Salona 34 Buyer's Guide
Shopping a used Salona 34 means looking at a boat built from 2008 until 2011 by Salona Yachts, designed by J&J Design and fitted with a single 21-horsepower Yanmar diesel. She is a light-displacement fractional sloop with a bulb keel, and the used fleet reflects a boat that left the factory as a well-equipped coastal performer rather than a bare charter shell.
Layouts on the Used Market
The Salona 34 was built as a single core design with a 48-gallon fresh water tank and 24-gallon diesel capacity, a solid fiberglass hull on a structural stainless steel internal frame, and a 10-foot 11-inch beam. Buyers should expect the standard cruiser-racer interior with the volume that beam provides rather than a separate "owner" or "charter" edition.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Commonly fitted equipment includes a spinnaker or asymmetric spinnaker, teak decks, a cockpit shower, autopilot, chartplotter, and a life raft. For a buyer, the spinnaker and asymmetric indicate a boat set up for downwind speed and likely sailed actively; teak decks and cockpit shower point to a cruising-oriented owner who cared for the cockpit; autopilot and chartplotter mean the navigation core is already in place.
What to Inspect
The over-rigged character of the boat is the main wear driver. Halyards are 32.5 meters long at 10 mm and the mainsheet runs 25 meters of 12 mm, so check the halyards and mainsheet for fatigue where they pass sheaves and winches — long runs mean long hidden sections that chafe. The builder applied a transparent gel coat below the waterline to allow visual laminate inspection; confirm the hull has not been painted over, which would defeat that check, and look at the fiberglass through any bare patches for voids or uneven cure. The internal stainless frame is bonded to spread keel and rig loads, so examine chainplate and keel-bolt areas for movement or staining that would signal bond failure.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
Salona 34s typically appear on the used market in Portugal, Germany, and France.
- Inspect 32.5 m halyards for internal chafe at sheaves
- Confirm below-waterline gel coat is unpainted and sound
- Check keel and chainplate bonds to the internal frame
- Verify spinnaker gear and autopilot function on seated examples
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Salona 34. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 3 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 2 | $115,945 | — |
| Oct 25 | 1 | $93,222 | -19.6% |
| May 26 | 1 | $93,222 | 0.0% |
Where they're listed
Salona 34 listings appear across 3 countries. Portugal has the most listings with 2 (50.0%), followed by Germany and France.
Comparable models
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4 similar designs| Model | LOA | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dehler 34 | 33.13' | $ 43,989 | 92 | 19 |
| Performance 34 | 33.63' | $ 88,354 | 38 | 9 |
| Pearson 34 | 33.79' | $ 16,000 | 16 | 6 |
| Salona 34You are here | — | $ 98,466 | 4 | 0 |