Review of Sun Odyssey 42 CC

Basic specs.

The Sun Odyssey 42 CC is a large sailboat. The Sun Odyssey 42 CC is built by the French yard Jeanneau.

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Rig

The Sun Odyssey 42 CC is built with a fractional rig. The sail area for the mailsail + jib is 68.1 m² (732.7 ft²). A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

Fin keel

The Sun Odyssey 42 CC is built with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.65 - 1.75 meter (5.41 - 5.71 ft) dependent on the load.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Sun Odyssey 42 CC is 34%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 21% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly below average.

Over- / underrigged

The Sun Odyssey 42 CC has more rig than 79% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for fractional rig.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	35.4 m	(116.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	35.4 m	(116.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	35.4 m	(116.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet	12.8 m	(42.2 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet	12.8 m	(42.2 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet	32.1 m	(105.4 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	28.3 m	(92.7 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Cunningham	4.7 m	(15.4 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap	9.4 m	(30.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul	9.4 m	(30.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.