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T&T - NewsJeanneau's entry-level ship

Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 08.03.2005

T&T - News: Jeanneau's entry-level shipPhoto: YACHT
Exclusive test of the Sun 2500

The French high-volume shipyard Jeanneau wants to build on the success of the Sun 2000 (around 1100 units sold) with a new ship. The long-awaited Sun 2500 follows the same concept:

It is still trailerable (width: 2.90 metres), has a keel centreboard (draught: 0.69 to 1.75 metres) and is inexpensive. The 7.50 metre long ship costs 37,176 euros with the basic equipment.

YACHT had the exclusive opportunity to test this exciting boat. The boat demonstrated very good sailing performance, particularly on the beam, has a surprising interior concept and presented itself as a complete package overall. This makes the Sun 2500 a real alternative to the competitor boats that we also present in the new YACHT.

The test appears in YACHT 6 (available from 9 March)

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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