The Sun Odyssey 379 is a French sailboat that was designed by Marc Lombard as a cruiser and first built in 2011. The design was named the 2012 Domestic Boat of the Year and Best Midsize Cruiser by Cruising World magazine. The design was developed into the Sun Odyssey 389 in 2015. Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 2011 until 2015, but it is now out of production. Design The Sun Odyssey 379 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull is made from solid handlaid fiberglass, while the deck is injection-molded and cored with balsa. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with 1X19 stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a hard chine, a plumb stem, a reverse transom with a drop-down tailgate, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels tiller and a fixed "L"-shaped fin keel with a weighted bulb, optional shoal-draft wing keel or stub keel and centerboard, combined with twin rudders. A life raft well is fitted aft. The fin keel model displaces empty and carries of cast iron ballast, the shoal draft version displaces and carries of cast iron ballast, while the centerboard version displaces and carries of ballast. The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , the shoal draft keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design was built with two and three cabin interior arrangements. The two cabin version has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a "U"-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The three cabin interior adds a second aft cabin on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is "L"-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port