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The Express 34 is an American light displacement
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, designed by Carl Schumacher as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1986.


Production

The design was built by Alsberg Brothers Boatworks in
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from 1986 to 1988, but is now out of production. It was the last of the production boats built before the company went out of business in 1988. The company built 28 of the boats.


Design

The Express 34 is a recreational
keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open wat ...
, built predominantly of
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, with wood trim. It has a masthead
sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
rig, a
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, a
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, an internally mounted elliptical spade-type
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controlled by a
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and an elliptical fixed fin
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. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is fitted with a Japanese
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of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .


Operational history

The Express 34 won Sailing World's ''Overall Boat of the Year'' award in 1987.


See also

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References

{{Alsberg Brothers Boatworks Sailing yachts 1980s sailboat type designs Keelboats Sailboat type designs by Carl Schumacher Sailboat types built by Alsberg Brothers Boatworks