| Coast 34 | |
| Designer: | Bruce Roberts and Grahame Shannon |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Builder: | Clearwater Marine Cape Marine Windward Marine |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5.5feet |
| Displacement: | 157500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fibreglass |
| Loa: | 34.33feet |
| Lwl: | 28.67feet |
| Beam: | 11.48feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 3GM 270NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 64000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 265square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 225square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 815square feet |
| Sails Other: | staysail 140square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 625square feet |
The Coast 34 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Bruce Roberts and Grahame Shannon as a cruiser and first built in 1980.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Coast 34 is a development of an earlier Roberts design for amateur construction.[1]
The design was also sold as the Passage 34, Roberts 34, and the Westcoast 34.[1]
The design was possibly first built by Clearwater Marine and was later constructed by Cape Marine and Windward Marine in Canada, but it is now out of production.[1]
The Coast 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with a foam core used in the hull above the waterline. It also has wooden trim. The design has a masthead sloop rig, or optional cutter rig, with aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, a rounded bulbous transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 157500NaN0 and carries 64000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [4]
The design was available in a conventional cockpit version or with a pilothouse.[1] [4]
The boat has a draft of 5.5feet with the standard keel fitted and a draft of 5feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1]
The boat was factory-fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM diesel engine of 270NaN0 for docking and maneuvering, with a Volvo engine optional. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The sleeping accommodation includes a bow port side double berth and an aft, starboard side double berth under the cockpit. The saloon provides additional sleeping space and has three seats to starboard and a U-shaped dinette to port. The galley is on the port side at the foot of the companionway steps and includes a three burner gimbal-mounted propane-fuelled stove. The head is forward on the port side, just aft of the bow cabin and includes a shower with a grated drain. There are provisions for wood or diesel cabin heating. A navigation table is provided.[4]
Ventilation includes three opening hatches above the bow berth, head and the passageway. The main saloon has ten opening ports and four Dorade vents.[4]
The bow has a self-draining anchor-locker and dual anchor rollers. The cabin roof has self-tailing winches for the internally-mounted halyards. Genoa and staysail sheet tracks are provided and the mainsail has a cockpit-mounted mainsheet traveller.[4]
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