Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1974–1982
A stiff, offshore-capable masthead sloop from the boards of Andre Mauric and Gilles Vaton
Designed by Andre Mauric & Gilles Vaton.
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Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 28 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.87 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
257 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
17.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
What the fleet has seen
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The Jeanneau Melody 34 is a Masthead Sloop designed by Andre Mauric and Gilles Vaton, built by Jeanneau from 1974 to 1982. It has a fin keel with a rudder on skeg, measures 10.2 meters LOA with a 3.4-meter beam, and displaces 6046 kg.17:28
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