Model guide · 2018 onward · 44 ft · 3 cabins

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 check-in checklist

Updated 2026-09-28

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 is a three-cabin monohull of about 44 ft. One item on this boat is a safety question before it is a deposit question: the retractable bow thruster on boats built from 2020 to 2022. Start there, then work aft.

What is different about the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 at check-in

Begin inside the bow. The 440 may have a retractable bow thruster that drops out of the hull bottom, so there may be no tunnel to see from the pontoon. On boats built in 2020, 2021 and 2022 with a Sleipner retractable thruster, Jeanneau reported that the thruster flange may detach because of a gluing problem, and asked owners to stop using the boat until the reinforcement was done (Yachting Monthly, 2024-06-25). Ask the base whether the reinforcement work was done on your boat, have the thruster lowered and raised once, and photograph its compartment: it must be dry.

Outside, the boat has a fixed bowsprit that carries the anchor and projects beyond the stem, and a chine along the hull from the stern almost to the stem. Both are edges that meet a quay or a neighbouring boat before the surfaces around them. On deck, the side decks slope down to meet the cockpit floor outboard of the wheels, and the cockpit backrests fold outward to make sunbeds.

The 8 items where the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 differs

Each hint below is the one the Dockproof app shows for this boat.

Bow thruster Hull and topsides

On this model the bow thruster may be a retractable unit that drops out of the hull bottom, so there may be no tunnel to see from the pontoon. Have it lowered and raised once and listen. Then photograph the thruster compartment inside the bow: it must be dry. The builder recalled boats built from 2020 to 2022 to reinforce the bonding of this unit to the hull, so ask whether the work was done and photograph any water or stains around the flange.

From: Heather Prentice, 'Jeanneau has contacted Sun Odyssey 410, 440 and 490 owners amid safety concerns', Yachting Monthly, 2024-06-25

Bowsprit, anchor and windlass Hull and topsides

This model has a fixed bowsprit that carries the anchor and serves as a step. Photograph it from each side and from below, from the pontoon. It projects beyond the stem, so it is the first part of the boat to reach a quay or a neighbouring boat when manoeuvring bow first. Then pay out a couple of metres of chain and check the windlass control responds.

From: Michael Good, 'Sun Odyssey 440: a cruising yacht full of ideas in the rarely served size segment', YACHT, 2024-07-11; Charles J. Doane, 'Boat Review: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', SAIL Magazine, 2018-02-09

Transom and bathing platform Hull and topsides

On this model the transom folds down to make the bathing platform, which sits low over the water. Lower it fully and photograph the hinges, the lifting gear, and the surface, then the closed transom straight on from the pontoon.

From: Katy Stickland, 'Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', Yachting Monthly, 2018-01-18; Michael Good, 'Sun Odyssey 440: a cruising yacht full of ideas in the rarely served size segment', YACHT, 2024-07-11

Rudder blades Hull and topsides

This model has two rudder blades, one under each quarter. Photograph each one separately from the pontoon, from outboard and from astern. They sit far out to the sides, close to where the stern comes near the quay and the mooring lines, and an overall shot does not show which blade has the mark.

From: Charles J. Doane, 'Boat Review: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', SAIL Magazine, 2018-02-09; Katy Stickland, 'Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', Yachting Monthly, 2018-01-18; Michael Good, 'Sun Odyssey 440: a cruising yacht full of ideas in the rarely served size segment', YACHT, 2024-07-11

Hull chine Hull and topsides

This model has a chine that runs along the hull from the stern almost to the stem. It is a sharp edge in the topsides, and an edge takes a scrape before the flat surface around it does. Photograph it in raking light along both sides.

Deck and gelcoat Deck

On this model the side decks slope down as they run aft and meet the cockpit floor outboard of the wheels, so you walk from the cockpit to the bow without climbing over a coaming. The whole crew uses these two ramps. Photograph each one from the wheel looking forward, then take the two overall deck photos and look for star cracks around the deck hardware.

From: Charles J. Doane, 'Boat Review: Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', SAIL Magazine, 2018-02-09; Michael Good, 'Sun Odyssey 440: a cruising yacht full of ideas in the rarely served size segment', YACHT, 2024-07-11; Katy Stickland, 'Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440', Yachting Monthly, 2018-01-18

Winches Rig and sails

On this model the two primary winches stand just ahead and inboard of the wheels, within reach of the helm. Turn every winch on the boat by hand in both gears and photograph every position. Count the handles and photograph them together.

Folding cockpit backrests Cockpit and helm

On this model the cockpit backrests fold outward and lie flat to make a sunbed on each side. Fold each one down and back up. Photograph the hinges, the catches that hold the backrest upright, and the cushions. When the backrest lies flat, its hinges and supports carry the weight of whoever is on it.

Where these items fall in the walk

The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 check-in in the app has 59 items. The model-specific ones are in hull and topsides (5), deck (1), rig and sails (1), cockpit and helm (1). Everything else follows the generic monohull walk, which the bareboat charter checklist covers item by item.

Before you go

If there is any water or staining around the thruster flange, photograph it and show the base before you leave. That is a safety question as much as a deposit one.
Photograph the bowsprit from each side and from below, from the pontoon.
Photograph each sloping side deck from the wheel looking forward: the whole crew walks those two ramps all week.
Fold each cockpit backrest down and up, and photograph its hinges and catches.

The deposit on a boat this size

At about 44 ft, the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 falls in Sunsail's 40 to 49 ft monohull band: a published deposit of $6,175 without the damage waiver, or $842 plus $90 a day with it (Sunsail, Yacht Damage Waiver). Your own contract sets your deposit. What the waiver and deposit insurance leave to you is in the deposit insurance guide.

Choose the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 440 when you start. The app shows these hints one item per screen, offline, and keeps each photo with its time and SHA-256 digest, so your check-in is a record neither party can change after the fact.

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