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Sadler 34 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Sadler Yachts Ltd., Poole, Dorset. |
The Sadler 34 was
designed in 1983 by Martin Sadler, as a bigger replacement for the
Sadler 32, which was a 1979 design by David Sadler, in turn intended to
improve on his earlier Contessa 32 design. With this lineage, the
Sadler 34 is inevitably a fast, seaworthy yacht, with vice-free
handling. The hulls are filled with rigid polyurethane foam between
an inner and outer moulding, rendering the hulls unsinkable. |
LOA |
34' 9" |
Sail area |
660 sq ft main and genoa
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LWL |
27' 10" |
Rig |
sloop |
Beam |
10' 9" |
Cabins |
3 |
Draught |
fin 5' 10", shallow fin 4' 8", bilge keel 4' 0" |
Berths |
6/8 |
Displacement |
12,800 lbs |
Engine |
usually a Bukh diesel |
Ballast |
5,000 lbs |
BHP |
20 |
Keel type |
Three standard keel options, deep and shallow fins
or bilge keels, though a very few boats had centreboards fitted
inside shallow 3' 6" draft fin keels. Some later boats had
redesigned deep fin keels, with a lower CG, older boats may have
this retro-fitted. |
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Over a fourteen year production run about 250 were built,
the design being built with a variety of keel options, including
options of shallow or deep fin keels, bilge keels or a centreboard.
The 34SE designation on some later boats was an upgrade to
the fitout and equipment specification - the hulls and rigs are identical.
Although the brochure for the design claimed up to nine berths,
(which are there if you really like a crowd) most would now
regard this as a boat for four to six at most.
'Yachting Monthly' boat-tested the Sadler 34 design in 1984
(in a Force 7-8) and commented "....We raced at 8
knots or so on a broad reach. With the wind hovering in the
low force 7’s, she stormed along in fine style, with
an easy pressure and good response on the helm"
and "...when the wind rose to the mid-8s, we rolled
the jib to No 4 size before coming on the wind .... she was
now consistently light and perfectly balanced with a delightful
feel" and "..... her motion through the
water put one in mind of larger yachts". It may
be of significance that the YM editor who reviewed the design
subsequently bought one himself!
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