Melody 34
sailboat class
The Melody 34 is a type of cruiser, a class of French sailboat that was designed by Andre Mauric and Gilles Vaton of the design firm Bureau Mauric. The first example of a Melody 34 was built in 1974.
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1974 until 1982, with 607 boats built.
Design
The Melody 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of straight spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces 13,330 lb (6,046 kg) and carries 6,393 lb (2,900 kg) of cast iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of 6.23 ft (1.90 m) with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of 18 or 27 hp (13 or 20 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 24 U.S. gallons (91 L; 20 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 48 U.S. gallons (180 L; 40 imp gal).
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