The Melody 34 is a type of cruiser, a class of French sailboat that was designed by Andre Mauric and Gilles Vaton of the design firm Bureau Mauric. The first example of a Melody 34 was built in 1974.
Production The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1974 until 1982, with 607 boats built.
Design The Melody 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of straight spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces and carries of cast iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with an inboard diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is .
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of .
The design has a hull speed of .
Operational history Melody 34s have been sailed on extensive cruising voyages, including in the Caribbean.
See also List of sailing boat types
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