Archambault 34
Archambault · Joubert/Nivelt · 2010
Updated
The Archambault 34 is a 10.32 m planing racing yacht designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Archambault, first launched in 2010. It races in Class C.
Length
10.32 m
33′ 10″
Beam
3.00 m
Draft
2.53 m
Displacement
2.8 t
Sail area
68 m²
On the podium
Where a Archambault 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
0%
of 15 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 15 starts by 2 boats between 2019 and 2025, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Archambault 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
ORC European Championship 2025 / 43rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE2025- ORC World Championship2019
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
0%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Archambault 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Swan 42 (6 meetings), X-37 (6 meetings), Salona 34 (6 meetings), J/109 (6 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Melges 32 (6 meetings), First 36.7 (6 meetings), IMX 38 (6 meetings), Bonin 358 (6 meetings), Cobra 33 (6 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (6 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Archambault 34 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.31
39°
Beam reach
9.46
90°
Broad reach
12.36
135°
Downwind VMG
10.58
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
The stronger it blows, the better this design looks. On a windy coastal course it is in its element; on a light-air windward-leeward it has to be sailed well to hold on.
Where it gains
Its best ground is downwind in a strong breeze, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage off the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short to windward in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is a hull that wants to get up and go, and needs pressure to do it.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 2.2 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Archambault 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.90 | 4.99 | 5.26 | 5.31 |
| 52° | 5.88 | 7.22 | 7.50 | 7.64 |
| 60° | 6.18 | 7.48 | 7.79 | 8.00 |
| 75° | 6.39 | 7.77 | 8.29 | 8.67 |
| 90° | 6.55 | 7.90 | 8.76 | 9.46 |
| 110° | 6.54 | 8.15 | 9.30 | 10.34 |
| 120° | 6.44 | 8.34 | 9.49 | 11.36 |
| 135° | 5.75 | 8.00 | 9.89 | 12.36 |
| 150° | 4.80 | 7.11 | 8.71 | 12.22 |
| Run VMG | 4.16 | 6.16 | 7.54 | 10.58 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 630 kg.
Rigging
Archambault 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Archambault 34 carries 13.50 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.78 m boom, a forestay 13.33 m above the deck and a 5.63 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 107 to 126 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.