mpkoontz48
Veteran Member
Does anyone know: At what year did they change the engine access to under those molded stairs (in the cockpit)?
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
The older models had ladders to the fly bridge. The ones I'm asking about have molded-in stairs.I believe that feature was the standard from introduction. I remember going aboard one of the first models at a boat show and that's how you went into the ER
I am talking about the model with the molded stairs on the starboard side. As I posted, I was aboard that model at its introduction at a boat show and access to the ER was through the stairs that hinged for entry.
These are two entirely different boats. The "original" models like my olde boat, M34 MKI has a ladder to the bridge on the port side. For this model there were 3 variations, with the MKII and the MKIII. The production run was from 1977 to 1988. What is commonly referred to as the 34T was introduced in 2005 and is a completely different boat than the original M34. The 34T has the stairs to the bridge. In between these model years is the 350/390
The 390 and the 34T are both developed from focus groups of original M34 owners and incorporate many of the things they wanted to see like, stairs, transom door, door at helm to side deck, in the 390 and 395 a second cabin etc.
An "original" M34 MKI as my avatar to left, a "new" model 34T below
One other question:
I've seen radars mounted down low (on fly bridge (front)). Is it OK to have that pointed right at your gonads?
As djmarchand mentioned (not sure if you caught it). Access to the engine compartment through the stairs to the upper in the cockpit was introduced in the 34T in 2005.