'Morning Series', an S&S 34 Classic Sailboat for Sale

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This classic sailboat, having had an extensive refit in 2011 and constantly maintained since, is ready to sail around the world.

s/y 'Morning', a classic Sparkman & Stephens 34 sailboat is for sale

'Morning Series', a classic S&S 34 sailboat under full sail.
Italian flagged, she is currently located in Marina di Ravenna, RA, Italy.

'Morning Series' is a stunning classic GRP sloop, designed by the legendary Olin Stephens in 1969, and built in 1971 by the Aquafibre International shipyard in Norwich (UK) in about 150 units.

The Sparkman & Stephens 34 is probably the longest-running project as well as one of the most successful and winning in the history of yacht design: just think that the model is still in production today in Australia, after more than 50 years from launch, and with several hundred units produced, many of which are still sailing around the world.

'Morning Series', while retaining her original look and “flavor”, has been the subject of continuous maintenance and updates by each of her owners; which allows her, at the age of 50, to still be in perfect shape, ready to sail, without limits, in total safety and comfort, capable of arousing the admiration of all those who love the unmistakable classic lines and the timeless beauty of the mythical projects of Sparkman & Stephens.

Sparkman & Stephen's classic underwater 'fin & skeg' profile

Published Specification for the S&S 34:

Hull Type: Fin keel & Skeg-Hung Rudder;
Hull Material: GRP;
Length Overall: 33'5" / 10.2m;
Waterline Length: 24'2" / 7.4m;
Beam: 10'1" / 3.1m;
Draft: 5'9" / 1.8m;
Rig Type: Masthead sloop;
Displacement: 9,195lb / 4,171kg;
Designer: Sparkman & Stephens;
Builder: Aquafibre (UK);
Year First Built: 1968

Published Design Ratios for the S&S 34:

Sail Area/Displacement: 16.5
Ballast/Displacement: 58.7
Displacement/Length: 291
Comfort Ratio: 24.3
Capsize Screening Formula: 1.9

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The S&S 34 is also the choice for lone sailors, boasting to its credit (like no other project in the world) dozens and dozens of long voyages and circumnavigations around the world: in fact, it is very docile and easy to steer, with extraordinary course stability, a straightening moment among the greatest ever recorded and a magnificent organization of spaces, maneuvers, equipment.

As a perfect upwind machine, with its generous "classic" sail plan, rig overhead, 150% full genoa, it shows a fantastic passage on the wave, even if it is steep and formed.

The Anglo-Saxons, not by chance and despite her small size, unreservedly count her among the “blue water” boats, that is to say the boats from great oceanic depths.

Engine & Sterngear

Yanmar 3GM30 engine installation

MaxProp 2-bladed feathering propellor for reduced drag under sail

Engine: Yanmar 3GM30 indirectly cooled (completely renewed 0 hours in 2018)
Power: 30 Hp
Work hours: less than 200
Transmission: shaft line with Volvo headset (2020)
Propeller: Max Prop 2 blades

Interior and Comfort

The welcoming saloon

The compact but practical head

Cabins: 1
Sleeps: 6
Bathrooms: 1
Original interior in teak and Formica
Original teak floor with maple profiles
Light interior cushions
Electric refrigerator in the cockpit
Kitchen with 2-burner tilting stove
2 AGM Deka (USA) service batteries 110 A / h (year 2011) / 1 Optima engine starter battery 50 A / h (2017)
Water tank 180 liters
75 liter diesel tank

The navigation station

Galley with 2-burner gimballed stove, fridge and sink

Instruments and Electronics

Icom VHF radio installation

Raymarine and Garmin Instrumentation

Zenith Compass (2016)
Windex (2015)
Eco, log, Wind Autohelm
Autohelm 2000 autopilot with control panel
Garmin GPSmap 521 (2011) color outdoor plotter with whole Mediterranean map
VHF ICOM (2020) with indoor station and passive AIS
Hi-FI system with CD, USB and jack to jack (2017), 2 internal loudspeakers and 2 external
Quick battery charger (2016)
Sterling Power "alternator to battery" 12V / 80A power split (2011)
All tinned cable by Kombel/Deka (USA)
Navigation lights: all LED technology
Shore cable

Accessories and Safety

Complete hull polishing 2015
Sprayhood splash guard in Sumbrella
Complete sun awning in Sumbrella
External cushions in Sumbrella with closed cell padding
10 Kg Bruce anchor, 50 mt - 8 mm chain, 10 Kg CQR spare anchor
LOFRANS electric windlass
6 mooring lines + 6 fenders
Complete safety equipment
Arimar Ocean 6-person raft, inspection deadline 2026
Outboard support
Tender Arimar 2.10 m (2017) and Evinrude 2.5 Hp outboard

Exterior and Rig

<i>'Morning Series'</i>, a S&S 34 sailboat underway

'Morning Series' underway...

1 spreader white painted aluminium Mast
Spiral rigging 2010
Bamar rigid vang
Mechanical backstay adjuster Bamar 2015
Furlex furler
4 Winches in the cockpit: 2 Harken 40 with self-tail and 2 double speed Baron
3 double speed Winches Baron on the mast
Lazy bag / Lazy Jack in Sumbrella
Spinnaker equipment

Sails

Mainsail Full Batten Eurosail in dacron (2011) - Genoa Furling 150% Eurosail in dacron (2011)
Spare battened mainsail and genoa 150% in dacron
Staysail
2 Runners Spinnaker, including 1 with sock