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We are pleased to be able to offer a very special opportunity to new and existing members of FlexiSail to join the Club as an Owner / Member for FlexiSail. This is the model which proved so popular and led to FlexiSail growing into the largest Boat Clubs in the UK in 2020.

The model is simple, the owner purchases the boat and puts it into the fleet, we offer a guaranteed 4% return on the price paid for the boat, cover all of the mooring costs, annual maintenance costs and general maintenance on the boat and includes a full FlexiSail Membership allowing a great level of access to your own boat which starts at 66 days a year which can be increased.

We have opportunities to purchase boats from the existing fleet as well as some brilliant offers in conjunction with the main dealers who have some great deals on stock boats available right away.

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 350 is the latest evolution of the vastly popular range, and Jeanneau has tried to push what we can expect from a cruising boat. Theo Stocker went to see how well the concept works in reality.

When it comes to building successful cruising yachts, there are few yards that can match the might and scale of Jeanneau. If the number of hulls sold is any measure of how good a yacht is, then the fact that Jeanneau built over 2,500 Sun Odyssey 349s in its 12 years production run is a pretty big stamp of approval.

Every boat has its day, and the time came to bring the 349 up to date. Jeanneau unveiled the new baby in its cruising range at the Düsseldorf boat show in January 2024. Anyone who has sailed on the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349 will feel instantly like they’ve just been reacquainted with an old but subtly different friend, as if they’ve had a midlife crisis, started working out and had a touch of cosmetic surgery.

When I arrived on the pontoon at Swanwick Marina in August for a test sail with the Sea Ventures stock boat, the new Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 350 was lying alongside a 349 being sold on brokerage; it was like a game of spot the difference.

The most significant change comes to the hull shape. The hull is more muscular and beamier, though only by 15cm, carried both all the way aft, and also much further forward, resulting in a fuller bow. The waterline has been kept narrow thanks to the full-length hull chines onto which the boat should heel under sail and generate both more power from its form stability, and a more balanced hull shape when heeled.