FASTNET 34

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

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)