| Columbia 34 | |
| Designer: | Wirth Munroe and Richard Valdez |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1966 |
| Builder: | Columbia Yachts |
| Draft: | 8feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 105000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 34feet |
| Lwl: | 23.58feet |
| Beam: | 9.92feet |
| Engine: | Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine |
| Keel Type: | long keel with centerboard |
| Ballast: | 42000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 36.8feet |
| J: | 12.3feet |
| P: | 32feet |
| E: | 15feet |
| Sailplan: | Masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 240square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 226.32square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 466.32square feet |
The Columbia 34 is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe and Richard Valdez as a cruiser and first built in 1966.[1] [2]
The Columbia 34 is a development of the Columbia 33 Caribbean, using a deck adapted from the Columbia 40.[1] [3]
The Columbia 34 was replaced in the company product line in 1970, by the unrelated William H. Tripp Jr. designed Columbia 34 Mark II.[1] [4]
The design was built by Columbia Yachts in the United States, but it is now out of production. Some of the boats were sold as kits for owner completion.[1] [5]
Dick Valdes described how the Columbia 34 design came about, in a talk given at the Long Beach Rendezvous on 23 February 2002. He said, "The C-33 was a fast and comfortable boat from Wirth Monroe who had designed and raced Commanche in the SORC. The boat was a direct descendent of Commanche but Wirth didn't have an eye for looks and we all called the C-33 the "Guanno" boat cause it looked like ----.! (Mike, a C-33 owner notes: they still had the nerve to market it as a "flagship" in the brochures). So after about fifty boats we decided to see if we could make a change. So we took a C-40 deck we had laying around and set it on a C-33 and it pretty much fit, and looked much better, so we took a saw and trimmed off all the overhangs and that's how the C-34 was born."[3]
The Columbia 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised counter, transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub long keel, with a centerboard. It displaces 105000NaN0 and carries 42000NaN0 of ballast.[1]
The boat has a draft of 8feet with the centreboard extended and 3.5feet with it retracted. The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering.[1]
The galley is located on the port side at the bottom of the companionway steps and features a two-burner stove. The head has a privacy door and is located forward, just aft of the bow "V"-berth and opposite the hanging locker. Additional sleeping accommodation includes the main cabin dinette table, which can be converted into a double berth, a single berth on the starboard side and an aft port side quarter berth. The raised stern counter configuration precludes an aft stateroom.[1]
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