| Designer: | Doug Peterson, San Diego, California | Builder: | Jeremy Rogers, Contessa Yachts, Lymington, Hants |
| LOA: | 10.26m (33ft 8in) | Draft: | 1.93m (6ft 4in) |
| LWL: | 8.53m (28ft 0in) | Displacement: | 3650kg (8050lbs) |
| Beam: | 3.40m (11ft 1in) | Ballast: | 1656kg (3650lbs) |
| I | 12.50m (41ft 0in) | J | 4.00m (13ft 0in) |
| P | 11.00m (36ft 1in) | Sail Area (150% genoa) | 57.6sq.m (620sq.ft) |
| Hull & deck construction | Glassfibre, injection molded |
| Interior joinery | Teak |
| Keel material | Lead with antimony |
| Engine | 30hp Seapanther diesel |
| Propeller | Two-bladed folding |
| Fuel capacity | 45.5 litres (10 gallons) |
| Fresh water capacity | 113.6 litres (25 gallons) |
| No. berths | 7 |
| Headroom | 1.85m (6ft 1in) |
If your OOD 34 has been well used (does anyone have one that hasn't?) the chainplates should be checked to ensure they don't move at all. If they do, there's a danger that they will fail and you'll and up with a broken mast (a fate that befell GBR9133 Amadeus on her way to Cork in 2000). This also leads to the added complication of getting a new mast: Selden don't make the original section any more and the nearest available equivalent is stiffer, so you'll also need to rethink your tuning.
Standard fitment was the Watermota Sea Panther, rated at 28 or 30hp depending on who you ask. These engines are based on the Ford Cortina engine block and were developed by Watermota with the help of Ford Motor Co and Exeter University. The engine is pretty reliable, but is notorious for leaking oil, a problem that no-one has ever managed to fix. Being a pretty basic engine by modern standards does bring the advantage of being able to be fully stripped and rebuilt, rather than being treated as more or less a sealed unit, so with a bit of ongoing love & care it can last a long time. Being basically a Ford engine also means that parts can be obtained relatively easily and cheaply - for example the oil filter is the same as that fitted to the early 1600cc diesel Ford Fiesta, so can be obtained from your local car spares shop
Spares and support for the Sea Panther, and associated 'J' Type gearbox, can be obtained in the UK from:
Stephenson Marine
Lapthorne Farm Estate
Totnes Road
Ipplepen
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 5TN
Tel/Fax 01803 814011
A number of boats have been re-engined over the years, with the Beta BD(?) a popular choice of replacement
These are essential if you want to go quickly upwind in a blow. They go on the top of the coachroof, near the outboard edge, roughly alongside the mast. I'll try to get something more precise and maybe a picture
The drawing below shows how the keel attaches to the hull