21 Years of Jeanneau Sun Fast Success from MGM Boats

1st December 2025

Afloat.ie Team

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MGM Boats celebrates 21 years of delivering the evolving designs of the Jeanneau Sun Fast range to Ireland.

It was back in 2004 when Jeanneau released the Sun Fast 35 Armada Edition. MGM Boats brought one of the first new Jeanneau Sun Fast onto our shores.

Fast forward to today, and the same Sun Fast 35, after 21 years of various ownerships in Ireland under the care of MGM Boats' successful brokerage services, the yacht has finally returned to its country of birth, to a French Sun Fast owner and fanatic.

SF35 arrival in France The original SF35 has returned to France

The Sun Fast concept from 2004 usually meant a larger keel and a taller mast, with more sail area, than the standard Cruising Odyssey range. In today's world, they are now called the Sun Odyssey Performance edition.

This generation of Sun Fast 37 and 40.3's provided a comfortable fast cruiser with the ability to race. This provided many families with the holy grail of comfort for the family and some performance for weekend racing around the bays and harbours of Ireland. It is also a reliable and stable design of many sailing schools in Dublin Bay over the past 21 years.

2008 saw MGM Boats' introduction of the Sun Fast 3200 to Ireland– finding a niche of the expanding shorthanded market, specifically designed for an over-40s shorthanded transatlantic race, the Transquadra. After a brief offshore campaign in the summer of 2008, MGM's Sun Fast 3200 eventually found a home in the Netherlands in the changing market of 2009.

A Sunfast 3200 competing in the 2009 Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race off the Muglins Rock on Dublin Bay Photo: Afloat

In 2017, the Sun Fast 3600 arrived, providing a platform for fully crewed or shorthanded performance sailing. MGM delivered various new and used models to Dublin Bay.

Cinnamon Girl competing two-handed in the 2025 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race Photo: Afloat

In early March 2020, MGM launched the new Sun Fast 3300 onto a quiet Dublin Bay for its initial sea trials. 'Cinnamon Girl' developed into a well-campaigned double-handed yacht that remains competitive to this day. Completing a recent refit, she'll be ready for the sailing season in 2026.

Early 2025 saw another Sun Fast 3300 delivered to Cork, working with local sailmakers and electronics specialists to meet the owner's specialised requirements for a true ocean-going singlehander.

Now, in late 2025, MGM is delivering a new Sun Fast 3300 into Dublin Bay, geared towards fast, manageable, fun sailing with the option of crewed coastal racing.

(Above and below) New Sun Fast 3300 being prepared for delivery in 2025 at MGM Boats (Above and below) New Sun Fast 3300 being prepared for delivery in 2025 at MGM Boats

Over the past 21 years, Jeanneau Sun Fast has provided many Irish sailors with great experiences and fast performance in cruising and racing off our shores.

Thanks to the constant evolution of the Sun Fast design, with over 100 generations and sizes of Sun Fast now roaming our seas, MGM Boats has achieved 21 years of success.

For more information or to trial the Sun Fast 3300, contact MGM Boats now.

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