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Sadler Yachts 34

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1983–1995

A robust masthead sloop designed by the Sadlers, featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a balanced hull for offshore cruising

Designed by David & Martin Sadler.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

See her sail

The Sadler Yachts 34, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Eternal Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 28 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 28
CoastalBluewater

1.84 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.84
LightHeavy

265 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 265
EasygoingPowered-up

14.6 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.6
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Sadler Yachts 34, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Sadler Yachts 34 is a masthead sloop designed by David and Martin Sadler, built by Sadler Yachts from 1983 to 1995. It measures 10.6 meters LOA with a 3.3-meter beam, a 1.8-meter draft, and displaces 5806 kg. Aboard *Wanderling*, a Sadler 34, a couple prepared the boat for sale in New York and Florida, performing extensive maintenance.0:05 This included stripping and repainting the deck with white anti-slip paint, applying new anti-fouling, replacing the propeller shaft seal, and installing a new alternator and seawater pump.14:11 They upgraded the alternator's positive cable to a heavier gauge.14:42 The crew transited Hell Gate with a favorable tidal current, covering 40 nautical miles past the Financial District and the Statue of Liberty.20:47 After ten months of ownership, they sold *Wanderling* in Vero Beach, Florida.17:22

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 3 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Sadler Yachts 34 on video

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale
1seen sold

For sale

Sold

  • The channel creators sold their boat, Wanderling, after four years of ownership and ten months in the USA, to new owners in Vero Beach, Florida

    from Eternal Sailingseen May 2025watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.6
Displacement / length
265.1
Comfort ratio
28.0
Capsize screening
1.84
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1069
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1983–1995
Units built
260
Designer
David, Martin Sadler
Builder
Sadler Yachts

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Sadler Yachts 38A Stephen Jones-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance cruising.Sadler Yachts 32A David Sadler-designed masthead sloop featuring a skeg-hung rudder and multiple keel options for versatile cruisingSadler Yachts 29An unsinkable masthead sloop featuring foam-filled cavities designed to keep the vessel afloat even when fully floodedSadler Yachts 26An unsinkable masthead sloop designed by David Sadler with built-in flotation for safety in a compact 26-foot hullSadler Yachts 25 MK IIIA fin-keeled evolution of the 25 series featuring a taller rig and refined factory mouldings for coastal sailingSabre Yachts 34Produced from 1976 to 1985, this fin-keeled masthead sloop offers a balanced 40% ballast ratio for coastal stability

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