Looking for Jeanneau owners

[ladyofthesea]

Hi, I'm new to the Cruisers Forum community. I just purchased an 02' Jeanneau SO 40 and have in the last few weeks put around 600 miles under her keel from no wind to mid-30's with nasty 4-5' chop with no problems. Hope port is in Oriental NC but plans are in the works to do more long range curising. I'v logged around 5k offshore miles in the last year doing deliveries on 'charter built' Bene's going to the islands and have seen some heavy weather onboard. The Jeanneau has suprised me and more 'seasoned' sailors with her performance, ability to climb and feel in rough weather. I'd like to talk to some Jeanneau owners with a few blue water miles under their keels and compare experiances. The Beneteau 40 we rode out a 50knt storm suprised me with her toughness and so far the Jeanneau appears a much higher quality boat. Of course experiance and effective storm tactics always help. (also, luck)
Look forward to some feedback and getting to know other Jeanneau owners!

Fair Winds,
Edana

[Curtis]

Hi Edana,

We've owned our 2000 SO40 about 4 years now. We use it primarily for family coastal cruising on the West Coast of Florida but I have sailed it to Mexico as well as crossing the Gulf to the panhandle of Florida a couple of times.

It's been a great boat for us and has never let us down due to manufacturing or design issues. I use a couple of Jeanneau-specific resources that might interest you: sailnet has an owner's group and there is a website for a owners network: http://jeanneau.tripod.com/

I'd be happy to discuss specifics with you. Welcome.

Curtis
s/v High Cotton

[Oldfield]

Hi,

We also own a Jeanneau, a SO 42DS. we are neewbies, however, we wouls like to share aour experiences as well. Welcome

[ladyofthesea]

Hi Oldfield

Great to hear from another Jeanneau owner. So far since we purchased the boat in May we have been very happy with her comfort and performance, but in need of new sails.

Have you been sailing your Jeanneau very long? How have your experiances been?

Edana
S/V Cour Volant

[ssullivan]

Can I jump in, as a non-owner to say that I, too, was surprised recently by the handling of a Jeanneau I was on teaching a sailing course?

The boat was a 40' and handled rough slop (coastal) in a manner akin to my old 13 ton Gulfstar.

The Jeanneau's flatter hull design was a joy... keeping the boat from rolling as much as many mono's I have been on. In fact, I had commented to my wife that it was something like a cross between the cat I have now and our old Gulfstar. It stayed firmly upright in rolly anchorages like a cat, but handled the slop as well as a 13 ton mono.

That reminds me... I think it was 12 tons for a 40' boat. Heavy, but the weight didn't seem to slow her down a bit.

Nice design.

Only negatives I found:

*Fuel tank way too small for Yanmar engine fitted - only 13 hours at max RPM
*Some of the stock systems were a little under-sized for cruising in the example I was on


All in all, a surprisingly well built boat.

[ladyofthesea]

It was a supprise dwhen we went through the first real blow, 45 knts. I was impressed by how gentle the motion was. I've been on other boats that pounded so hard you thought the hull was going to break but my 40' Jeanneau takes them with much more grace, in fact no one got sick. I think the beauty is in the hull design, they did a very good job in that department. And sure there are other areas that could be improved but mostly I have been impressed.
It dosn't perform like a stock boat, even with worn out sails.

I agree about the tankage. I do have a 43 gallon fuel tank but only a 12g holding and only 70g water. Which for my water loving husband is only a weekend's worth and with guests an overniter.
We are about to do some extended cruising on her and plan to leave this coming week depending on the TS Hannah for a two month New England tour. We plan to do all the passage offshore if we can. I'm looking forward to getting her in some seas, although not too big, and see how she handle's those conditions.

[Oldfield]

LOTS,

We have not owned 'Zofia' for long, only six months. Still fitting her out. Having Davits build (Design I got from the Jeanneau site http://www.jeanneau-owners2.com/ )

You might want to check it out. Also we have requested more technical details from Jeanneau because their web site is short on information, more sizzel than steak. We will send you what ever we get.

In the process of moving the chartplotter to the helm, runing leads and lead pull throughs so as to make it easy in the future.

We have sailed almost ever weekend..The stongest wind was 26 Knots. This is a regular breeze on the West Coast so we have to get used to it. The boat handled well and is a real bueaty. We will keep you posted.