SEALINE F34
BUILT: 2009 PRICE: £118,000
LOA 34ft 6in (10.5m) Beam 11ft 0in (3.3m) Draught 3ft 6in (1.1m) Displacement 6.3 tonnes Fuel capacity 636 litres Engines Twin Volvo Penta D4 260 260hp diesel
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The F34 had some big boots to fill when launched – it replaced the hugely popular and long-lived Sealine F33, over 400 of which were made. But this was no revamp, from the new hull upwards, it’s a different boat, larger and heavier (by a tonne), although still providing the same ethos – the entry point to British-built twin diesel flybridge cruisers.
INTERIOR
Dubbed Space Ship by Sealine when it was introduced, the F34 does have a startling amount of room for a 34-footer. The layout is much the same as its predecessor, with a master cabin forward, double bed on the centreline, and a mid cabin with a double that runs back under the saloon.
Space has been eked out on deck by putting the galley in the saloon (which features a neat sliding worktop). The extra foot in hull length makes this possible without the saloon feeling remotely cramped or compromised. Headroom is surprisingly good at well over 6ft, given that this isn’t an over-tall boat from the outside.
EXTERIOR
Fancy some SECS? This boat has it – the Sealine Extending Cockpit System. The transom slides aft, lengthening the cockpit by half a metre. Accessed by stairs rather than a ladder, the flybridge is far better equipped than the F33’s with two rows of seating where its predecessor had a single bench seat and a sunpad. The clamshell canopy storage in the trailing edge of the flybridge overhang is a neat touch too.
PERFORMANCE
Twin sterndrive only, Sealine originally fitted 230hp KAD 43 engines or 200hp AQAD 41 motors. By the time this boat was built the D series was out, so this boat gets a pair of D4-260 for 34 knots.
SEAKEEPING
Sealine carried the deep deadrise of the bow further back down the hull than the F33, giving good head sea performance. There’s no getting away from the fact that this is a tall narrow sterndrive boat though, so prepare for some exciting angles of heel on the flybridge if you’re too enthusiastic with the helm.