| Express 34 | |
| Designer: | Carl Schumacher |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Builder: | Alsberg Brothers Boatworks |
| Draft: | 6feet |
| Displacement: | 85000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 34feet |
| Lwl: | 28.33feet |
| Beam: | 10.5feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 2GMF diesel engine 180NaN0 |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 37000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 44.3feet |
| J: | 13feet |
| P: | 38.5feet |
| E: | 12.8feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 246.4square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 287.95square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 534.35square feet |
The Express 34 is an American light displacement sailboat, designed by Carl Schumacher as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1986.[1] [2] [3]
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.[1] [2] [4]
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 85000NaN0 and carries 37000NaN0 of lead ballast.[2]
The boat has a draft of 6feet with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GMF diesel engine of 180NaN0. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[2]
The Express 34 won Sailing World's Overall Boat of the Year award in 1987.[5]
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