The Sun Odyssey 49i is a French sailboat that was designed by Philippe Briand 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 49i is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with 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 dual wheels and a fixed fin keel optional deep draft keel or shoal draft keel. The fin keel model displaces and carries of ballast, while the deep draft version carries of ballast. A bow thruster is optional. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel, with the optional deep draft keel and with the optional shoal draft keel. A "performance" version employs the deep draft keel and a mast that is about taller, with about 32% greater sail area. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 4JH4 TE diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has three and four cabin layouts, providing sleeping accommodation for six to eight people. The three cabin version has a double island berth in the bow cabin, a "U"-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The four cabin model divides the bow cabin into two smaller ones, each with a "V"-berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder, admidships. The galley is of straight configuration and is equipped with a four-burner stove, a refrigerator, freezer and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. Two to four heads may be fitted, fore and aft, for each cabin. The design has a hull speed of . Operational history In a 2009 review for Cruising World, Mark Pillsbury concluded, "all in all, the new Sun Odyssey 49i is a well-laid-out boat with enough volume and comfort to allow an owner to entertain in port while offering all the performance you need under sail to leave a cruising couple or family with smiles on their faces at the end of a journey