Overview

Designed to be a comfortable performance cruiser and racer, the Tartan 34-2, a Sparkman & Stevens creation, is a high-quality craft known for its superior build and solid reputation. Sea Panda, a 1986 Tartan 34-2, has been well maintained and upgraded and features all new standing rigging, a LiPO4 house battery, and a large sail inventory that includes a new mainsail, to name a few highlights. The boat can easily be single-handed. She has made two trips to the Bahamas in the last three years and was an active participant in the local sailing club, winning New Boat of the Year 2022 and Winner Class B 2023.

Features

• Complete buff and wax (April 2025)
• All new standing rigging (September 2022)
• Lithium LiPO4 house battery (April 2024)
• New Precision Sails Dacron mainsail (2023)
• Large sail inventory: 1 mainsail, 1 mainsail spare, 1 genoa, 1 storm jib, 2 spinnakers
• Vesper Watchmate class B AIS send/receive wifi network enabled (June 2023)
• New 17 inch 3 blade fixed bronze prop (October 2021)
• Deck repainted by previous owner
• Included West Marine 9 ft dinghy (new in 2021)
• 2022 4HP Yamaha 2-stroke outboard
• 27 HP Yanmar engine, last service March 2025 with new filters, fluids, hoses
• New motor mounts and fuel lines
• New raw water pump and packing gland replaced
• New belts and motor mounts aligned shaft
• Sails and rigging by Doyle and North Sails with new Precision Sails main with 2 reef points
• Spinnakers: red, white, blue asymmetrical and orange and black symmetrical spinnaker
• John Ramsey rigging rebuilt masthead and cranes
• Chain plates re-bedded (April 2025)
• Hydraulic backstay rebuilt (Summer 2023)
• Sunbrella navy bimini replaced (Fall 2023)
• Electronics: Vesper Marine AIS with wifi, Garmin chartplotter, Raymarine ST60 wind, depth, speed instruments, Standard Horizon VHF with AIS receive, lightning protection for VHF antenna
• 180 Ah Paoweric Lithium battery (new 2024) and AGM starter battery (October 2022)
• 200W solar array and Renogy 30A battery charging system
• 3000W Renogy pure sine wave inverter
• LED lighting and several USB ports
• Shore power battery charger with 30A cable
• Galley with Eno 2 burner stove, Cold Machine refrigerator (new 2020), foot pump for sink, Kuuma 6 gallon hot water heater (July 2023)
• Jabsco manual head with new blackwater system and rotomolded 15 gallon tank
• Jabsco macerator pump for overboard discharge
• New faucet in head sink (July 2024)
• Ground tackle includes 20kg Rocna anchor with chain and rode, Danforth aluminum backup anchor and dinghy anchor with rode
• Accommodations: quarter double berth port, forward cabin v-berth with custom memory foam mattress, wet head, cockpit cushions with foam replaced (Nov 2023), drop down table in salon
• Ten opening portlights, three opening hatches mostly with screens, three ventilation fans, sun shades for hatches
• Safety equipment including jack lines, harness/life jackets with strobes, tethers, throw cushion, flares, fire extinguishers, air horn, lifesling MOB device
• Last antifoul October 2019 with Interlux Micron 66
• Exterior teak finished with Cetol light and gloss
• Stainless steel cleaned and protected with Flitz