Star Twins 34

Has many thousands of sea miles to her credit in the North Sea, the Atlantic, the Caribbean and at all times of the year. She has crossed the Atlantic in mid winter and faced severe weather conditions in the Channel.

She has not yet sailed around the world, although two of Pat Patterson’s designs the Heavenly Twins and Ocean Winds have completed circumnavigations but it is only a matter of time …

Star Twins has a very fast hull shape and is deceptively fast, easily sailed and handled craft. Her superb accomodation and excellent headroom, 5ft 10ins headroom on the headroom, 6ft 3ins in the hulls, suggest a lesser performance but many a sailor has been pleasantly suprised by the easy handling and turn of speed she produces.

She is no slouch! Star Twins wittingly outperforms much longer yachts.

The standard Star Twins layout includes two single, excellent seagoing berths in the central walkways. These are fitted with hanging lockers, cupboards and vanity units and can be considered as separate cabins or incorporated into the aft double cabins to form an enormous owners stateroom or family room option.

The twin aft double cabins have king size double beds and good hanging and flat storage. Escape size hatches allow for good ventilation and give the berths a light, sunny feel.

The heads compartment is a one piece moulding and is easy to clean and easy to use even at sea and has a hot water heater and shower fitted. Lockers and shelves provide stowage space for all the necessaries.

The spacious airy saloon offers very comfortable seating on a ‘U’ shaped settee around a central dining table with fold down leaves.

This area can be converted to an extra double berth if required. The seating is of fire resistant foam, covered with quality fabrics selected to co-ordinate with the carpets and other furnishings. There are many storage areas, behind and below seats and numerous lockers and bookshelves. The navigation area is also on the bridgedeck. The chart table contains a large storage area for charts, plotters, RDF, hand held compasses, torches, etc. The instruments can be fitted on the bulkhead above and beside the table so the navigator has everything he needs close to hand.

The galley is located in the port hull and is a very practical, sea going galley.

Numerous cupboards and cave lockers ensure there is no danger of flying tins and plates at sea and the size and shape of the galley means the cook can safely prepare meals even in very strong winds. There is a good area of work surface, with double sink, fridge, cooker with hob, oven and grill.

Star Twins has one of the best cockpits to be found on a cruising boat. The central cockpit is well protected from the seas and the wind.

There are endless lounging and relaxing positions, a comfortable steering position, and a helmsman’s seat is standard. Because the cockpit is located in the centre of the boat she offers a feeling of security found on very few other boats.

Sail handling can be done from the cockpit, further reinforcing the feeling of security and making the boat ideally suited for short-handed sailing and family sailing

Also makes a superb long term cruiser for blue water sailing. Suitable for use as a liveaboard.

Aft of the cockpit is an enormous, deep locker that can house the single diesel engine, fuel tank, gas bottles, etc and if the twin diesel engine option is chosen the possibilities are endless; compressor and diving bottles, dinghy, liferaft, fenders, buckets, etc, etc.

The standard Star Twins has a Bermudan rig fitted with a fully battened mainsail with lazy jacks, a roller reefing genoa and a self tacking staysail. In a Force 3 she will tack through 85 degrees while sailing at over 6 knots.

The Aerorig® option is available on the Star Twins and will well suit this boat whose “strong points are her excellent handling and good performance”  Y. M.

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Specifications

LOA. 34ft / 10.36m

LWL. 29ft 6ins / 8.99m

Beam. 16ft 6ins / 5.03m

Draught. 3ft / 0.91m

Sail area. 535sq.ft / 49.7msq

Displacement. 8,000lbs / 3,600kg

Headroom. 6ft 3ins in hulls, 5ft 10ins bridgedeck

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My thanks to Pip Patterson – Multihull Centre – for the use of his copyright material.