Alberg 34

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The Alberg 34, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36

CoastalBluewater

At 1.68 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.68

LightHeavy

377 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 377

EasygoingPowered-up

15.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.7

TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Draws more than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 426 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Alberg 34, as the fleet has seen it

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The Alberg 34 is a masthead sloop with a long keel, designed by Carl Alberg and built by Nye Yachts from 1984 to the present. It measures 10.39 meters LOA, with a 3.07-meter beam, 1.60-meter draft, and displaces 6350 kg. The model has a sail area to displacement ratio of 15.7 and a comfort ratio of 35.5. The Alberg 34 was not seen in use in the provided sources, though other vessels like a Catalina 30 and a Lancer motorsailor were noted at a boat auction in Long Beach, California.5:32

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

46.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.7

Displacement / length

376.9

Comfort ratio

35.5

Capsize screening

1.68

Hull speed

6.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

918

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1984

Units built

4

Designer

Carl Alberg

Builder

Nye Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Alberg 35A 1960s-era masthead sloop with a 42% ballast ratio, built for steady tracking and traditional offshore handling Alberg 29A Carl Alberg-designed masthead sloop featuring a traditional long keel and a heavy displacement for steady cruising Alberg 22A versatile 6.7-metre cruiser originally sold as a kit or under the Douglass and North American names Alberg 30A 25-year production classic with a heavy displacement-to-length ratio that remains a capable choice for offshore passages Alberg 37A long-keeled masthead sloop produced for two decades with a transition from wood-heavy interiors to molded fiberglass Aloa 34A 1970 masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, designed by J. M. L'Hermenier for stable coastal cruising

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