The Sun Odyssey 36i, also called the Sunsail 36i, is a French sailboat that was designed by Marc Lombard as a cruiser and first built in 2009. The "i" in the designation indicates that the deck is injection-molded. Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 2009, but it is now out of production. Design The Sun Odyssey 36i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of vinylester fiberglass, with a balsa-cored deck, hand-laid hull and wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a slightly raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb or optional deep-draft keel. A furling mainsail was a factory option. The fin keel model displaces and carries of ballast, while the deep draft version displaces and carries of ballast. A "perfomance" version has a slightly deeper draft keel and a mast that is about taller, with 8% more sail area. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional deep draft keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3YM30 diesel engine 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 layouts. 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 version adds a second aft cabin with a double berth on the port side, in place of storage space. 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 side. The head is located aft, at the companionway on the port side and includes a shower. On the three cabin model the hed is reduced in size. For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker. The design has a hull speed of and a PHRF handicap of 105 to 150. Operational history In a 2008 review for Cruising World, Herb McCormick wrote, "our 36i was rigged with