BoatsPacific Seacraft 34

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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34
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

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

Displacement / length 335
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.1
TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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.

What the fleet has seen

The Pacific Seacraft 34, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Pacific SEACRAFT 34, designed by William Crealock and built by Pacific Seacraft since 1985, is a 10.4-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a fin keel and rudder on skeg, displacing 6123 kg. A shallow-draft Sheel keel variant was offered, and a version with extra equipment was marketed as the CIRCUMNAVIGATOR 34 in 1988. Aboard *Sea Change*, a 1989 Pacific SEACRAFT 34, Hugh Robertson completed a solo circumnavigation between 2019 and 2025, encountering notable sailors like Mike Golding and Jeanne Socrates.watch Robertson's circumnavigation included eight forced upwind beats across three seasons, such as a 50-mile beat from Fakarava to Tahanea Atoll and a 1,000-mile Fiji-to-New Zealand passage where a squall tore the jib.18:23 He adopted unconventional solo practices, including eschewing AIS transmission, using 25mg Stuteron tablets for seasickness, and relying on rainwater collection instead of a watermaker. *Sea Change* experienced seven rough nights in the South Pacific, including a Maramu gale that forced the mainsail down and a partial knockdown that flooded the cockpit.5:23 The boat's original standing rigging showed broken strands on seven wires after 34 years, requiring replacement of bottom swages in Fiji.6:46 After the circumnavigation, *Sea Change* was prepared for sale in Stuart, Florida, undergoing a refit that included replacing the galley stove, installing new dodger windows, and fixing a frozen transmission cable before selling for $30,000.7:09

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.

Hugh Robertson SailingHugh Robertson shares technical insights and lessons learned from his solo circumnavigation aboard a Pacific Seacraft 34, focusing on long-term maintenance and cruising realities.

Seen 27 times across 3 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 2 of 3Original 34-year-old standing rigging showed broken strands on seven wires before a Pacific crossing.Hugh Robertson Sailing30 mistakes I made and things that broke on my solo circumnavigation on Sea Change, Part 1 of 3A Pacific Seacraft 34 solo circumnavigation logs 12 failures including simultaneous wind vane and autopilot loss north of the Galapagos.Hugh Robertson SailingTen longest calms during my solo circumnavigationA Pacific Seacraft singlehanded around the world logs ten calms, from Panama doldrums to the Gulf Stream finish.Hugh Robertson SailingEight tough upwind beatsEight upwind beats across a trade-wind circumnavigation, from the Marquesas to the Caribbean.Hugh Robertson SailingFourteen roughest nights, part 2 of 2An unpredicted 40-knot windstorm near the Bahamas was the worst night of a solo circumnavigation.Hugh Robertson SailingFourteen roughest nights, part 1 of 2Seven rough nights on a solo Pacific circumnavigation aboard a Pacific Seacraft 34, including two Maramus and a partial knockdown.Hugh Robertson SailingFamous sailors, popular YouTubers, and interesting boats I metA solo Pacific Seacraft 34 circumnavigator recounts meeting Mike Golding, Jeanne Socrates, and SV Delos across six years and five oceans.Hugh Robertson SailingSelling Sea Change, my 1989 Pacific Seacraft 34 - S4 E16 End of my ocean sailingThe owner of a Pacific SEACRAFT 34 details the final refit, survey, and sale of his circumnavigation vessel.Hugh Robertson SailingMy final passage - S4 E15 Anguilla Cay to Stuart, FloridaA Pacific SEACRAFT 34 completes a solo circumnavigation by navigating the Gulf Stream to St. Lucie Inlet.Hugh Robertson SailingMy last long passage below the Bahamas - S4 E14 Turks and Caicos to Cay Sal BankA Pacific Seacraft 34 survives a 50-knot wind event while navigating the Old Bahama Channel toward Cay Sal.Hugh Robertson SailingMy last solo open ocean passage - S4 E13 Culebra to Turks and Caicos IslandsA Pacific Seacraft 34 sustains a mainsail tear and loose propeller flange bolts during a Caribbean passage.Hugh Robertson SailingEnd of the Caribbean - S4 E12 Guadeloupe to Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius and CulebraA Pacific Seacraft 34 navigates Caribbean island passages from Guadeloupe to Culebra using the Roam app for entry.Hugh 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.

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.

2seen for sale
1seen sold
1channel weighed buying one
US$85,000Median asking
US$30,000–US$140,000Asking range

For sale

Sold

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

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