Descriptions

The Sabre 34

With over 255 manufactured by Sabre Company in Maine, the Sabre 34 is a great light air boat with enough ballast to stand up in a blow and is capable of offshore passages. She would make a fun club racer as well as a comfortable day sailer or long-distance cruiser. The Sabre 34 has a PHRF rating of 153, and coincidentally this is hull #153 as well. Note this is a Mk I boat and not a newer Mk II, hence the price value. She is also the deep-draft fixed keel model, not the centerboard model. She is well equipped for cruising for a couple or a family. Sabre 34’s have a reputation for being comfortable, sea kindly, and safe in heavy weather. The fact that Sabre 34's have held their value better than most sailboats is evidence of their excellent design and construction.

Sabre has an After Sales Service Department that offers online, telephone, and email support services for Sabre 34 owners even though the 34 is no longer in production. She is a good example of the classic sailing yachts that have been the hallmark of Sabre from its founding in 1970.

The Sabre Yachts website states their mission well: “Sabre sailing yachts are medium displacement, performance boats, blending the comfort of cruising, the ability for blue water passagemaking, and the capability of race winning performances….Sabre sailing yachts are designed for high load carrying capacity, and stability is achieved both by hull form and by high ballast-to-displacement ratios. Efficient lead keels provide excellent lift and performance characteristics as well as close upwind pointing angles. Sail plans offer the optimum balance of light air performance and heavy weather stability. Sabre sailing yachts are not wet race boats, nor are they heavy displacement “tanks”: they are comfortable, fast and highly refined yachts, fun to sail and a pleasure to own.” And Practical Sailor said "[Roger] Hewson's penchant for lively boats, combined with the detail-oriented Maine craftsmanship, is a chief reason why used Sabres remain so popular among split-personality sailors who enjoy PHRF racing as much as a leisurely summer cruise - something that can’t be said of many boats of the same vintage."

Accommodations

Chart table with storage

Clock, brass tide clock

Dining table, fold-up, seats four

Drawers and hanging locker in forward cabin area

Drawers and lockers, multiple

Fans – 12-volt

Flat-screen TV

Galley double stainless-steel sink

Galley hot and cold pressure water, foot pump for sink – not in service

Galley refrigerator 12-volt

Galley Seaward 2 burner alcohol stove and oven – not in service

Galley Ship’s Bar with bottle storage locker

Galley trash bin

Galley, U-shaped to starboard

Hatches 2 overhead, and mid-deck hatch has a Marinco stainless solar vent

Head, pressure water shower w/sump pump

Head: enclosed with sink, hand-held shower, and foot pump – not in service

Hot water tank, 6-gallon with engine heat exchanger and 110V heater

Lighting, 12-volt throughout the interior

Opening ports x3 with new glass and screens

Quarter berth to port, 6’ 4” in length

Salon has 6’ 2” headroom

Salon has port and starboard settees, 6’ 4” length

Starboard settee pulls out to a double berth, 6’ 4” in length

Storage above, behind, and below settees

Storage rack on bulkhead behind fold-up dining table

Teak and holly flooring (needs refinishing)

Teak interior with fine joiner work

V-berth forward, 6’ 4” length with filler cushion to convert to double

Hull, Deck and Cockpit

Anchor locker on foredeck

Chocks and cleats, heavy-duty

Cockpit corner seats

Cockpit drink holders

Cockpit engine instruments easily seen

Cockpit stereo speakers

Cockpit winch handle & gear bins

Companionway hatch boards with locking hasp

Custom fitted double-sided cockpit cushions in medium blue

Deck is balsa cored

Flag halyards, port & starboard

Hull hand laid with solid fiberglass

Lazarette: port side shallow storage with locking hasp

Lazarette: stbd side deep storage with locking hasp

Lazarette: stern deep storage with locking hasp

Lifeline pulpits, bow and stern stainless-steel rails

Lifelines double with opening gates & jib rollers & leaning pads

Stern rail outboard motor mount & lifting block/tackle

Teak folding cockpit table for four

Teak toe rail, cap rail, handrails and trim

Wheel custom line wrap

Electronics, Instrumentation, and Navigation

• HELM/COCKPIT
• Raymarine Axiom 9 color GPS chart plotter with radar, networked with e7 and instruments and autopilot
• Raymarine wheel pilot autopilot with wireless handheld remote control
• Raymarine i70 color multi-function display with customizable pages for any info on network e.g. wind, speed, depth
• Raymarine ST60+ wind speed and direction meter
• Inclinometer
• Fusion MS-IP600 Bluetooth music system
• Ritchie compass in binnacle (as-is, needs service)
• Waterproof Scanstrut USB outlet
• Instrument wiring updated with bus bars and easily accessed behind drop down panels
• CHART TABLE
• Raymarine hybrid touch e7 color GPS chart plotter with radar second station
• Standard Horizon Matrix DSC VHF radio with masthead antenna
• Standard Horizon RAM mike VHF radios x2
• Charging/accessory ports, 12V DC

Sails, Rigging and Canvas

Bimini with connector that zips to dodger, medium blue Sunbrella

Binnacle cover in medium blue Sunbrella

Clutch x1 double Lewmar rope clutch plus cabin-top cam cleats & cleats

Companionway dodger with stainless-steel tube frame

Genoa tracks x2: inboard (with Garhauer blocks) and outboard (with Schaeffer blocks and midship cleats)

Hall Quick-Vang boom vang

Mast and boom aluminum with white coating

Mast is keel-stepped

Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster

Profurl roller furling headsail system

Running rigging all lines except main halyard lead to cockpit

Running rigging high-tech low-stretch halyards and sheets

Sail Cruising spinnaker in snuffer

Sails – old ones available

Sails annual service by UK

Sails UK 135% roller furling genoa (2019)

Sails UK loose footed fully battened mainsail with 2 reefs (2019)

Traveler on cabin top, out of cockpit

Winch handles

Winches x1 #16 2-speed Lewmar cabin-top winch

Winches x1 #30 2-speed Lewmar cabin-top winch

Winches x1 #30 Lewmar winch on the mast

Winches x2 #44 2-speed self-tailing Lewmar primary winches

Electrical

• 110 volt shore power system
• AC panel for AC outlets & water heater
• Battery charger
• Battery selector switch
• Boat grounded for lighting protection
• Interior cabin lights
• Shore power cord
• Sunpower flexible solar panels 2x100 watts mounted on bimini, plus additional portable solar panels
• Three 12V AGM Grp 31 105AH batteries on house side and 1 Grp 27 600AH dedicated for engine starting
• Victron BMV-702 battery monitor

Engine

Diesel auxiliary power is by Westerbeke 27hp 4-cylinder FWC diesel engine

Major engine update work undertaken in 2016: engine removed for rebuild, new motor mounts, transmission, cutlass bearing, shaft seal

Engine hours unknown

MARTEC folding propeller, (2) blade

Propeller shaft with zinc anodes, stainless steel

Fuel filters: 2 fine and RACOR fuel filter

Safety & Miscellaneous

Lifesling overboard rescue system

Stern-mounted folding swim ladder

Primary anchor: Manson Supreme anchor, self-launching and self-righting, with rollbar, galvanized steel 35# with chain leader and nylon rode

Secondary anchor: Fortress FX-16 anodized aluminum 10# with rode

Emergency tiller stored in starboard locker

Manual and electric bilge pumps

Boat hook

Dock lines

Fenders

Jack stand set available

Many spares & extras available

Excludes tools & personal items

Features

Electronics

• Depthsounder
• Radar
• Log-Speedometer
• Wind Speed and Direction
• Repeater(s)
• TV Set
• Navigation Center
• Plotter
• Autopilot
• Radio
• Compass
• GPS
• Cockpit Speakers
• VHF

Sails

• Fully Battened Mainsail
• Gennaker/Cruising Spinnaker
• Furling Genoa

Rigging

• Steering Wheel
• Spinnaker Pole

Inside Equipment

• Electric Bilge Pump
• Manual Bilge Pump
• Marine Head
• Hot Water
• Refrigerator
• Battery Charger

Electrical Equipment

• Shore Power Inlet

Outside Equipment/Extras

• Outboard Engine Brackets
• Solar Panel
• Cockpit Cushions
• Cockpit Table
• Swimming Ladder

Covers

• Bimini Top
• Spray Hood
• Mainsail Cover
• Lazyjacks

Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.