BoatsWesterly Marine Ltd. Falcon 34

Westerly Marine Ltd. Falcon 34

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1985–1988

An Ed Dubois-designed aft-cabin cruiser that serves as the foundation for the later, extended-stern Falcon 35

Designed by Ed Dubois.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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The Westerly Marine Ltd. Falcon 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 beamy beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

2.11 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.11
LightHeavy

286 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 286
TenderStiff

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

Ballast 46%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Draws less than ~75% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2923 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Westerly Marine Ltd. Falcon 34, as the fleet has seen it

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The Westerly Marine Ltd. Falcon 34 is a Masthead Sloop designed by Ed Dubois and built by Westerly Marine Ltd. between 1985 and 1988. This 10.3-meter sailboat, with a 3.7-meter beam and 1.5-meter draft, features a fin keel with a spade rudder and displaces 5709 kg.19:37 It is an aft cabin version of the Seahawk 34/35, later extended and renamed the Falcon 35. The Falcon 34 has a comfort ratio of 23.9 and carries 2800 kg of ballast. Its main sail area is 22.3 m2, with Genoa #1 at 45.1 m2.

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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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
Displacement / length
285.5
Comfort ratio
23.9
Capsize screening
2.11
Hull speed
7.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1182
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1985–1988
Units built
68
Designer
Ed Dubois
Builder
Westerly Marine Ltd

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Related models

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

Westerly Marine Ltd. Falcon 35An Ed Dubois-designed masthead sloop offering both fin and twin-keel configurations for versatile shoal-water cruisingWesterly Marine Ltd. Seahawk 34An Ed Dubois-designed center cockpit cruiser sharing its hull with the Falcon 34 and available with twin or fin keelsWesterly Marine Ltd Seahawk 35An Ed Dubois-designed center cockpit cruiser featuring an extended stern and the proven hull of the Seahawk 34Westerly Marine Ltd. Kestrel 35An Ed Dubois-designed masthead sloop, this aft-cockpit cruiser shares the proven hull lines of the Oceandream 35

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