- Length
- 8.99 m
- Beam
- 3.22 m
- Draft
- 1.64 m
- Sail area
- 34.37 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.99 m
- Waterline length
- 7.49 m
- Beam
- 3.22 m
- Draft
- 1.64 m
- Displacement
- 2,693 kg
- Ballast
- 1,100 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 34.37 m²
- Mainsail area
- 15.19 m²
- Foresail area
- 19.19 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.75 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.57 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 9.2 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.3 m
- Forestay length
- 11.33 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1987
- Production ended
- 1991
- Builder
- Jeanneau
- Designer
- Tony Castro
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.11
- Displacement / length
- 178.44
- Ballast / displacement
- 40.9 %
- Comfort ratio
- 15.21
- Capsize screening
- 2.34
- Hull speed
- 6.64 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 165.9 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Sun Dream 281 generation
01
1987–1991