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Volume 32
Number 2
February 2006

Tartan 3400

Treading a fine line between speed and comfort, Tim Jackett’s new 34-footer takes advantage of an epoxy hull and carbon spars

Honoring tradition while maximizing technology might seem like a contradiction, but the Tartan 3400 makes it seem elegant, intelligent, and a good way to go. Tartan Yachts started in 1960 with Sparkman & Stephens’ first design in fiberglass (the Tartan 27). By virtue of her up-to-the-instant innovations in design, production, and outfitting, Tim Jackett’s latest creation puts much more emphasis on the future than the past. A modern “dual-purpose” boat, she is geared to be cruised comfortably yet still be at home on the race course. She has an oven-cured epoxy hull, tapered carbon spar, innovative carbon boom, a self-tacking jib, and a good bit more. She is thus set…

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