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Tartan Marine 34 C

Masthead Sloop · Keel/Cbrd. · 1968–1978

Specifications

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.9
Displacement / length
320.0
Comfort ratio
28.3
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
6.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
908
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1968–1978
Units built
525
Designer
Sparkman, Stephens
Builder
Tartan Marine

Design & history

The Tartan 34 C is an S&S design (No. 1904), the first Tartan 34, later distinguished on the used boat market with the letter 'C' for 'classic' to separate it from the second Tartan 34 (TARTAN 34-2).

Class · IOR rating (mainsail foot shortened to lower IOR rating)
Notable features
Option (rarely selected) to substitute a pilot berth for the cabinet storage to port, over and outboard of the dinetteMainsail foot shortened from the original design at least twice to improve balance and/or lower IOR ratingHull 125 and later: E = 12.0'Hull 200 and later: E = 10.5'Yawl rig advertised as an option
Variants
  • TARTAN 34-2
Design

S&S Design No. 1904. The first 34 from Tartan; the second Tartan 34 is also an S&S design, commonly referred to as the TARTAN 34-2.

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