Jeanneau: The dream boat for charter crews?

Andreas Fritsch

· 17.06.2019

Photo: YACHT/G. Martin-Raget

The dream boat for charter crews?

Jeanneau's new Sun Loft 47 is a design developed for the berth charter market with six compartments and a huge galley on deck. Impressions from the YACHT test

The boat was developed at the suggestion of the French charter company Dream Yacht together with Jenneau and the designer Philippe Briand. The aim was to maximise comfort for twelve sailors on deck, where life takes place. There is no longer a saloon below deck, but six surprisingly comfortable cabins and four bathrooms. There is still room for a professional skipper in a tiny compartment in the foredeck.

YACHT sailed the boat off Marseille and experienced a boat that has been consistently developed for a niche market and is likely to find its fans.

The Sun Loft 47 on a test run off Marseille

The chunky body looks restless due to the mix of materials

The concept really comes into its own at anchor: The dinghy can be launched in a flash thanks to the davits, and the large bathing platform is part of it

The centre of the bimini is made of tarpaulin fabric and reinforced with slats. It can be pulled up like an awning

The davits are made of very solid aluminium and can also carry larger inflatable boats. However, they are very steeply angled, so the dinghy should rest against the stern

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Photo: YACHT/G. Martin-Raget

Andreas Fritsch

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Andreas Fritsch was born in Buxtehude in 1968 and has been sailing since childhood, first in a dinghy and later on his own keelboats on the Elbe and later the Baltic Sea. After studying political science, German and history in Münster, he began working as a journalist and joined the YACHT editorial team in 1997. Since 2001, he has focussed on travel and charter and has travelled to almost all areas of the world and regularly charters in the Mediterranean, with Greece being his favourite area. He has written two cruising guides for the Mediterranean (Charter Guide Ionian Sea and Turkish Coast). In addition to travelling, he is a fan of the Open 60 and Maxi-Tri scene and regularly writes about these topics in YACHT. He has been sailing a classic GRP Grinde on the Baltic Sea for several years.

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