$27,500 SIMPLY CLASSIC!! Luders-designed Sea Sprite 34 Sailboat for sale - EP74  

I keep trying to get a feel for age and I think the boat is fine, it's me that's sinking. As an old man, I like the classic wood feel but not the upkeep. I can see sailing this over to Province town and puttering around various restaurants down the coast. She is pretty. Thanks folks.

The classic way you two interact never gets old. From all of the boat lovers out there, THANKS. Regarding this boat, for the price, looks like good value. 👍

my first boat was a 13 boston whaler with johnson 40 bought it when my dad said No Motorcycle in my home so he loaned me the money and i was happy what fun

Thank you guys! Another stellar episode! I learn so much from you, each and every show. You guys work so well together, it’s a privilege to watch you.

banana hammock sequence was so funny guys! Great stuff!

Given the value, it’s a pretty boat too, I wouldn’t be surprised if this appears as in the next best of list. Very cool boat.

What a gorgeous beauty! I wish she was mine!

Nice looking boat. Great job seizing the opportunity to explain the monkey's fist. They're fun to make.

Dear Capn Q and Randy, thanks for your constant reminders of what RU-vid can be👍🏻

Oh my God not to mention Ray Hunt in that intro. You better give him a full episode soon!!!!! Luv you guys

Great boat for the NEW YEAR! Thanks for showing it!

Gorgeous boat. Thanks for the tour.

That is a sweet little boat. And the price is fantastic. I like the fact the owner mentioned the issues he saw. Gives the new owner a starting point to get ready for the next sailing season. Thank you Captain Q and Randay for finding this little jewel.

Manageable size, manageable price. Great boat

Thank you both. For us ,the viewers,you drive, you slip,you freeze ,slide!

Thanks guys for showing the boat it was a beauty !

Thanks Capt Q and Randy. Pretty boat under 30K. Nice.

Learned to sail on a Luders around 15 to 16 ft in Seal harbor ME. Love this one

So glad I live in the desert right now or I'd be in so much hot water - I'd get it! What it needs, certainly with in my skill sets. Lovely boat! This reminds me of my old job in a pipe and cigar shop years ago. We'd hard sell the best looking pipes so we didn't buy them - sometimes it even worked!

Beautiful sailing boat! Yes, needs work, but a perfect boat for someone looking for 1st, a hobby, 2nd, a sailing vessel! (Perhaps a weekender?) Thank You, once again Cap Q, and Ran Day for making my Thursday!

Brilllllliant, love the engine compartment accessibility and propane locker setup. Thanks for sharing P.s.The monkey's fist was used to torture James Bond

Another beautiful yacht, for a very cool price.The sea sprite what a bargain..just really sweet. Can't see this being for sale for too long .Thanks Captain and Ran-day

Amazing old boat. Tks for showing us

Great episode! The Sea Sprites are fantastic boats. I owned a 23' and a 28'. The 34' was the grand dame of the fleet.....

Dinty Moore beef stew was a staple on my parent’s boats. And I too have a few cans that are stored aboard my boat as emergency rations. Great channel, Cap!

Beautiful boat 💯Happy New Year to both of you👍💯watching from Buzzards Bay 💯stay safe guys🙏🙏🙏wish I knew you were there. I would have come by...so close 👍

Love the Sea Sprite line. Good looking and seaworthy.

This is a gorgeous classic 😍

Keep it up ,great viewing... Thanks...

Thanks for sharing another very pretty boat with a great price. Stay safe and warm ⛵️⛵️🥰

What can be said? Boater or not, a great way to learn about boats and sailing in general. Y’all are THE starting point if a person is looking to buy a boat. And if it’s been a bad day, what better way to unwind by watching Capt. Q.

My week is complete. Thank you!

This one is perfect for me. I think I’ll even save this vlog and who knows? Run away across many states and buy this boat. Thanks captain. I loved the brass fittings and teak and the simple elegant design.

Captain, my father-in-law has that exact boat and is based in Dear Isle, ME. Thanks for the overview. It’s a very nice boat.

Hi to you Captain and your First Mate Ran-Day also not forgeting Sea Dog. I've been around boats for quite a while, worked in the industry for a couple of well known Canadian builders.. There are tons of You Tube boating videos out there but no one even comes close to holding my interest like you fellows do, very knowledgeable and all presented in a straightforward way with a healthy sense of humour. I sail a Westsail 32 and am always looking for crew here in Maritime Canada.... Best Regards; Captain Dave

Love Thursday's .. Cheers All

Poor captain sounds like he just ran a marathon! Awesome episode again!

A lot of boat for a 34ft. I like the easy access to the engine and a nice nav station . Great review Captain. Happy holidays btw 👍🍺

Nice boat, great price, I wish I could buy it. Maybe some could cast a spell on my wife to get her to like water. Anyway Captain, keep the good stuff coming.

I really love learning from you guys and this was a boat I have been considering. The only thing I don't understand is if 25 is bad, good, or great because it doesn't have any context. Thanks and looking forward to more from you "three."

In a heart beat! Just a beautiful example.

I do not think we get such boats for this price in Europe. Loved it. Thank you guys.

Oh she’s gorgeous!!! What a buy for you Captain Q!

Love hearing you guys banter back and forth. Hate wood on the outside of a sailboat. Converted all of mine to SS and chrome. No varnishing, no teak oil, no ugly pealing every 2 years. Wood in the cabin is great. The old saying is still you can have a wife or a wooden boat but not both.😊

Would I Ever Love to do a few passages on this boat! She is beautiful. I love the long keel design.

Dinty is back! Great boat. Thanks

Al I need is when Randy says "oh wow!".. hahaa

I still think The Captain covets heritage. Another nice boat and great presentation. Time to see Randays boat.

Love that 80's style.

love this one, love it

Seeing the inner deck edge of the bullworks I see very dark wood in contact with where the deck and bullworks meet as well!

Super again!)) thanks guys)

Beautiful ⛵⚓

I had a Bristol 33 ....This boat reminds me of that boat. Wish I never sold it !!!

Dinty Moore!!! Still love seeing it every time!

Sistership Sea Sprite 34 flying a CCA burgee won the Marion Bermuda Race overall a few years back. Great boat! I think this is mostly an update of the Luders 33, with a new deck and interior and a fractional rig. And what a nice boat! I have always loved these, having done some cruising on an Allied Luders 33. I like the Sea Sprite better. To quote Ricardo Montalban "I like what they've done to my boat!" If I was ever to "move up" from my Alberg 30, this would be the boat. Interestingly, Ryder got the name "Sea Sprite" when he bought the molds and rights to the Carl Alberg Sea Sprite - which became a series (27/28, 30 and 34), with all the others designed by Bill Luders. Both Alberg and Luders drew wonderful sailing (and looking!) boats!

Love it!

Oh had I been there in person there would have been a cryogenics joke when Q was closing the door to the V Berth. That would just have been to good to pass up. LOL. 🤪

A nice vessel that with a little elbow work and tlc could be fun to sail and present well. You guys got jokes, lol. Another fun and entertaining video. Thanks. Oh, PS ... ice troopers to boot, brrrr!

Somehow missed this episode for a few weeks. Big fan of Sea Sprites. The freshwater tank is probably just a touch small for longer offshore passages with a crew of two or more, but I'd bet you could spend three or four days scootin' through deep water in relative comfort.

When i was a young man, I saw an ad for the Sea Sprite in Sail or Cruising World zines. I cut out the photo of the boat and taped it on the dashboard of my old beatup Toyota pickup and pretended every time I hit a pothole that I was steering the Sea Sprite obliquely off the 12/15 ft swells we get out here. At the time I was living out in the Pacific Islands (born and raised) and these zines were old leftovers from cruisers who stopped off on this route. You can imagine the crazy dreams I had sailing that boat bumping along on the Hi-lux. Years passed and eventually I boat-ratted my way aboard several sloop rigged classic plastics on cruises to Japan, Philippines, the Marianas. I still can't afford a Sea Sprite, but my original gut feeling back then that this was a go anywhere boat (except MAYBE the southern ocean) still holds water (haha) I'm 71 now and finally taught myself to work a sight on a sextant, which actually turned out to be very easy after teaching myself a few calculus and trig concepts and studying the unit circle because I'm still waiting for lady luck to come my way in the form of another cruise or small boat I can handle. Never say die, haha.

great boat....the moisture around the chain plate lockers are concerning though...may need to be removed and reglassed? I'm guessing a proper survey would be in order. But even so I love this Beau Ami!

Lovely looking boat... the value you get in the USA compared to here in England is amazing.

Great value.

that is a pretty boat. what a Deal! ( not the owner) but our family had an Alberg in the 60's& 70's

Sea Sprite 34 one of my favorites wish I had one

CE Ryder built the southern cross 31and one other show how to sail oceans still going with out and engine! Nice Yacht is the Luders 34. very elegant yacht

It's a lovely boat. I'd have a few concerns, but the price seems to be roughly in the ballpark if a survey finds no major issue.

Always look forward to Thursday afternoon Captain Q do you keep track of the boats that are sold from your RU-vid channel?

Nice boat. Would love to be able to snatch it up lol

Good old Burr Brothers boatyahd. Haven’t been theyah foah a while. Nice looking Sea Sprite, seems her ownah looked aftah her. I’m shuah he’ll get his price. He’ll shed a teah ohah two aftah she’s gone when he thinks of her. Thanks guys

I'll take the Whaler too!

Captain! If you ever find yourself in clear lake Texas please let me know would love to sail with you!

The banana hammock clip hurt my eyes!

Be still my ❤!! Man what a sweetheart!!

Love the tribute to Benny Hill with capt Q

Happy New Year all :)

Love this boat- I had a SS 23 as my first boat as an adult and sailed everywhere- Too bad this one sold but still have my eyes out for one ( or Cape Dory 33) if anyone knows of another for sale

Very nice boat for the money

I love Sea Sprites! If someone gave me one I would not turn it down. I love my Alberg as well I guess I would have to sell it. :(

Currently refitting my Sea Sprite 28, love her but wish I didn’t have to re-core her balsa deck….

Would love to find a boat like that.

I like it

Nice all the infos about colours, monkeyfists, banana net and so on but it would be great if you talk about the condition of the boat. Running standing rigging, sail inventory, engine hours, etc......

Nice

There is a Sea Sprite 34 for sale in Annapolis ($50K) for comparison. You commented that it had a lot of room for an older 34 foot boat. What more modern boat should I compare it to to see what design improvements have evolved?

Couldn’t help but notice what seemed like water stains around many of the screw heads on the wood ceiling in the quarter berth. Sweet boat though.

Question for the Captain! As someone that is 6’5” what ship might you recommend that may be a bit more forgiving in regards to my height if I’m wanting to do some blue water cruising??

... Cheers...

In this fine episode sea dog starts flying and the stew turns upside down Shiver me timber’s

Have you or can you review a Morgan Nelson Marek 454?

I’m wondering two things, why am I having a benny hill flashback and why some didn’t someone throw a cheap tarp from job lot over that boat. Why do I have the feeling this classic will be in your back yard soon.

Pretty boat, but the Whaler brought back childhood memories of bombing around the local waterways with groups of friends.

Sea sprites are rare. I have been looking for a Sea Sprite 30 for a long time ( 3 years ). Nice looking 34 though.

Is this the type of boat that a novice should learn on, and would it be ok for shallow water blue water sailing?

Beauty eh? God Bless.

How quickly do these boats sell after these videos post??

Where her decks firm around the chain plates?

Nice extras Ran Day.....hahahahahahah

Cheeky edits on this video made me LOL but seriously (not), if you're gonna talk about banana hammocks with visuals you really should include a warning, "depending on the status of your banana," ha! Another great find, too. It looks like she's been well cared for and buying from the original owner may be a plus depending on whether she comes with a collection of cassette tapes from the '80s. Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls and The Police, anyone? Pretty boat, though, either way. Thanks for sharing ;-)