Fastnet Marine 34 (sailboat) for sale

Remarks :
Al Bal is a fine example of a Fastnet 34 well known for there timeless looks and fast lines. She has benefitted from a full internal and external re-fit which has taken 7 years, more than £25,000 spend on her. Including a new engine in 2020 and additional furling (solent rig) foresail full set of sails. She must be viewed in person to fully appreciate what she has to offer. She is currently lying on a trot mooring at Noss on Dart and ready to be viewed.
Further information about the Fastnet 34;
The two French designers Michel Dufour and Jean-Marie Finot had a major influence on yacht design through the 1970s, with then revolutionary designs such as Finot's Ecume De Mer and Dufour's Arpege - lightweight cruiser-racers that could both win races and cruise successfully.
Finot went on to design a string of other yachts including the Fastnet 34, before being appointed designer of ranges of production yachts for Jeanneau, Beneteau and Comar (Comet) in Italy. His design office is now Groupe Finot which continues to design both production yachts and high-tech racing machines.
The Fastnet 34 continues the theme started with the Ecume, of a fast, beamy and relatively light yacht with a quite open interior to provide space. She has a hint of a clipper bow, and pronounced tumblehome on the topsides, something rarely seen on modern boats as it adds substantially to the labour and cost of moulding the hulls. Performance and handling are typical of an early IOR era boat - fast to windward and unlike many modern boats, not prone to broach as she heels. No stability curves are available, but the tumblehome plus curved deckline will probably result in a far higher AVS (angle of vanishing stability) than almost all present production boats.
About 40 Fastnet 34s were built from 1973 onwards, many by Atlanta Marine in the UK.

Accommodation :
Accommodation
Sleeps 6 in 3 cabins
Saloon:
Companionway steps
U-shaped dinette area with solid oak saloon/dining table with folding leaves
Double berth
Single berth
Cabin liner and Oak interior
Teak and holly flooring
Shelving and stowage
Red upholstery
Midships navigation station with chart table and instrument panel facing aft.
Portlights
Stainless steel window frames
Curtains
LED spot lights
Night lights
Forward Cabin:
Door separating from saloon
Double-berth
Storage space
Opening hatch
Aft Cabin:
Owners cabin 2 m berth
Door separating from saloon
Stowage
Window
Opening hatch
Galley:
L-shaped galley stbd side
White formica countertop
Plastimo 2500 Neptune Gas hob and oven/ grill
Stainless-steel sink
Top loading fridge – water cooled compressor
Waste bin
Heads:
Manual toilet
Wash basin
Mirror
Wet hanging locker
Stowage
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Inventory :
Deck & Rigging:
Sloop
Selden anodised aluminium spars
Stainless-steel standing rigging replaced in 2019
Check by Petersen Custom
Slab reefing mainsail
Fully battened mainsail
Deck stepped mast
1 pair spreaders
Headsail furling
Symmetric spinnaker
Cable backstay adjuster
Midship spring cleats
Stainless Steel coach roof grab rails
Sails:
Dacron Mainsail
2x Genoa’s
Goiot and Bamar headsail furler’s
Winches:
2 x Anderson 40 ST 2 speed
2 x Lewmar 40 ST 2 speed
2 x Anderson 10 spinnaker sheet winches
4 x Andersen 10 Halyard winches
3 x Andersen 10 Reefing / mast winches
Anchoring and Mooring Equipment:
Anchor locker with lockable hatch
20kg Bruce anchor
30 M anchor chain (2020)
Lewmar manual windlass
Lewmar Capstan
4 x fenders
4 x mooring warps
General Equipment:
Cockpit locker
Teak cockpit table 2020
Horizon Eclipse radio (2020)
Sprayhood
Stainless steel outboard support bracket
Ecowave 2.3 m inflatable dinghy
Suzuki 2.5 hp outboard engine
Safety Equipment:
Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and lifelines
New Liferaft 2022
Furuno radar reflector
Automatic bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Navigation lights
Jackstays
Gas monitor
Stainless steel emergency tiller
Dan buoy

Mechanical :
Engine:
Bukh DV24 Serviced January 2023
Installed in 2020
24 HP
Diesel
Sea water cooled
Max speed 6 knots
Cruising speed 5 knots
240 hours
Sail drive drive
Fixed 4 blade prop
Mechanical gearbox
Cable controls
Water cooled exhaust
Engine access under companionway steps
Electrical:
12v and 220v system
3 x batteries
Start battery 110Ah – Numax
Service batteries 1x 80Ah – Numax (2019) 1x 105Ah – Numax
WAECO Perfectcharge IU152A battery charger
1 x solar panel
Shore power
Clipper Navtex battery monitor
Tankage:
Fuel tank (approx. 50 litres capacity)
Fuel level indicator at tank
Fresh water tank (approx. 45 litres capacity)... whole text » less text