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Anyone heard of these, or better still sailed on one. There is plenty of web info on the Tomahawk and Sabre, but none on the 34. Secondly are there any drawbacks to a centre cockpit?
 
I know of a chap who bought a set of mouldings for a Marcon 34, fitted the boat out in his garden, and then took her to the Med, I think via the French canals.
But I do not know where they are now.
Seems to be a nice boat.
 
KREW2 said:
Here is the one I saw yesterday, http://uk.yachtworld.com/core/listi...=/boats/1979/Marcon-34-2134538/United-Kingdom. Surely it's not the only one in captivity, neither swmbo nor me are sure about a centre cockpit, however I can't think of any drawbacks.
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My boat is centre cockpit--one of main reasons for choosing her.

Advantages as far as I am concerned:
1) easier and quicker to reach ends in ahurry when singlehanding
2)easeier to lasso cleats on pontoons which are invariably too short
3)less violent motion in the centre of the boat
4keeps sail controls out of the cockpit(safer for kids)

Disadvantages:
1) boom swings over cockpit so you got to watch your head
2)more difficult to see how sails are setting

EITHER/OR

Access to aft cabin will probably,like mine, be from cockpit rather than walkthrough
1)gives complete privacy,esp. in harbour with c/pit cover on
2) makes access awkward at sea when the green stuff wants to join you!

I wouldn't be without it. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for that. Yes, access is from the cockpit. The companion way looks as if it would be a little awkward for sitting behind the wheel, but I'm sure some thing could be done about that. The mention of a less violent motion should help put it in the good books.
 
KREW2 said:
Thanks for that. Yes, access is from the cockpit. The companion way looks as if it would be a little awkward for sitting behind the wheel, but I'm sure some thing could be done about that. The mention of a less violent motion should help put it in the good books.
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One thing I forgot -----being midships,c/pit is wider,so you need to have a footbrace on the sole to avoid falling all over the shop!
 
Here is a copy of their preliminary catalogue from 1978.
The cost of a new vessel at Earls Court in January 1979 was GBP 24,750 ex VAT.

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It might not apply to boats that do not have walkthrough access, but I have sailed in both a Moody Excel and Westerly Seahawk, which are about the same size, and the water on the leeward side looks an awful long way away when the boat is heeled. This is obviously a result of sitting up rather higher than in an aft cockpit and being in what is generally the widest part of the hull, but it does give me a sense of insecurity. I would try and arrange a test sail, preferably on a breezy day, and see how you get on with this.
 
Thanks very much for the PM's I have received, and the trouble taken to find me info on this yacht. A certain forumite has actually sailed on this very boat, help does not come any better than that.
 
richardbrennan said:
It might not apply to boats that do not have walkthrough access, but I have sailed in both a Moody Excel and Westerly Seahawk, which are about the same size, and the water on the leeward side looks an awful long way away when the boat is heeled. This is obviously a result of sitting up rather higher than in an aft cockpit and being in what is generally the widest part of the hull, but it does give me a sense of insecurity. I would try and arrange a test sail, preferably on a breezy day, and see how you get on with this.
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I think this is what is worrying my wife, Her first comment was on the amount of freeboard, or to put it her way, it's high up isn't it. We needed to use the fender step to get on board from the pontoon, and she is wondering how would we manage from our tender, though I cannot see it being a problem. The boat I am looking for must have an encapsulated long keel, aft cabin, sugar scooped stern, sleeps 4, with a large cockpit that doesn't have a mainsheet traveller in it. I may take up hang gliding
 
KREW2 said:
I think this is what is worrying my wife, Her first comment was on the amount of freeboard, or to put it her way, it's high up isn't it. We needed to use the fender step to get on board from the pontoon, and she is wondering how would we manage from our tender, though I cannot see it being a problem. The boat I am looking for must have an encapsulated long keel, aft cabin, sugar scooped stern, sleeps 4, with a large cockpit that doesn't have a mainsheet traveller in it. I may take up hang gliding
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Actually you will find the freeboard on this and other centre cockpits of the same era like the Westerly 33 (we owned one of these for 14 years) is the same as on any similar sized aft cockpit boat, simply because unlike the Moody 33/34/346 etc or Westerly Seahawk, there was no walk through to the stern cabin and access was via the cockpit. Put in a walkthrough however and up goes the cockpit height and the freeboard plus you lose the cockpit lockers. There is no such thing as a free lunch!
 
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