Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409

[cmedsailor]

Anybody with experience with this boat? Quality of contruction and fittings, how it sails, nice and bad things noticed etc, etc.
Thanks

 

[srah1953]

I have the shallow draft version. Main complaint would be that it is well heeled over in 14 knots true with 106% jib. But its ballast ratio is par for the course in its price bracket. Generally, I can't fault it. Only damage from use is that the jib cars have damaged the gel coat where they bang against the cabin top- a design flaw rather than a construction fault. The fixtures seem fine, but they are not real wood, just veneered plywood. It costs quite a bit extra when you add on all the “extras”. It's big and beamy, so takes a bit of handling in a tight marina, which my home berth is.
It sails quite well but cruiser fashion rather than racer.