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We are the new owners of a Tartan 34C. The boat arrived at my home today. This Tartan 34C, a 1969, has some good, bad, and ugly attributes.





















Joe

Congratulations!

I guess there's a vacuum in that part of the driveway ;)

I have to laugh at their use of the woodgrained laminate for the coach roof sides, with the nice varnished real wood so close by. Hee. I want to run over with white paint.

You must be all excited. Whee - Christmas!

R.

Thanks,

Woodgrained formica is part of the "ugly" list!

Joe

Congratulations!

Looks like a lot more good than bad or ugly from where I'm sitting, she's lovely, and pretty up to date for a '69.

Well done!

Cheers,

Chris

Joe,

A beautiful sheer, a great cockpit, a cabin with lots of storage and nicely narrow for a good sea boat. Congratulations.

David

There's a bunch of these sailing in the Good Old Boat regatta and looking good. She's a particularly nice addition to that otherwise spartan back yard! (I grew up with a yard like that and my mother would be beside herself when my dad or I graced it with something beautiful, like a Flying Dutchman or a Studebaker.)

I like the foldaway table. Same trick on the later Tartan 37. Some of the latter had teak interiors, including the underside of the table; others had various combinations of wood veneer and plastic laminate. Great cockpit.

I think I'd sacrifice the plastic laminate to the god of original earlier than later. And the sagging overhead; what is it?

I have always liked the T-34C. Congratulations!

Don't be a stranger!

Huge congratulations. Great boat!

now, first things first.... I don't care who put that knee-skinner just to starboard of the foredeck hatch, or why. It must go.

I imagine you're going to ditch the stove, but please keep the tiller!

The Cole stove? Great, I'll take it ;)

(Just missed one on eBay last week.)

By the way, reading back, I hope my post didn't sound all negative when I mentioned the Formica. It just jumped out at me because it was surrounded by beautiful wood, which I thought was funny. But it's a lovely boat!

(Maybe they didn't make white Formica at first, but only wood-grained pattern?)

She is so graceful. You got a good one. If the laminate is the worst of it you got it made in the shade.

Sweet! T 34C was definitely one of the 'top 3' when I was looking. I agree with all the comments so far. Beautiful, lots of room, appears to be in great shape, I love the cockpit with all the teak. I also am not wild about the wood grain Formica or the lexan thingy beside it. I agree with Figment - Keep the tiller and what IS that shin skinner by the forward hatch?

How is the engine? Is it original and finally..... do you plan on sailing her this summer?

Nice boat - congrats. Hey, Tim that looks like the driveway that you want. <grins>

Congratulations!

Nice boat and it looks like a reasonable project. Hmmm....if the coal stove is going, can I take second dibs to Rachel!

Nice boat.

I looked at one a few months ago and was surprised how much more room below it had compared to the 30's I'd been looking at.

Thanks for the kind words! The boat looks a little less “polished” in person, but we are indeed excited about it.

And the sagging overhead; what is it?

That’s Lowe’s paneling..

I don't care who put that knee-skinner just to starboard of the foredeck hatch, or why. It must go.

I’ve theorized that it is some kind of pole chock, but nevertheless, I will go the way of the dinosaurs

I imagine you're going to ditch the stove, but please keep the tiller!

The Cole stove will stay, at least for a while. The tiller is the subject of some family debate. It too, will stay for now.

I hope my post didn't sound all negative when I mentioned the Formica.

Not at all! I’ve been looking for an excuse to put together a vacuum pump for veneer work.

How is the engine?

The engine is a Yanmar 3gm30.

do you plan on sailing her this summer?

Probably not, given that the survey turned up some isolated areas of core work that will require, after repair, the decks to be repainted. That’s the primary goal of having it at my home. It all depends on my progress this spring.

Joe

the purpose of the kneeskinner occurred to me. A pole chock, yes.

Did the boat come with a cruising spinnaker?

I'm guessing that if you pin the mast-end of the pole into that chock with the business end tucked beside the furler drum, it makes a fair approximation of a bowsprit.

Figment wrote:the purpose of the kneeskinner occurred to me. A pole chock, yes.

Did the boat come with a cruising spinnaker?

I'm guessing that if you pin the mast-end of the pole into that chock with the business end tucked beside the furler drum, it makes a fair approximation of a bowsprit.

That makes sense. Also, could it be where they attached a block for a downhaul/foreguy? It appears that it is about half way from the mast to the forestay. Although there are less obnoxious ways of temporarily attaching a block to a deck.

Congratulations on the new boat. She's beautiful. What have you got in mind for her?

Did the boat come with a cruising spinnaker?

Yes it does, and that’s something that I didn’t even consider.

Also, could it be where they attached a block for a downhaul/foreguy?

That’s another excellent theory. I know for sure there was such a setup on the boat before roller furling was installed.

What have you got in mind for her?

The core repairs are my immediate concern, and I think the standing rigging is old enough that it warrants immediate attention. Also, the AC electrical system was deemed to be deficient by the surveyor. So, these items should keep me busy for a while. I’m trying to narrowly focus my attention on these few things before I jump into any other projects, so this boat doesn’t stay out of the water too long.

Joe

The now long gone aluminum piece on my forward hatch has been found to be, in fact, a pole chock that seems to be a factory option in 1969.

Here is one on a 1969 Tartan listed in Yachtworld:

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... 39304&url=



Joe

Wow, how much does that (telephone) pole weigh? Between that and the kneescraper.... oy, foredeck nightmare!

Sigh. I gotta get me one of those tartans someday.