B UILT: 1 9 9 8 PRICE: £ 9 7 , 5 0 0
The mid 30ft sportscruiser market, these days mostly the preserve of the French, was a hard fought sector for British builders back in the 1990s.
Fairline fielded its Targa 35, Princess offered the excellent 346/366 Riviera and Sealine produced over 300 of these practical and likeable S34s.
INTERIOR Sealine always majors on interior space and practicality, and this model is no exception. The layout is the usual master cabin forward with a second cabin aft, running beneath the cockpit. A galley, dinette and heads split them. But it is noticeable for its storage solutions, such as a split mattress in the forward cabin making it easy to lift one section to access a huge locker beneath the berth.
EXTERIOR Neat details include a clamshell opening to the radar arch, allowing the aft section of canopy to be simply rolled up in situ and stowed away, while at the other end of the boat the anchor is concealed by a neat ‘beak’ at the bow. Unusually, the cockpit floor is one single level (most boats of this type have a raised forward section to increase headroom in the mid cabin) and there are excellent rails on deck, such as those along the edge of the windscreen, making access forward far easier.
LOA: 34ft 6in (10.5m) BEAM: 11ft 10in (3.3m) DRAUGHT: 3ft 1in (0.9m) DISPLACEMENT: 5.3 tonnes FUEL CAPACITY: 564 litres ENGINES: Volvo Penta KAD32 170hp diesel engines.
