Tartan 3500

About the Tartan 3500

Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.

Built

?–2005

Builder

Tartan Marine

Designer

Tim Jackett

Length

35.17 ft

Beam

11.75 ft

Draft

6.5 ft

Ballast

4,200 lb

Hull

fiberglass-cored

Hull / keel

fin keel

Rig

sloop

Propulsion

inboard

Fuel

25 gal

Water

72 gal

Number built

152

Stern thruster

none

Sources disagree on first year, displacement, waterline — left blank rather than guessed.

Hull is partly balsa-cored (Baltek) with solid glass at the deck flange, through-hulls, chainplates and keel attachment, plus a vinylester skin coat and a five-year blister warranty. Deck is balsa-cored; hull-deck joint uses stainless fasteners tapped into aluminum plates molded into the hull flange. External keel on stainless bolts; 3-inch stainless rudder stock. Shoal 'beaver tail' keel option: 4.83 ft draft, 13,200 lb, 4,900 lb ballast. Sailing Magazine: 152 built, retired 2005; start year, displacement and LWL are disputed (see disputed). 25-gal aluminum fuel tank. Good engine access under the companionway.

Known problems for this model

• Moisture in balsa deck core at fittings deck
  A surveyor found elevated moisture in the balsa deck core around several fittings on a three-year-old boat, suggesting hardware bedding was less careful than hull penetrations.
  spinsheet.com
• Quality-control detail lapses other
  The reviewer felt attention to detail on newer Tartans had slipped compared with the builder's earlier standard, though construction remained sound overall.
  spinsheet.com

Engines & parts

Other Tartan models

• Tartan 27 1961–1980
• Tartan 30
• Tartan 34C 1968–1978
• Tartan 37 (S&S) 1976–1988