Sun Odyssey 51
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Sun Odyssey 51
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|designer = Bruce Farr
J&J Design
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|location = France
|year = 1989
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|30860|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|50.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|42.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|16.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Perkins Engines {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = wing keel
|ballast = {{convert|9920|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|62.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|17.91|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|54.85|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|18.70 |ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = cutter rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|512.85|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|555.21|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea gen = {{convert|1600|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|1068.06|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 51
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|successor = International 50
Sun Odyssey 52.2
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The Sun Odyssey 51 is a French sailboat that was designed by Bruce Farr and J&J Design as a cruiser and first built in 1989.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-51-jeanneau|title= Sun Odyssey 51 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 14 December 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221214233242/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-odyssey-51-jeanneau|archive-date= 14 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-51|title= Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 51|access-date= 14 December 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221214233852/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-51|archive-date= 14 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/jj-design|title= J&J Design|access-date = 14 December 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210331193849/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/jj-design|archive-date= 31 March 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/j-j-design|title= J&J Design|access-date= 14 December 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221210182702/https://sailboat.guide/j-j-design|archive-date= 10 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/farr-bruce|title= Bruce Farr|access-date = 14 December 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220321005826/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/farr-bruce|archive-date= 21 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/bruce-farr|title= Bruce Farr|access-date= 14 December 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220708175118/https://sailboat.guide/bruce-farr|archive-date= 8 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneauamerica.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/530-sun-odyssey-51/|title= Sun Odyssey 51|access-date= 14 December 2022|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneauamerica.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215001737/https://www.jeanneauamerica.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/530-sun-odyssey-51/|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}
After introduction the boat underwent some style changes prescribed by Andrew Winch, including an interior redesign.{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=k17STTmj_-gC&pg=PA73|title= Sun Odyssey 51|access-date= 14 December 2022|last= Lasure|first= Marie|work= Cruising World|date= January 1991}}
Also known as the Stardust 525, the design was developed into the International 50 in 1994 and the Sun Odyssey 52.2 in 1995.{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cbA2Sw1wqGQC&pg=RA8-PA84|title= The Moorings International 50|access-date= 3 January 2023|last= Warren|first= Quentin|work= Cruising World|date= August 1995}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1989 until 1992, but it is now out of production. Fifty boats were sold in the first six months of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 14 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= 14 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 Odyssey 51 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim and a cutter rig. The hull has a raked stem plumb stem, a sharply reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed wing keel. It displaces {{convert|30860|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|9920|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard wing keel.
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}or a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|72|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|100|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|251|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The U-shaped galley is located on the port side amidships. A navigation station is aft of the galley, on the port side. There are three heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and two just forward of the aft cabins. Cabin headroom is {{convert|78|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}. The cockpit also has a table that includes a hidden ice box.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1600|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|8.72|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} and a PHRF handicap of 51 for the shoal draft keel mode.{{cite web|url= https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/phrf-handicaps/|title= PHRF Handicaps|access-date= 14 December 2022|author= US Sailing|author-link= US Sailing|work= ussailing.org|year= 2022}}
Operational history
The boat has been used in the yacht charter role, in a four-cabin configuration, with two cabins aft and two in the bow.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneauamerica.com/en/boats/sailboat/2-sun-odyssey/530-sun-odyssey-51/}}
- [https://archive.today/20221215001505/https://images.boatsgroup.com/images/1/50/48/6625048_20180222043110877_1_XLARGE.jpg Photo of a Sun Odyssey 51 under sail]
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