1975 Dufour 34

1975 Dufour 34 –– Documented; 36 years in fresh water; solid, excellent sailing French-built boat.

Wind Dancer spent her first nine years sailing on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway. The next 12 years she sailed out of City Island, NYC, on Long Island Sound and “Down East” to Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Boston and Maine. She returned to Lake Ontario in 1996 and cruised to the many ports around the lake, the St. Lawrence, canalling to Lake Champlain, and back to Ontario. The Captain solo-sailed her on the ocean and the lake.

Accommodations: Sleeps six: two in V-berth, two on port and single on starboard in main cabin, and the starboard quarter berth. Dining table, chart table with storage, head, hanging closets and shelves, galley with 3-burner propane stove, two ice chests, counter, storage cabinets. Dufour plates, glasses, and silverware.

Sails: Main, 150 furling genoa (UV on leach replaced 2023), spinnaker.

Specs:  LOA: 33’ 7”.  LWL: 25’ 5” Displacement: 5 tons  Maximum Beam: 10’ 9”. Draft:  5’11”

Power: 25 hp Volvo Diesel (MD2B); 20-gallon tank (1 ½ - 2 hours per gallon); 6 knots. 

Equipment:  Three anchors (Danforth, Plow and Bruce), two new deep cycle Interstate batteries (2023), custom winter cover (2021), electric bilge pump, upgraded cowl ventilators, stainless tubing over ventilators, special boat hook, six person Avon Life Raft. 

Instruments: Depth finder, anemometer, Garmin 7” GPS, Garmin Handheld GPS, Handheld marine radio, ship’s radio, CPT Auto pilot. Knot meter (not working).

Recent Upgrades:  New Bottom paint (2023) There are numerous other upgrades that the owner will provide along with the original Dufour spec book and equipment manuals.

2023 September: New Seldon boom – stronger, heavier

2023 August: New UV protection of genoa

2023 August: New jib and main sheets

2023 June: Oil change and new filter

2023 June: Two Deep Cycle Interstate Batteries

2023 May: Bottom  paint

2021 Summer: Replace Diesel Motor Mounts

2021 Summer: Repack Stuffing Box

2021 Fall: Winter Cover

2021 May: Fire Extinguisher

2020 Nov: Replace Engine Temp Sensor

2020 March: Dripper guard engine exhaust

2020: Garman 7” GPS

2020: Water pumps – head & galley

2018: Garman Handheld GPS

2017 January: Rule submersible bilge pump

2017 June: Engine compartment exhaust blower

2017 May: Stainless tubing – guard over cowl vent

2017 June: Upgrade cowl ventilators

2016 March: Two mooring line snubbers

2016: Roller Furling