| Melody 34 | |
| Designer: | Andre Mauric Gilles Vaton |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1974 |
| No Built: | 607 |
| Builder: | Jeanneau |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 6.23feet |
| Displacement: | 133300NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 33.63feet |
| Lwl: | 28.5feet |
| Beam: | 11.09feet |
| Engine: | 270NaN0 inboard diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 63930NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 46.5feet |
| J: | 14.8feet |
| P: | 42.4feet |
| E: | 11.9feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 269square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 226square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 1076square feet |
| Sails Other: | genoa 538square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 807square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 1345square feet |
The Melody 34 is a French sailboat that was designed by Andre Mauric and Gilles Vaton of the design firm Bureau Mauric, as a cruiser and first built in 1974.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1974 until 1982, with 607 boats built.[1] [2] [3] [9] [10] [11]
The Melody 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of straight spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces 133300NaN0 and carries 63930NaN0 of cast iron ballast.[1] [2] [3]
The boat has a draft of 6.23feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of 18or for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is 740NaN0.[1] [2] [3]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 1076square feet.[1] [2] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 7.16kn.[2] [3]
Melody 34s have been sailed on extensive cruising voyages, including in the Caribbean.[12]