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TestJeanneau's youth cutter: Sun Loft 47

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 04.08.2019

Test: Jeanneau's youth cutter: Sun Loft 47Photo: YACHT/G. Martin-Raget
Jeanneau's youth cutter: Sun Loft 47
With the Sun Loft 47, the French high-volume shipyard offers a boat especially for berth charters and flotilla events. The test in PDF download

In doing so, the shipyard and designer Briand drew on an old idea that had already been implemented in Dufour's Atoll concept: the saloon and galley were moved on deck to maximise the number of berths. Plus a huge cockpit - all rooted in the idea that in typical warm charter areas, life takes place on deck anyway. The spatial concept is therefore similar to that of a catamaran, giving rise to the term monomaran.

Cockpit with loungers, steering positions in front and adjoining open-air galleyPhoto: YACHT/G. Martin-Raget Cockpit with loungers, steering positions in front and adjoining open-air galley

On the Sun Loft 47, no fewer than six cabins and four heads have been realised. This lowers the per-head charter price, which is already favourable due to the lower purchase and operating costs of the boat compared to a catamaran.

Is the new Sun Loft 47 the ideal charter boat for the intended purpose? YACHT has tested the boat. You can read the report in issue 15, can be ordered directly from the publisher, or you can download the test directly via the link below.

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Photo: YACHT/G. Martin-Raget

Downloads:

Sun Loft 47 (pdf)

Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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