BoatsCabo Rico 34

Cabo Rico 34

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1988

A heavy-displacement cutter designed by W.I.B. Crealock, featuring a long keel for steady, comfortable blue-water cruising

Designed by W. I. B. Crealock & William Crealock.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Cabo Rico 34, on the water

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Is it for you?

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

1.71 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.71
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 400
EasygoingPowered-up

14.4 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.4
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Cabo Rico 34, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Cabo RICO 34 is a William Crealock-designed cutter, built by Cabo Rico Yachts since 1988, intended for bluewater cruising. It features a long-keel hull, an 11.3 m LOA, a 3.4 m beam, and a 1.5 m draft, with a displacement of 7711 kg. The boat's 5,800 pounds of ballast contribute to a capsize screening formula score of 1.71, indicating high stability for ocean passages.3:10 Construction includes a raised bulwark hull-to-deck joint and a fiberglass mast step bridge that elevates the mast butt above the bilge, ensuring a rot-free fiberglass substructure.3:51 The interior typically offers a two-stateroom, single-head configuration with extensive teak and holly woodwork.4:25 While considered underpowered in light air due to a low sail area-to-displacement ratio, the Cabo RICO 34 can achieve a hull speed of 6.9 knots in heavier conditions.2:29

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen for sale
$147,000Median asking

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.4
Displacement / length
400.1
Comfort ratio
36.2
Capsize screening
1.71
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1048
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1988
Designer
W.I.B. Crealock, William Crealock
Builder
Cabo Rico Yachts, Inc

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The family

Related models

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