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In a 2010 review for Cruising World, Bill Springer wrote, "I think Jeanneau is on to something with its new line of yachts.The 53 is spacious, stylish, and sails well. The 57 has even more elbowroom, more sophisticated systems, larger battery capacity, and the dinghy “garage,” but both boats are designed to do the same thing: provide all the luxury of a big boat without the relatively big ...
Jeanneau is a French boatyard in Les Herbiers, in the Vendée département, which has produced yachts since 1957. It was founded by Henri Jeanneau, a hardware store owner, who began by producing power boats. [1] [2] Jeanneau specializes in monohulls, but it created a specialist multihull line, Lagoon catamarans.
The boat is supported by an active class club the Jeanneau Owners Network. [15] [16] In a 2018 review, Zuzana Prochazka wrote, "unfortunately, our test would have made even the most lax club race seem boisterous as we hoisted sail on the flat waters of the Chesapeake in a breeze that occasionally gusted to nine knots.
The boat is supported by an active class club, the Jeanneau Owners Network. [11] In a 2019 review for Sail Magazine, Charles J. Doane found that some of the smaller sail plans, including then one he tested on the water, were under-powered. He concluded, "For anyone looking for a modern compact cruising sailboat this is a hard vessel to ignore.
In a 2016 review for boats.com, Diego Yriarte wrote, "it is true that the hull lines, particularly the hard chine, make you think this is a racing boat, even more so when considering the addition of the bowsprit, but the true calling of the Sun Odyssey 419 is comfortable, fast cruising. Nevertheless, there’s no reason you couldn’t enter ...
A 2017 review by Adam Cort for Sail Magazine, "I didn’t expect much from this boat, but the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 44DS is living proof that looks and good performance don't have to be mutually exclusive. The day of our test sail was gray and blustery, gusting to 20 knots out of the northeast, and the 44DS couldn't have been happier.
The Jeanneau Yachts 55 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of vacuum-infused fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a fractional sloop rig with a bowsprit, an over-plumb stem, a reverse transom with a drop-down tailgate swimming platform, dual internally mounted spade-type rudders controlled by dual wheels located forward in the cockpit and a fixed L-shaped fin keel with a weighted bulb ...
In a Yachting Today review, Jane Hyde wrote, "creating an attractive looking yacht with a deck saloon at just over 40ft (12.2m) is no easy task, but Jeanneau’s stylist, Franck Darnet has done well with the 41DS. Although she's one of the most streamlined cruising yachts of her size, I felt her gradually sloping 'eyebrow' superstructure didn't ...