The Sun Odyssey 409 is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand as a cruiser and first built in 2010. A version for the yacht charter market was designated the Sunsail 41. The design replaced the Sun Odyssey 39i and was in turn replaced in production by the Sun Odyssey 419 in 2019. The boat was named the "2011 - European Yacht of the Year: Family Cruiser". Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 2010 to 2015, with about 300 boats completed, but it is now out of production. It was also produced at Jeanneau's US factory in Marion, South Carolina. Design The Sun Odyssey 409 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. The hard-chined hull is hand-laid solid fiberglass, while the deck is injection molded with a balsa core. It has a 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 plumb stem, a reverse transom with a fold-down tailgate swimming platform, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by dual wheels and a fixed "L"-shaped fin keel with a weighted bulb or optional shoal-draft keel. The fin keel model displaces empty and carries of cast iron ballast, while the shoal draft version displaces empty and carries of cast iron ballast. There is a liferaft locker located below the cockpit sole. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3JH5-CE diesel engine of with a three-blade fixed propeller for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design was built in two and three cabin versions. The two cabin layout has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a "U"-shaped settee and additional two seats in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side, with a storage space to port. The three-cabin model adds a third cabin aft to port in place of the storage. The galley is located on the port 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. There are two heads, one in the