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much narrower aft than on the Sun Odyssey 490.
However, this is not so much of a weakness, be-
cause the difference is a few centimetres at the
far aft.Another, perhaps less tolerable weakness,
is that the awning, in order to allow free move-
ment on the ramps, is narrower. The bimini top
ends laterally on the perpendicular of the coa-
ming, which means that in the afternoon or mid-
morning hours, when the sun is not high in the
sky, its rays can easily slip under the awning. This
may make the cockpit become uncomfortable.
The problem can be solved by equipping the bi-
mini top with side aprons, only in the hours when
the sun is low.
Bénéteau
As we have seen, Bénéteau is very different from
its competitor Jeanneau and has a sharp cha-
racter, entirely focused on comfort. When it comes
to comfort, her only real goal, this boat accepts
no compromise.Comfort inside, comfort outside,
comfort underway. The innovation of the boat,
the redan, has no apparent side effect. In our opi-
nion it does not improve the boat's performance,
as Beneteau claims, but neither does it affect her
negatively. We do not see any serious weakness
here. Perhaps the only criticism that can be made
about this boat is the lack of creativity in the in-
terior layout, where the only truly original feature
is the galley along the side, which has a very nice
2 cabins + 2 heads
4 cabins + 4 heads
5 cabins + 3 heads
Sun Odyssey
490
Technical data Sun Oyssey 490
L.O.A.
m 14,42 ft 47,30
Length hull m 14,00 ft 45,93
L.w. m 13,23 ft 43,40
Beam
m 4,80 ft 15,74
Draft m 2,36 ft 7,74
Displacement
kg 13.930 libs 30,710
Cabins
3/4/5
Heads
3/4
Fresh water
lt 440
Us Gal 116,23
Fuel tank
lt 200
52,83
Engine
hp 80
Sail area
mq 109
1,173.27
Design
Price
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254.000
Centro prove Jeanneau
T
he Jeanneau trials base is located in
the Scarlino marina and managed
by 43° Parallelo. SolovelaNet thanks the
base manager, Dario Zana, for the assi-
stance he wanted to provide us in the
preparation of this article, especially be-
cause Jeanneau does not publish such
basic information as the width of boats.
In the Scarlino trials base, almost all the
Jeanneau models can be found from
October to March.
Briand/Piaton
