1986 Sadler 34 'Ossory'
£13,500.00 ONO
All benefits of a well equipped Sadler 34 for half the price. Afloat in Plymouth.
Fin keel
Whitlock wheel steering
Yanmar 3GM, serviced appropriately
Slab reef mainsail (brand new, Far East sails) and Furling genoa (good, Doyle)
Updated Selden Furlex 204S furler
Antifouled in April.
Well equipped, and ready to sail, but with a history of being write off (valued at 24k prior to accident, see below). Back to the UK (and on the market) after completing a trip to South Brittany this July.
Since last year: brand new mainsail, three new batteries and cables, new fridge, new autopilot control head, new Lewmar forehatch, new alternator, new combined depth+speed transducer.
She sails really nicely, I sailed her single handedly from Plymouth to France last summer, and across the Bay of Biscay to Spain the year before.
See full inventory below, some additional pictures are available on request.
Domestic
- Pressurised cold water
- Gas stove with 4 hobs + oven
- Calor Gas cylinder in a dedicated locker + shut-off valve + Campingaz spare cylinder with an adaptor
- Dometic fridge (installed this year)
- Manual marine toilet
- Bluetooth Stereo
- Diesel heater
- old bimini
- recent sprayhood (2022) with handrails
Electrical
- 2x12V domestic battery, new for summer 2026
- 12V engine start battery, new for summer 2026
- Rotary style three way battery switch BlueSea, plus a separate two way switch for engine
- Victoron Smart Battery monitor
- 100Wt solar panel + Victron MPPT charger
- Victron Inverter
- Victron Smart Dc-Dc Charger
- 240V shore power system with 3-pin sockets
- Victron Smart Mains Battery charger
Rigging
Bermudan sloop rigged yacht with mast head rig. Deck stepped aluminium spars and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (top shrouds and forestay replaced in 2023/24), aft stay composite (age unknown). All lines led aft to the helm. Roller furling headsail system (Selden Furlex 204S)Twin telescopic spinnaker poles, stored on the mast on a ball bearing Selden track.
- Cockpit mounted Lewmar 46ST winches.
- Slab reefing mainsail (2026) with stack pack (2022) and lazy jacks on Tidesmarine slides
- Lewmar primary 46ST, Lewmar secondary sheet winches and 2 Lewmar 16ST control line winches on coach roof.- Slab reef mainsail (brand new, Far East sails)
- Roller furling genoa with UV strip (good, but UV strip requires attention) on Selden Furlex 204S furler (2022)
- Cruising chute (aged)
- Storm jib + Tri-sail (ever used?)
Navigation
- Standard Horizon VHF DCS with microphone in the cockpit
- ICOM 500TR AIS transponder
- Raymarine EV 1 with wheel drive and brand new control head, with a second control head at the companionway
- NorthStar plotter on the coachroof
- Binnacle Offshore 135 compass (good)
- two Plastimo 101 compasses on the bulkhead (one good, one tired)
- Raymarine instruments with repeaters at the chartable: Tri Data and Wind speed/direction
- Clock & Barometer
- Navigation lights
- Masthead Tri-colour
Deck
- Lofran electric windlass with wired remote
- 15kg Bruce Anchor with 8mm chain
- Outboard engine storage bracket
Safety
- Fire Extinguishers
- CO Detector
- Fire Blanket
- Stainless steel jack stays
- Radar reflector
- Signalling horn
- Deck light
- MOB sling
- First aid kit
- Manual bilge pump (refurbished 2024)
- Electric bilge pump (new 2024)
Canvas
- Stack pack
- Cockpit dodgers
- Sprayhood- bimini- working covers for the saloon settees
Miscellaneous
- Honda 2hp outboard (not tried since last season)
- Tender
- Warps and fenders
Latest Jobs
- Charging system upgraded with Victron (2025)
- 100wt solar panel installed (2025)
- keel bolts retightened (2025)
- autopilot updated (2025)
- instrument repeaters at chart table installed (2025)
- diesel heater replaced (2024)
- cleaned exhaust elbow (2024)
- mainsheet track rebedded (2024)
- replaced chainplate bolts (2024)
- chainplates rebedded (2024)
- top shrouds and forestay replaced (2024)
- engine temperature sensor replaced (2024)
- engine mounts replaced (2024)
- hatches glass rebedded (2022)
- handrails on coachroof replaced (2022)
Older (but still recent-ish) jobs include heat exchanger update and lower hinge on the rudder repairs.
The boat was written off in 2021 with extensive but purely cosmetic damage to the port bulwark and coachroof, when she lost her mooring and got under a pontoon passage in Mountbatten. The hull integrity was not compromised, she hasn't got any water inside, but lost her mast and was damaged at the bulwark and windows. Survey of the damage is available to serious buyers. We offer the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. Any potential new owner should instruct their agents, or their surveyors, to investigate such details as the they desire validated.
