Zeitgeist is well-outfitted for the cruising sailor at sea and at rest.

The base model is a shoal draft keel with in-mast furling and standard 130 genoa. It arrived from the factory with a 2 cabin, 2 head layout. The aft workshop was subsequently converted to a 3rd cabin to accommodate up to 6 adults in 3 cabins. It has a full Raymarine electronics package, including Multi-Function-Display with Navionics navigation, auto-pilot, wind and depth instruments, and Doppler radar mounted on the mast. We added a full bimini and dodger, solar panels, davits, and a Fusion Bluetooth stereo with speakers below and in the cockpit. We had a Magma kettle grill plumbed to the boat’s primary propane gas system.

Here is a summary of its features.

Below decks

• 3 cabins (forward master cabin with full queen-size bed and in-suite head; aft cabins with double+ beds).
• Hot water powered from engine or shore power.
  • 2 electric heads plumbed to fresh water.
  • 2 stand-up showers.
  • Refrigeration (front as well as top access) including small freezer suitable for ice making.
  • 2-zone air conditioning (shore power with possible future addition of generator for off-shore).
  • Fusion stereo (with Bluetooth wireless and Apple wired connectors) with two speaker zones (below and in cockpit).
  • VHF radio.
  • Extra water tank.
  • In-floor wine rack.
  • Extensive storage.
  • 45 hp Yanmar diesel engine.

Above decks

• Bowsprit with integrated anchor.
• Electric windless with controls at bow and in cockpit.
• 130% genoa.
• In-mast furling main.
• Dodger with full attached bimini.
• Solar panels mounted on bimini.
• All lines leading to cockpit.
• Full-sized folding cockpit table.
• Inclined decks allowing for upright walkaround access from cockpit to forward decks.
• Outboard helm seats allowing for unobstructed view of sails.
• Full-chine on hull providing extra stiffness and tracking under sail.
• Twin rudders.
• Navigation instruments (MFD, autopilot, wind, speed, VHF) at helm.
• Fold-down transom for swim platform.
• Hot and cold freshwater washdown at stern.
• Davits.
• Rail-mounted propane grill plumbed to main propane tanks.

For more information on height, draft, beam, etc., see https://www.boat-specs.com/jeanneau/sun-odyssey-410-shoal-draft.

During September and October 2019, the ACY commissioning team headed by Paul Robinson made after-factory commissioning additions to Zeitgeist in Fort Lauderdale. They added Raymarine Doppler radar and Fusion marine stereo to the factory-installed electronics offshore pack. Custom canvas, including cushions and a fully connected dodger and bimini were designed, built, and installed. The third cabin, which came from the factory as a workshop for full flexibility, was finished out with custom mattress and wall panels, shelf, and carpeting. Fans were wired in throughout. A tender was prepared and fitted to the davits. A gas grill was plumbed to the boat’s propane source.

The boat name was added just the day before we arrived for the handover.

This is the best of the walk-through videos we’ve seen on the web. A Frenchman explains all the marvelous and innovative features of the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410.

Beautiful and bombastic!

Zeitgeist arrived by truck in September 2019 at the Norseman Shipyards in Miami from the Jeanneau factory in South Carolina. In no time at all the mast and rigging were put up, the bottom was painted, and the davits were mounted. Check out that shoal-draft keel, which is just one of the many performance factors introduced with this boat.

We met with the head of commissioning and the canvas maker to go over details for the final commissioning.

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