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Victoria 34 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Victoria Marine, Warsash, Southampton. |
The Victoria 34 is
a modern classic, a traditional styled cruising yacht with a very
high quality build and fit-out. Shortly after the design was introduced, 'Yachting Monthly'
reviewed the boat and commented "....Conservative through
and through, she is deceptively fast and powerful too". Good examples can command high prices. |
LOA |
34' 3" |
Sail area |
568 sq ft |
LWL |
28' 4" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
10' 8" |
Cabins |
1 plus saloon |
Draught |
4' 10" |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
12,720 lbs |
Engine |
Yanmar diesel |
Ballast |
5,525 lbs |
BHP |
27 |
Keel type |
Fin keel with skeg-hung rudder |
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Designed for Victoria Marine by American Chuck
Paine, whose cruising boats are always geared towards genuine
sea-going, the Victoria 34 has a longish shallow fin keel
and a strong skeg-hung rudder. The boats were built to Lloyds
specs, with solid GRP hulls and balsa-cored decks. The design
continued in production from 1985 to around 2000. Victoria Marine could make minor changes to internal fittings as a semi-custom build, so not all are identical.
The Victoria 34 was designed to be either tiller or wheel steered, the tiller having considerable advantages both in "feel" of the helm and the ability to raise the tiller when moored to free up cockpit space. She has a moderate draught lead fin keel with small wings at the aft end.
Very traditional in appearance (looking almost like a mini
version of Paine's bigger Bowmans), the Victoria 34 was chosen
as one of the models bought by the Army as adventure training
yachts. They were always expensive boats for their size, and
this shows in the quality of the joinery and equipment.
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