Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron)
Cantiere del Pardo · Skyron · 2017
Updated
The Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) is a 10.69 m displacement racing yacht designed by Skyron and built by Cantiere del Pardo, first launched in 2017. It races in Class C.
Length
10.69 m
35′ 1″
Beam
3.60 m
Draft
2.22 m
Displacement
5.9 t
Sail area
70 m²
On the podium
Where a Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
30%
of 30 starts by 2 boats
Wins
20%
Read from 30 starts by 2 boats between 2018 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Coppa Regina dei Paesi Bassi2026- Campionato Invernale Marina di Loano2026
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
- Campionato Invernale del Ponente2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2024
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
43%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 9 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Hanse 510 (7 meetings), First 44.7 (5 meetings), First 40.7 (7 meetings), Comet 45 (4 meetings), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (4 meetings), Grand Soleil 46 (Carkeek) (4 meetings), X-332 (4 meetings), J/122 (3 meetings), Bolt 37 (3 meetings), Elan 310 (3 meetings), Pogo 36 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 3600 (3 meetings), Este 39 (3 meetings), Swan 42 (4 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) 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
5.39
38°
Beam reach
8.68
90°
Broad reach
10.03
135°
Downwind VMG
7.86
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.
This is a boat that wants breeze. 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 once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on a reach 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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron)
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.32 | 4.69 | 5.23 | 5.39 |
| 52° | 5.08 | 6.82 | 7.38 | 7.58 |
| 60° | 5.37 | 7.04 | 7.59 | 7.83 |
| 75° | 5.56 | 7.20 | 7.85 | 8.26 |
| 90° | 5.78 | 7.48 | 7.96 | 8.68 |
| 110° | 5.90 | 7.71 | 8.58 | 9.31 |
| 120° | 5.74 | 7.62 | 8.64 | 9.87 |
| 135° | 5.13 | 7.23 | 8.27 | 10.03 |
| 150° | 4.31 | 6.46 | 7.68 | 8.95 |
| Run VMG | 3.73 | 5.59 | 6.72 | 7.86 |
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 560 kg.
Rigging
Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) rig and sail dimensions
A Grand Soleil 34 (Skyron) carries 13.68 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.70 m boom, a forestay 14.41 m above the deck and a 4.79 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 3 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 107 to 134 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.
Other designs under the same name
The name has been carried by more than one design. They are different boats.