Buying advice Jeanneau Sunfizz 40

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Hi all
Its time to move up to a larger yacht and my eye has been caught by some of the Sunfizz 40s that are on the market.
Has anyone got any advice on what to look out for with these yachts, i know they are reputedly very fast cruisers but not a lot more info.

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Baz
 
I have a Sun Odyssey.
Best place to ask is the Jeanneaus Owners site


jeanneau.tripod.com

there is a forum you can click into, also magazine reviews and model specific info
 
Excellent boat. I sailed many of these during the 80's and found them to be well able to put up with the rough stuff. And of coarse they have massive volume. Counted 13 Frenchmen on one in Cameret once. The earlier Jeanneau's and Beneteau's were pretty well built for a production boat.
 
HI
I have owned a Sun Charm39 and a SunMagic44 The Sunfizz I belive has the same rig but a deeper keel than the Suncharm.a very fast boat of the mid late eighty,s little dated but still one of the best Jeanneau of its time.
cheers bobt
 
When I was looking at boats I saw a late 1980's Jeanneau Voyage 12.50. It needed osmosis treatment, and a broker told me that all the 12.50's that he had seen had suffered osmosis to some degree because they pre dated the use of newer resins. I suspect that the 1980's Sun Fizz models are the same.

Osmosis should not put you off buying, and in many ways it is better to have an untreated boat, priced accordingly. A boat that has been "osmosis treated" may have had a superficial or inneffective job done on it. Only a good survey will tell you if a particular boat is in sound condition.
 
Hi
I do not want to go down the osmosis path. It is a rare boat of the eightys that did not have the pox . None have sunk to my knowlege best of luck in finding a very good boat
cheers bobt
 
Very good boat.The Sun Legende is even nicer being a Doug Peterson design,and loks more modern.Robin has his for sale I believe.I would grab it if I could afford it.
 
Quite right, none are known to have sunk boats, but it is as well to be aware of it as it does effect value, also a bodged "cure" may have done more harm than good and an untouched boat with some blisters and the extent of them visible on survey might be a better buy.
 
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