1 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand as a cruiser and first built in 1994.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-321-jeanneau|title= Sun Odyssey 32.1 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 12 January 2023|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221231165142/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-321-jeanneau|archive-date= 31 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-321|title= Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32.1|access-date= 12 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230112222612/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-321|archive-date= 12 January 2023|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/briand-philippe|title= Philippe Briand|access-date = 12 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= 12 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.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/491-sun-odyssey-32-1/|title= Sun Odyssey 32.1|access-date= 12 January 2023|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230112222758/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/491-sun-odyssey-32-1/|archive-date= 12 January 2023|url-status= live}}
The design is sometimes confused withe the later 2004 Sun Odyssey 32.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-32-jeanneau|title= Sun Odyssey 32 (Jeanneau)|access-date = 12 January 2023|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221230165641/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-32-jeanneau|archive-date= 30 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-32|title= Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 32|access-date= 12 January 2023|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221230165826/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-32|archive-date= 30 December 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1994 to 1998, with 60 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 12 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= 12 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}}
Design
The Sun Odyssey 32.1 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with a balsa-cored deck and with wooden trim. The boat interior has varnished teak decor with a teak and holly cabin sole.
It has a fractional sloop rig, a nearly plumb stem, a reverse transom with 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|7936|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2381|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.40|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel.
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo MD2020 diesel engine of {{convert|20|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|12|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|42|u.s.gal}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.89|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} and a PHRF handicap of 136.{{cite web|url= https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/|title= PHRF Handicaps|access-date= 12 January 2023|author= US Sailing|author-link= US Sailing|work= ussailing.org|year= 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/491-sun-odyssey-32-1/}}
- [https://archive.today/20230112223801/https://media.bateaux.com/src/applications/showroom/images/V580x0-b7ad7cd8d20385ab39c155f2d10cf7ea.jpg Photo of a Sun Odyssey 32.1 flying a spinnaker]
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Category:1990s sailboat type designs