G 34
Maxi Dolphin · Jean-Marie Finot · 1999
Updated
The G 34 is a 10.20 m planing racing yacht designed by Jean-Marie Finot and built by Maxi Dolphin, first launched in 1999. It races in Class B.
Length
10.20 m
33′ 6″
Beam
3.40 m
Draft
2.06 m
Displacement
3.7 t
Sail area
83 m²
On the podium
Where a G 34 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 1 start by 1 boat between 2021, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a G 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2021
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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 1 race over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a G 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Solaris 47 (1 meeting), Swan 42 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 56 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Swan 65 (Stephens) (1 meeting), Millenium 45 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Sly 42 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Vismara 34 (1 meeting), Comet 45 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), X-43 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (1 meeting), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 46.3 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 48 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3600 (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Elan 380 (1 meeting), IMX 40 (1 meeting), Solaris 44 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting)
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
5.54
39°
Beam reach
10.04
90°
Broad reach
12.15
135°
Downwind VMG
9.04
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. Give it a fresh day and long legs and it delivers more than it promised; in a drifter it is working uphill.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach when it blows, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the run as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a G 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.66 | 4.98 | 5.38 | 5.54 |
| 52° | 5.59 | 7.21 | 7.66 | 7.92 |
| 60° | 5.90 | 7.44 | 7.98 | 8.37 |
| 75° | 6.13 | 7.64 | 8.51 | 9.18 |
| 90° | 6.03 | 7.81 | 8.78 | 10.04 |
| 110° | 6.07 | 8.05 | 9.62 | 11.21 |
| 120° | 5.88 | 7.92 | 9.64 | 12.15 |
| 135° | 5.27 | 7.44 | 8.96 | 12.15 |
| 150° | 4.42 | 6.61 | 8.02 | 10.43 |
| Run VMG | 3.83 | 5.73 | 6.96 | 9.04 |
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 400 kg.
Rigging
G 34 rig and sail dimensions
A G 34 carries 14.65 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.40 m boom, a forestay 12.00 m above the deck and a 5.90 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails