2019 Jeanneau 349

"AVALON”

Location: Deale, MD

Asking price: $175,000

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“AVALON” is a fresh water sailed one-owner 2019 model that has just been moved to the Chesapeake Bay from Smith Mountain Lake in Roanoke, VA, where she had been delivered new to her current owner. She was barely used, has 60 hours on her Yanmar diesel engine, and presents an amazing opportunity to acquire a like-new yacht for less than half of what a Jeanneau 349 sells for today. We’ve been the Jeanneau dealer and can report that a new Jeanneau 349 would run north of $350,000 today.
Introduced in 2014 from the new factory in Le Poire-sur-Vie in France, this Marc Lombard designed 34’ cruiser from Jeanneau was hot off the production line with over 100 hulls built in the first six months of production, quickly becoming a staple of the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey line of yachts. By 2015, the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349 won the award for “Best Pocket Cruiser” and “Best Import Boat of the Year” from Cruising World.


HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Nicely equipped performance cruiser, BARELY used since new

  • 21HP Yanmar direct drive engine with 60 hours

  • 2-cabin layout with huge storage locker for sails and all your gear

  • Twin helm and twin rudder design for enhanced performance

  • Chined hull to maximize performance and stability, greatly reducing weather helm

  • Fold-down swim platform is actually larger than the platform on 41’ Jeanneau 409 from the previous series of cruising yachts from Jeanneau

  • Shallow-draft winged keel option, 4’-10” draft

  • Stack-pack flaking full-battened mainsail for performance & easy handling

  • Less weight aloft than the in-mast furling option: less heel, faster boat!

  • Upgraded teak cockpit seating, teak cockpit table and teak swim platform

  • Modern hull design w/twin rudders, chined hull, super -fast performance (like into the 8-9 knot range in ideal wind/sea conditions) – super minimal weather helm during spirited sailing

  • Swept spreaders eliminates the need for a backstay which makes for super comfortable aft helm seating at the port and starboard corners behind the wheel

REVIEWS (INDUSTRY AND OURS):

INDUSTRY REVIEWS:
Google these key words for some excellent professional reviews of the boat: “Bluewater Sailing Jeanneau 349 October 2014” (really highlights sailing performance)
“Yachting Monthly Jeanneau 349 June 2014” (great overview of the entire yacht)
“Sail Magazine Jeanneau 349 August 2014” (great overview of the entire yacht)

PERFORMANCE REVIEW:  From Blue Water Sailing magazine:
“The 349 is a big 35 footer but it is still quite light and nimble. And, it is fast. We were out on Biscayne Bay with several other boats that were being tested by boating writers so we had to give chase whenever we got close enough to another boat to make it a race. Yes, the conditions were absolutely perfect for this moderately light, slippery sloop that was sailed by reasonably good sailors. But, that said, the 349 showed her transom to a modern 50 foot sloop, a 45 foot cruising cat and a 40 foot, displacement cruising boat.
Upwind, the 349 is quite close winded. We were able to sail at about 33 degrees to the apparent wind and the boat tacked in under 85 degrees true. The ability to adjust the sheeting angles was key to good sailing performance.”

OUR REVIEW:
As the dealer for Jeanneau Yachts for nearly a decade, we’ve encountered a lot of dynamic sailing situations with the 349. She’s a super-fast boat. Modern hull designs, prevalent over the last ten years or so, have drastically improved sailing performance of yachts in this size range.
The use of lighter, stiffer, stronger construction materials has increased speed. Rigs are wider and stiffer, tying shrouds outboard to the hull instead of inboard to the decks. Less flex of the rig brings you better and tighter upwind performance. Carrying nearly the full beam of the boat all the way back to the stern greatly enhances downwind performance. When heeled, the hard chines on the hull sides create a planning surface that’s like adding a turbo to an engine. Once the boat hits about 5.5 knots, with 5-10 degrees of heel, it quickly accelerates easily up into the 7-9 knot range under an ideal wind/sea state.

The twin helms not only help crew flow through the cockpit, they also give the helmsman a great view forward and superb view of the sails for ideal trimming. Twin rudders nearly eliminate weather helm so, under many reaching conditions, you can steer the boat with two fingers.  
AVALON was ordered with Jeanneau’s Performance Pack setup so running rigging is very simply laid out, designed around racing yachts, and two people can race this boat. Friction rings with lines leading aft to the cockpit allow for adjusting the twist of the working jib, so crew to pull it in tight towards the centerline of the boat . A German (continuous) mainsheet line leads to both port and starboard primary winches for mainsail adjustment from either helm. The two additional cabin top winches provide even more control of the rig and sails from the cockpit.

Below, with most of her 11’-3” beam brought nearly all the way aft, interior spaces are voluminous. The centerline salon table makes sense here, allowing easy but safe passage fore and aft. The head is huge for a yacht this size with a large separate shower space and access to the port stern sail locker that is the size of a full cabin (hence the alternate available 3-cabin floor plan offered by Jeanneau). There’s lots of storage, good headroom, long salon benches, and excellent ventilation.
All these features together make AVALON an ideal bay and coastal cruiser that is sure to please a wide range of cruisers.

SAILS & RIGGING:

  • 110% furling genoa, dacron

  • Horizontally cut main sail, loose footed, fully-battened

  • Stack pack for main, taupe fabric, restitched and new zipper 2026

  • 2-reef points in main sail

  • Sails have radial reinforcements

  • Dyneema mainsail and genoa halyards

  • Adjustable leech lines

  • High-aspect rig for maximum performance with 30-degree sweep on spreaders

  • Selden aluminum rig with double spreaders, deck stepped

  • 50’7’’ rig + mast-top instrumentation, total mast height approximately 52’-0”

  • Discontinuous 1x19 stainless steel wire standing rigging

  • Windex 15 mast-top vane

  • Genoa furler with double slot for furling line leading aft to cockpit

  • Selden rigid performance boom vang

  • Y-bridle main sheet system for better performance and centerline boom adjustment

  • Mainsheet is a continuous line running from the port helm to the boom and back to the starboard helm

  • Friction rings for jib sheet controls leading aft to cockpit

  • All running rigging leads aft to cockpit for easy handling

  • (2) Harken 35.2 self-tailing winches at cockpit coamings

  • (2) Coach roof Harken 35.2 self-tailing winches

  • Spinnaker rigging

  • Taupe stack pack, table cover and twin wheel covers

  • Levo-gauge heel meter

MECHANICAL:

  • 21HP Yanmar direct drive engine with 60 hours (less than 10 hours use per year)

  • 80-amp alternator

  • Fixed 3-blade propeller with 25mm shaft and dripless stuffing box

  • Primary optional fuel filter

  • Engine room soundproofing with access from companionway and aft cabin

  • Built-in muffler with powered air ventilation and stainless-steel exhaust

COCKPIT:

  • Teak inlay on cockpit bench seating

  • High cockpit coamings for comfort while sailing or relaxing

  • 5’ long cockpit seating forward of the dual helms

  • Dual helm with twin rudders for easy handling, black composite

  • Optional fold-down swim platform w/ stainless steel drop-down swim ladder

  • Dual helms and full beam swim platform provide spacious cockpit lounging at anchor, more generous than many much larger yachts

  • Optional centerline folding teak cockpit table with folding teak leaves and stainless steel handrails

  • Large cockpit locker for storage

  • Life raft storage compartment recessed into the stern

  • Line storage lockers at each helm

  • Engine control panel and throttle at starboard helm

  • Cockpit shower, hot & cold

  • Cockpit cushions, dark gray

  • Stainless steel stern pulpits

  • Gas bottle storage locker at port helm

ELECTRONICS:

  • Raymarine Axiom 7 chart plotter/multi-function display

  • Raymarine i70 multifunction display

  • Raymarine depth/speed transducer

  • Raymarine i70 wind display w/masthead transducer

  • Raymarine Ray 53 VHF radio

  • Raymarine p70s below-decks autopilot with ACU 1400 core pack & electronic gyrocompass

  • Raymarine GPS antenna

  • Fusion MS-RA70NSX stereo system w/Bluetooth connectivity

  • Fuel gauge at nav station

DECKS:

  • Prisma-process injected decks with ISO gelcoat surface, discontinuous coring

  • Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits

  • Forward anchor locker

  • 1000w Quick electric anchor windlass?

  • 35# Delta plow-style anchor

  • 50’ chain/100’ rope rode

  • Anchor roller

  • Stainless steel stanchions and lifelines

  • Stainless steel toe rail

  • (6) Stainless steel cleats including optional mid-ship cleats

  • Stainless steel handrails on coach roof

  • LED navigation lights

  • LED anchor light

INTERIOR:

The 2-cabin layout allows for a fully separate shower along with a storage compartment that is accessible from the interior and from the cockpit. The forward owner’s cabin has a large double door to allow for a more open and airy interior and main salon area. The L-shaped galley to starboard offers easy access to the aft cabin. To port, an aft-facing nav station sits forward of the spacious head with a separate shower compartment.

  • 2-cabin layout version

  • 1-head layout with separate shower compartment

  • Spacious sail locker rather than third cabin

  • Forward owner’s cabin with central berth

  • Fine Teak interior laminate panels with solid wood trim

  • Light oak laminate floorboards

  • LED lighting throughout

  • Aft-facing navigation station

  • 6’2’’ headroom

  • Premium marine foam mattresses in cabins

  • Cream colored ultra-leather upholstery

  • Gray window curtains

  • Overhead hatches have sliding screens & shades

SALON:

  • Folding centerline salon table with fiddles

  • Bottle storage compartment in table

  • Salon seating with light cream-colored upholstery

  • Aft-facing nav station to port

  • Stow-a-way chart table with slate-style finish

  • LED cabin lighting

GALLEY:

  • L-shaped galley to starboard

  • 2-burner gimballed propane stove w/oven & broiler

  • Danby microwave oven

  • Laminated slate-style white countertops

  • Stainless steel sink with chrome fittings

  • Seawater foot pump

  • Storage cabinets

  • 12V refrigeration

  • Opening hatch for ventilation over cooktop

ELECGTRICAL

  • 12v and 120V panel at nav station

  • House battery bank: 80Ah

  • Starting battery: 80Ah

  • Shore power inlet at cockpit

  • 40A battery charger, multi-phase

  • 80amp engine alternator

  • Charge distributer and isolator

  • 30-amp shore power cord

PLUMBING

  • Pressurized water distributed throughout via semi-rigid hose

  • Water pump and accumulator tank for consistent water pressure

  • 6.6 gallon hot water heater with engine heat exchanger for away-from-the dock hot water

  • Chromed faucets

  • Manual bilge pump in cockpit

  • Manual pump marine toilet

  • 21-gal head holding tank

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.