Pacific Seacraft 34
Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1985
A William Crealock-designed cutter featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and an optional shallow-draft keel for versatile cruising
Designed by William Crealock.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
See her sail
The Pacific Seacraft 34, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Hugh Robertson Sailing
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 34Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.68Bluewater
LightD/L 335Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 15.1Powered-up
TenderBallast 36%Stiff
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2957 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.
Seen 23 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Pacific Seacraft 34 on video
30 mistakes I made and things that broke on my solo circumnavigation on Sea Change, Part 1 of 3Hugh Robertson SailingEight tough upwind beatsHugh Robertson SailingFourteen roughest nights, part 2 of 2Hugh Robertson SailingFourteen roughest nights, part 1 of 2Hugh Robertson SailingFamous sailors, popular YouTubers, and interesting boats I metHugh Robertson SailingSelling Sea Change, my 1989 Pacific Seacraft 34 - S4 E16 End of my ocean sailingHugh Robertson SailingMy final passage - S4 E15 Anguilla Cay to Stuart, FloridaHugh Robertson SailingMy last solo open ocean passage - S4 E13 Culebra to Turks and Caicos IslandsHugh Robertson SailingEnd of the Caribbean - S4 E12 Guadeloupe to Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius and CulebraHugh Robertson SailingSailing solo up the Caribbean - S4 E11 Martinique to Dominica and GuadeloupeHugh Robertson SailingSailing solo up the Caribbean - S4 E10 St Lucia to MartiniqueHugh Robertson SailingSailing solo up the Caribbean - S4 E9 St Vincent to St LuciaHugh Robertson Sailing
Also on YouTube
- 30 mistakes I made and things that broke on my solo circumnavigation on Sea Change, Part 2 of 3Hugh Robertson Sailing
- Ten longest calms during my solo circumnavigationHugh Robertson Sailing
- My last long passage below the Bahamas - S4 E14 Turks and Caicos to Cay Sal BankHugh Robertson Sailing
- Sailing solo southwest for repairs - S4 E6 Tobago to TrinidadHugh Robertson Sailing
- Sailing solo across the equator - S4 E3 Fernando de Noronha to Isles du SalutHugh Robertson Sailing
- Sailing solo across the South Atlantic - S4 E2 St. Helena to Fernando de NoronhaHugh Robertson Sailing
- Sailing solo across the South Atlantic - S4 E1 Cape Town to St. HelenaHugh Robertson Sailing
What broke, what changed
Gear aboard, as the crews told it
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
FailedRaymarine
The Raymarine ST4000 tiller autopilot failed during a trip to the San Blas Islands.
aboard Hugh Robertson Sailingseen December 20258:41
InstalledDyneema
The speaker replaced backup rigging with this material.
aboard Hugh Robertson Sailingseen April 202619:13
WorkingHighfieldalongside Apex
A Highfield aluminum-bottom dinghy was purchased in New Zealand and performed reliably.
aboard Hugh Robertson Sailingseen December 20254:48
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Pacific Seacraft 34 may be fitted out entirely differently.
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
1seen sold
$30,000Median asking
The creator sold his boat after completing his circumnavigation
from Hugh Robertson Sailingseen November 202531:28
The creator sold their boat after completing a circumnavigation; they had purchased it for $40,000 in 2019 and sold it for $30,000, netting $22,000 after expenses
from Hugh Robertson Sailingseen October 202511:51
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.1
Displacement / length
334.7
Comfort ratio
34.0
Capsize screening
1.68
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
937
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1985
Designer
William Crealock
Builder
Pacific Seacraft
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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.
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