Résumé
Sadler 34 - 1986 - Shallow Fin Keel -
The Sadler 34 offers quick and sea-kindly performance that's long been recognised and applauded by hardened professional skippers. Indeed this example was previous owned by professional superyacht's Captain..The current owners, are 2 octagenarian sailors with over a hundred years experience between them. The elder had many years successful racing experience and along with his wife did a 14 year circumnavigation. Although their ownership was brief they used their vast experienced to make many improvements.
She has heating hot and cold water and benefiting from significant equipment upgrades by the previous owner 2022/2023 including:
A high-spec fully-battened mainsail by Dart Sails, with Rutgerson roller luff cars.
A Harken Mk IV furling system for the headsail.
A Eberspacher heating system installed.
A Starlight gas cooker with grill & oven by Dometic.
A Raymarine 'Element' 7HV plotter.
A icom Class B AIS Transponder
Construction
Designed by Martin Sadler and built by Sadler Yachts Ltd to a hull design incorporating PU foam core to provide positive buoyancy in the event of a hull breach, with a consequential benefit of being unsinkable but also a degree of thermal insulation and straightforward wipe-down surfaces internally. The Sadler 34 design is fitted with a cast iron external fin keel and skeg supported rudder and is tiller steered for a more direct sailing feel and much better utility of space within the cockpit and has the shallower 1.48m 'Shoal keel’
Mechanical
Engine
Fitted with a replacement Bukh DV24ME 24HP diesel engine in early 2016. This was a refurbished little used lifeboat engine and has behaved impeccably during current ownership
Currently indicating only around 920 hours run from newly refurbished.
Speedseal easy change impeller cover
Shaft drive to a fixed, 3 bladed propeller
Carried on board are a substantial amount of useful engine spares and service parts which include recently refurbished alternator and starter motor.
Electrical Systems:
Three lead acid batteries are fitted within dedicated storage recesses formed within the aft cabin's internal moulding: 2 x 115 A/hr capacity batteries for 'Domestic and Services' bank, with a separate 105A/hr battery for engine cranking. (All batteries were new in 2021).
Batteries charged by engine-driven alternator and a Pro-Charge Ultra 12v/20A battery charger by Sterling Power for use when the vessel is connected to electrical shore support.
A Pro-Split R splitter, again by Sterling Power is fitted to enhance the alternator's output charge.
A Nasa BM-1 Compact display is fitted at the chart table to monitor the batteries' state of charge.
Whisper Power WP-Sine inverter.on board however not connected.
Water System
Hot and cold pressurized water system to all taps.
Calorifier for water heating.
In the galley there is a fresh water hand pumped faucet and also a salt water one.
Tankage:
Fuel: Approx. 25 gallons (112 litres) diesel carried in a stainless steel tank located toward the rear of the cockpit locker. Provided with a sight-gauge and a low-fuel warning light; the latter fitted alongside the companionway. This is faulty and is permanently lit. Needs troubleshooting.
Freshwater: Approx. 50 gallons (200 litres) freshwater carried within a flexible, bladder tank amidships beneath the starboard settee berth and a large spare water carrier in aft cockpit locker.
Holding tank: GRP tank located under the forward cabin's port-hand berth of unknown capacity, but with a clear inspection hatch to view the content's level.
Mast Rigging and Sails
Mast and Spars
Rigged as a single spreader masthead sloop with a Harken Mk IV headsail furling system (fitted new in 2022).
S/S standing rigging last replaced in April 2016
Mechanical backstay adjuster.
Alloy, fixed-length spinnaker pole.
Running rigging and reefing lines (all in good condition) are led aft to cockpit and handled by a variety of Lewmar winches, with the headsail sheet primary winches being self-tailing Lewmar 43 winches. Spinnaker sheet snubbing winches are fitted.
Sails
Fully battened mainsail with Rutgerson roller luff cars (New in 2022 - by Dart Sails).
Cross-cut, roller furling Genoa by Southern Sails, with a foam-padded luff to enhance when it's reefed sail.
Asymmetrical cruising chute, within an ATN snuffer.
Symmetrical spinnaker.
Accommodation
Up to seven berths in three cabins with a generous, U-shaped galley, forward-facing chart table, centreline leafed table, heads compartment forward and forward cabin separated from the heads by wooden door, all based on Sadler's foam stiffened sub moulding that provides insulated accommodation and built-in buoyancy. A two outlet hot air heater by Eberspacher was fitted in 2022.
Speakers in cockpit sides, replaced September 2025
Forward cabin:
Two berths, formed in a 'Vee' can provide a double berth using an in-fill cushion.
Open shelving alongside berth. Under berth lockers are lined (dry) storage lockers used for light wind sail storage. Additional removable storage nets have been provided to hang from beneath the deck head. Hanging locker, dedicated to the forward cabin is provided to starboard. Opening overhead deckhatch (a recent replacement) for light and ventilation.
Heads:
Heads compartment extends across the beam of the hull forward of the mast, with doors ahead and to the main bulkhead for privacy. A Jabsco 'Twist n Lock' marine flushing toilet is fitted, connected to a holding tank. Hot and cold water via a shower faucet to a moulded hand basin.Toilet has a facility to pump to sea or holding tank. The holding tank has a manual pump forward of the toilet to empty it, handle in cupboard above toilet.
Shower sump with 12v drain pump. All sea valves in this compartment are of the Blakes, tapered seacock design and double clipped. Hanging locker to starboard for oilskins, life-jackets and harnesses. Ventilation is provided by two 'Tannoy' ventilites overhead.
Main Saloon:
U-Shaped seating to port providing either a settee berth or convertible to a double using an in-filling panel to enable the U-shaped seating to convert to a double if required, single settee berth to starboard with lee cloth. A centreline-mounted saloon table with internal bottle storage and drop leaves. Above the settee berth on the port side is an open, fiddled shelf, with a closed locker and additional, fiddled book shelf to starboard. Light and ventilation from a centre-line deck hatch (a recent replacement) over and fixed, toughened glass windows to the coachroof's sides. A bladder tank for freshwater is located beneath the starboard settee berth while a substantial, lined stowage space is provided beneath the settee berth to port.
Navigation area:
A well-sized, forward facing chart table accommodates folded charts and almanacs within, with a further storage shelf and a deeply-fiddled cave locker outboard of the chart table, where the AlS transponder and VHF have been mounted. A vinyl covered seat is fitted abaft the chart table, complete with a supporting strap for the navigator.
Galley:
Located to port of the companionway (for comfortable use when hove to on starboard tack while making a cup of tea), the Sadler 34's galley is notably generous in offering a generous amount of work space & security to a cook at sea with workable storage. A new Starlight 2 burner, grill & oven gas cooker by Dometic was fitted in 2022. Twin sinks are fitted within the forward peninsular and have individual covers. These can be stowed on dedicated fixings on the central bulkhead below the sink. In the galley rressurised H&C water supply and there is a fresh water hand pumped faucet as well as a salt water one.. A deep, top opening refrigerated cool box is now fitted to this Sadler 34's galley, with a relatively large and shelved locker provided where the original, front-opening fridge would have been.
Aft cabin:
Located to starboard, this cabin extends aft of the companionway steps/engine box, thereby able to offer some seating and a hinged fiddled surface for small items ahead of the berth. A fiddled, open storage shelf alongside & above the berth has been widened. Light and ventilation is provided by an opening portlight to the cockpit's footwell, plus the side window and a 'Tannoy' ventilator above the cabin's standing area.
Inventory
Navigation Equipment
Within the Cockpit:
2 x Steering compasses one unuseable
Raymarine Element 7HV colour chart plotter with AIS Overlay (plotter new in 2022) fitted on a trunnion mount, above the companionway.
Nasa Clipper wireless wind speed/direction new 2024
Nasa Clipper Log/Speed
Nasa Clipper Depth display.
Autohelm ST4000 Autopilot control head with a separate activating arm.
At Chart table area:
Icom IC-M323 DSC/VHF radio connected to a Vesper Marine SP160 Splitter.
Icom MA-510TR 'Class B' AlS transponder.
Actisense W2K-1 Nema2000 to WiFi gateway to enable display of navigation data on a tablet.
Icom IC-M35 buoyant, hand-held VHF radio.
Mooring and Anchoring
Equipment 15kg Rocnor anchor (new in 2022) with 40 M anchorplait spliced to 40 M chain cable.
CQR-type kedge anchor with a length of chain & warp (looks to have been unused).
Twin stemhead rollers.
8 Fenders & 8 warps.
General
Cockpit seats covered in synthetic 'Flexiteak' (new in April 2016).
Set of cockpit cushions.
Acrylic sprayhood (Sunbrella navy blue fabric) with grab bar to rear edge.
Bimini and cover.
2 x 'Blue Performance' rope bags/tidies for the rope ends.
Pair of midship mooring cleats.
Stern boarding/swimming ladder.
One full camping gas bottle and on part used in gas locker.
Fender Board stored in cockpit locker
Safety Equipment
Manual bilge pump.
12V DC bilge pump, with automatic and manual switching in heads bilge.
Firdell Blipper mast-mounted passive radar reflector.
2 x dry powder fire extinguishers. New 2024
A remote gas switch connected to a solenoid in the gas locker enable the cylinders to be isolated from the galley. A straight through connector is attached to pipe in locker in case of solenoid failure.
VHF radio, emergency antenna under navigation table seat.
Aerosol signal horn.
Inshore flare pack by Seago
Two Crewsaver life jackets with tethers in heads compartment to starboard.
Bolt croppers aft cabin
Spare TIller forward cabin
Recent upgrades
New Lewmar pro 1000 windlass,
New Waveline 2.7 M lightweight dinghy 2024,
Kicker electric outboard with 12 v charger new 2024.
Remote gas switch,
Gas alarm in galley,
Barton traveller system,
New deckmaster on companionway steps,
Mosquito nets for all hatches,
2 snatch blocks with 4 M lines,
Plastimo hand bearing compass.
Re-chargeable searchlight,
12 v vacuum,
Hands free comms kit,
Cruising guides, some charts for irish sea and south coast,
2 Crewsaver lifejackets with tethers,
Dinghy anchor with chain and warp,
Seago vacuum engine oil pump,
New Clipper wireless wind speed and direction instrument,
Engine tachometer,
Saloon double berth infill modifed for use as a cockpit table.
Winter washboards.
History and Owners Comments
Anecdotally, we're told that this particular Sadler 34 was originally owned as his personal yacht by a senior Army officer, based for a time at the British Services', Kiel Sailing Centre in Germany. It was upon his insistence that the forward sections be 'beefed up' and additional ballast weight be fitted to the foot of the keel. It was at this time too that a holding tank was provided by the adaptation of the internal moulding's locker under the forward berths to provide the tank. We believe that, in his ownership 'Faustina' cruised the Baltic and down into the Mediterranean Sea.
It can be seen from the documentation held that she was returned to the UK and formerly sold within the family to the original owner's son, with the boat being based in the Southampton/Solent sailing area for many years by the following two owners before being bought by the previous owner who is a professional Yacht Captain. In September 2022, it was purchased by two octogenarian brothers and moved from Plymouth to Glasson Dock in Morecambe Bay. The elder brother has extensive experience of sailing, from 1979 he raced J24s being successful in national and internation events. In 1997 he commenced a 14 year circumnavigation along with his wife. He has used his vast experience to make many small and subtle improvements. Unfortunately very little cruising was done in 2024 because the flood defence door at Glasson Dock was stuck in the closed position and was not removed until early august. This allowed a cruise to the Isle of Man, Northern Island to Troon. A late Scottish cruise had to be aborted due to bereavment. A late season cruise returned Faustina to Glasson Dock for the winter.
Once again Faustina was moved up to Scotland, this time to Clyde Marina. From this base succesful 4 weeks of cruising have been acheived. Unfortunately ill-health makes a sale necessary.
VAT paid status is verified by an authenticated SAD (C88) and covering letter from HM Customs and Excise, dated February 1993
As you will have read above, many good and expensive upgrades have been commissioned over the last four years; the underwater surfaces were slurry blasted to remove old antifouling coatings during the winter 2017/2018, the mainsail is 'As-New' & in lovely shape and modern electrical systems and items of electronic equipment have been fitted