Sun Way 21
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Sun Way 21
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|designer = J&J Design
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|location = France
|year = 1989
|no built = 532
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|2.46|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1874|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|21.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|17.88|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|507|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|22.96|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|7.38|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|24.93|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|8.86|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|129|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|118|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea spin = {{convert|269|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea upwind = {{convert|248|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea downwind = {{convert|398|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Sun Way 21 is a French sailboat that was designed by J&J Design as a cruiser and first built in 1989.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-way-21-jeanneau|title= Sun Way 21 (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 15 December 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215210218/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sun-way-21-jeanneau|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-way-21|title= Jeanneau Sun Way 21|access-date= 15 December 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215210244/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/sun-way-21|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-way-21-wing-keel|title = Sun Way 21 Wing keel Sailboat specifications|access-date = 15 December 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215210302/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-way-21-wing-keel|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-way-21-keel-and-centerboard|title = Sun Way 21 Keel and centerboard Sailboat specifications|access-date = 15 December 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215211406/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/sun-way-21-keel-and-centerboard|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/jj-design|title= J&J Design|access-date = 15 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= 15 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://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/j-j-design|title = J&J Design Sailboat designer|access-date = 15 December 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210331200425/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/j-j-design|archive-date= 31 March 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/594-sun-way-21/|title= Sun Way 21|access-date= 15 December 2022|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneauamerica.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221215211855/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/594-sun-way-21/|archive-date= 15 December 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=d0aDz1bTr-oC&pg=RA3-PA90|title= Showcase '90|access-date= 15 December 2022|work= Cruising World|date= September 1989}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1989 to 1995, with 532 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 15 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= 15 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}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 15 December 2022|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 Way 21 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull is solid fiberglass, while the deck has a balsa core. There is also injected foam that makes the boat unsinkable. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped pivoting mast, one set of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with continuous stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional stub keel and steel centerboard, with a folding rudder. The fin keel model displaces {{convert|1874|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|507|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron ballast, while the centerboard version displaces {{convert|1852|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|441|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of cast iron external ballast.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|2.46|ft|m|abbr=on}}, while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of {{convert|4.27|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|2.13|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|4|or|5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin around a rectangular table. Cabin headroom is {{convert|58|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|269|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.67|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/594-sun-way-21/}}
- [https://archive.today/20221215224607/https://media.bateaux.com/src/applications/showroom/images/images-produit/39367f9d91f31aff1d95f1d53af7ca85.jpg Photo of a Sun Way 21]
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Category:1980s sailboat type designs