The Northshore built, Vancouver 34 Classic, is one of the all time great blue water yachts. Ideal for single handed, couples or a small family looking for something special. Set up for short handed sailing with a cutter rig.

Everything about these boats breathes quality and gives a depth of feeling akin to sitting in your favorite armchair. That said these are not fussy old worldly boats, they will get you anywhere and bring you back safely.

Built to an exceptional standard by Northshore Yachts in 2004, "Fidra" remains in excellent condition and has been updated and improved in her current ownership.

Dimensions & general info.

• LOA - 10.44m / 34.25ft.
• LWL - 8.38m / 27.50ft.
• Beam - 3.20m / 10.50ft.
• Draft - 1.45m / 4.75ft.
• Displacement - 6,350kg / 14,000lb.
• Ballast - 2,722kg / 6,000lb.
• Headroom - 1.88m / 6.16ft.
• Designer - Robert B Harris.
• Builder - Northshore Yachts (UK).
• Built - 2004.

Hull, deck & superstructure

The hull and deck are laid-up by hand using bi-directional mat with Isophthalic resin and substantially reinforced all around her long, encapsulated keel, the foot of which extends aft to provide support for the lower rudder pintle. This design helps keep ropes and debris away from the prop, while a cutaway forward helps manoeuvrability under power.

The topsides and deck of the Vancouver 34 Classic are sandwiched with end-grain balsa for insulation and weight reduction, and the hull deck joint is both through-bolted and bonded over for watertight integrity. Internal ply backing for high load areas.

• Off white topsides and superstructure.
• Treadmaster deck paneling.
• Teak cockpit floor and seats / locker tops.
• Lead encapsulated keel.
• Pedestal mounted wheel steering. Leather bound stainless steel wheel with rope center marker.

Interior and accommodation

The fit out of the Vancouver 34 utilises solid Teak and Teak veneers. Serious quality throughout which shows in every detail.

• 6 berths and 1 x good sized heads with shower.
• Burgundy upholstery in good condition.
• Satin varnished Teak interior.
• White deck head paneling with varnished Teak detail.
• Slatted hull side panelling.
• Holly and Teak floor.

Heating - 

• Eberspacher D4 diesel fired warm air heating to saloon, wet hanging locker and forward cabin.

Forecabin

• V berth with storage underneath.
• Shelves outboard along hull side.
• Port hanging locker with a fiddled shelf top.
• To starboard vanity unit.
• Deck hatch.
• Two coachroof windows.

Heads

• To starboard aft of the forecabin.
• Jabsco manual toilet with hinged cover to act as a seat whilst showering.
• Holding tank with switch over handle, level gauge. Manual out pump as well as deck pump out.
• Moulded oval sink with pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap. The faucet extends to act as a shower.
• Door fronted locker beneath the sink.
• Open fronted shelves with fiddles outboard.
• Shower rail with curtain which shields the sink and doubles for wet hanging.
• Jabsco electric shower sump pump.
• Glass holder and glass.
• Towel holder.
• Mirror.
• Coachroof window.

Saloon

• To port opposite the heads is a hanging locker with a fiddled shelf top.
• To port in the central saloon is a straight single settee berth which is 1.96m / 6.43ft long.
• Outboard are single and double door fronted lockers with deep fiddled shelf between.
• At the aft end of the settee is a drinks cabinet with fiddled shelf top.
• Opposite to starboard is a U shaped settee which will convert to a double berth which is 1.96m / 6.43ft long and 1.0m / 3.28 ft wide.
• Outboard are single and double door fronted lockers with deep fiddled shelf between.
• Spanning the gap between the port and starboard seating is a large folding leaf table.

The saloon is separated from the galley and navigation areas aft by an attractive key hole bulkhead with deck head posts. This is a particularly attractive feature which adds structural strength.

Galley

• The L shaped galley sits to port.
• Good available worksurface and storage.
• 1 + 1/2 stainless steel sinks.
• Pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
• Separate cold water faucet with pressurised filtered cold water.
• Separate manual fresh water hand pump.
• Plastimo Neptune 2000 stainless steel gimbaled cooker with two burners, grill and oven.
• The cooker is fed via a gas bottle situated in a dedicated locker. There is a second dedicated locker for the spare cylinder.
• Underneath the navigator's seat is a large top loading refrigerated cool box with Isotherm cooling unit. This is a neat idea, allowing for a larger cold storage area which is easily accessible. Leading aft is the quarter berth.

Wet hanging

• There is a dedicated wet hanging and kit storage area to the side of the galley.
• Heated via the Eberspacher for drying wet gear.

Navigation Station

• To starboard opposite the galley.
• Large forward facing chart table with internal storage for charts and nav. tools.
• The lid is protected with a leather chart pad.
• In front of the desk is an array of instruments mounted on the half height keyhole bulkhead.
• In the pedestal there is a door fronted locker and outboard is a fiddled shelf.
• Burgundy, vinyl navigators seat for sitting on with wet gear.
• The ships electrical distribution panel is sited here.

Quarter berth

• Leading aft from the nav. station is a long quarter berth with deep shelf storage outboard along the hull side.
• This berth is relatively narrow and as such super at sea.

Deck & deck equipment

The deck is secured by a stainless steel pulpit, quarter pushpits with opening gate and stanchion posts carrying double guard wires. The raised Teak topped deck edge with scuppers and Treadmaster gives assured passage forward. The cockpit is laid with Teak with one large port locker and a split lid lazarette aft.

• Twin stainless steel bow rollers. One for the main anchor and one for a kedge or mooring pickup.
• There is a bracket on the pushpit to separately stow the anchor if both rollers need to be free.
• Stainless steel cow horn central cleat forward of the windlass.
• Port and starboard stainless steel fairleads with combing wear strips and corresponding T cleats.
• Port and starboard stainless steel mid-ship fairleads with combing wear strips and corresponding T cleats.
• Port and starboard stainless steel aft T cleats atop the cockpit combing with combing wear strips.
• Lofrans Cayman 88 1000w electric anchor windlass with warping drum and wired remote control.
• 35lb CQR anchor with 40m of chain.
• 16lb Danforth anchor mounted on the aft pushpit.
• Outboard bracket.
• Mooring warps and fenders.
• Fender step.
• Bow fender.
• Ensign staff holder.
• Teak, folding leaf cockpit table mounted on the steering binnacle.

Rig, rigging & sails

• Cutter rigged giving a flexible easy format for short handed sailing.
• Selden double spreader masthead rigged mast with inner cutter stay.
• Selden boom with solid strut vang.
• Selden Furlex 200s roller reefing Yankee system.
• Selden Furlex 200s roller reefing Staysail sail system.
• Lewmar pin stop tracks on the coachroof for the Staysail.
• Full length side deck tracks with pin stop cars for the Yankee.
• All main control lines and halyards lead aft to the coachroof winches. The Staysail also sheets to these winches.

Winches

• 2 x Lewmar 44, 2 speed self tailing primary winches.
• 2 x Lewmar 16, single speed self tailing coachroof winches.
• 1 x Lewmar 14, single speed self tailing mast winch.

Sails

All sails are in good condition including the spares.

• Arun Sails, Dacron Yankee. 2015.
• Arun Sails, Dacron Staysail. 2015.
• Arun Sails, Dacron slab reefing Mainsail. 2015.
• Arun Sails, cruising chute and snuffer. 2004.
• Spare Arun Sails, Dacron Yankee, Staysail and mainsail. 2004.

Engine, propulsion & machinery

• Yanmar 3YM30, 29hp, 3 cylinder, fresh water cooled diesel engine with shaft drive to 3 blade fixed bronze prop.
• New water pump in 2023.
• Engine hours - 1620.
• Stripper rope cutter.
• Morse lever engine controls mounted on the steering binnacle for ease of use.
• Fuel consumption approximately 2L / hr.

Electronics & navigation equipment

• Raymarine Axiom 9" chart plotter with Navionics UK charts. Nav. station.
• Raymarine Quantum 24C Raydome radar mounted on mast bracket.
• Raymarine ST6000 smartpilot autopilot control. Nav. station.
• Raymarine ST6000 smartpilot autopilot control. Wheel pedestal.
• Raymarine ST60+ Multi display. Nav. Station.
• Raymarine ST60 Tri-data depth / log / speed. Hatch garage.
• Raymarine ST60 Wind. Hatch garage.
• Raymarine ST60 Graphic display. Hatch garage.
• ICS Nav 6 Navtex. Nav. station.
• Icom M601 DSC VHF. Nav station.
• Icom VHF remote handset at the wheel with cockpit speaker.
• Raymarine AIS700 transceiver. June 2023.
• Whitlock Olympic 135 binnacle mounted magnetic steering compass.
• Weems & Path bulkhead mounted clock.
• Vion bulkhead mounted barometer.

Electrical

• 2 x 12v 110amp domestic batteries. 2022.
• 1 x 12v 110amp engine start battery. 2022.
• Sterling battery management system with control panel at the nav. station.
• Sterling Pro-charge D, 240v battery charger.
• Renergy semi-flexible (removable) solar panels. 1 x 100w + 1 x 50w operating through a Victron MPPT controller. 2023.
• 240v shore power with internal ring main.
• Shore power cable.

Tankage & systems

• Fuel - 180L stainless steel tank under the cockpit floor.
• Water - 227L plastic tank under the saloon floor.
• Black water - 50L plastic tank in the forward cabin. Easy T handle for switch over in the heads.
• Pressurised hot and cold water system.
• Hot water via a calorifier tank, heated via engine heat exchanger or 240v immersion heating element via shore power.
• Eberspacher D4 diesel fired warm air heating to saloon, wet hanging locker and forward cabin.
• Eberspacher serviced and de-coked. Oct 2021.

Entertainment

• SONY Bluetooth / USB radio stereo in the saloon. No aerial connected.
• 2 x Saloon speakers.

Canvas work

• Dark blue mainsail stack pack with lazy jacks.
• Dark Blue sprayhood.
• Dark blue cockpit enclosure.
• White frameless cockpit Bimini.
• Central deck hatch and forehatch covers.
• Fender skirt.

Safety gear & equipment

• Navigation lighting.
• Emergency tiller.
• Ocean Safety ISO9650 4-Person liferaft. 2016. Last serviced March 2023.
• Sea-Me radar target enhancer.
• 1 x manual bilge pump.
• 1 x auto and manual electric bilge pump.
• 3 x powder fire extinguishers.
• 1 x auto engine compartment extinguisher.
• 1 x fire blanket.
• 4 x harness points in the cockpit.
• Jackstays.
• Horseshoe life buoy with light . Stowed in a side rail holder.
• Plastimo Danbuoy. Stowed in a stainless steel holder integrated in the starboard qtr. pushpit.
• Fog horn.

Additional equipment

• Avon Redstart Hypalon dinghy. 2004. VGC.