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Express 34

Sailboat class

Summary

Sailboat class

Field	Value
name	Express 34
designer	Carl Schumacher
location	United States
year	1986
builder	Alsberg Brothers Boatworks
draft	6.00 ft
displacement	8500 lb
hull type	Monohull
construction	Fiberglass
loa	34.00 ft
lwl	28.33 ft
beam	10.50 ft
engine	Yanmar 2GMF diesel engine 18 hp
keel type	fin keel
ballast	3700 lb
rudder type	internally-mounted spade-type rudder
rig type	Bermuda rig
I	44.30 ft
J	13.00 ft
P	38.50 ft
E	12.80 ft
sailplan	Masthead sloop
sailarea main	246.40 sqft
sailarea headsail	287.95 sqft
sailarea total	534.35 sqft

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The Express 34 is an American light displacement sailboat, designed by Carl Schumacher as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1986.

Production

The design was built by Alsberg Brothers Boatworks in Santa Cruz, California from 1986 to 1988, but is now out of production. It was the last of the production boats built before the company went out of business in 1988. The company built 28 of the boats.

Design

The Express 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted elliptical spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and an elliptical fixed fin keel. It displaces 8500 lb and carries 3700 lb of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of 6.00 ft with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GMF diesel engine of 18 hp. The fuel tank holds 22 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 55 u.s.gal.

Operational history

The Express 34 won Sailing World's Overall Boat of the Year award in 1987.

References

"Latitude 38 Features: Carl Schumacher, 1949-2002". Latitude38.com.
Browning, Randy. (2019). "Express 34 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com.
McArthur, Bruce. (2022). "Carl Schumacher". sailboatdata.com.
McArthur, Bruce. (2022). "Alsberg Brothers Boatworks". sailboatdata.com.
(17 October 2001). "Boat of the Year Winners (1985-2008)".

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