Hallberg Rassy 34
HALLBERG RASSY · German Frers · 1990
Updated
The Hallberg Rassy 34 is a 10.28 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by German Frers and built by HALLBERG RASSY, first launched in 1990. It races in Class C.
Length
10.28 m
33′ 9″
Beam
3.44 m
Draft
1.77 m
Displacement
5.3 t
Sail area
63 m²
On the podium
Where a Hallberg Rassy 34 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
24%
of 17 starts by 3 boats
Wins
6%
Read from 17 starts by 3 boats between 2025 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Hallberg Rassy 34 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
XXX Lliga Social CMPO2026
Riva Montecristo2026- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2026
- XXIX Lliga Social CMPO2025
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2025
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
23%
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 Hallberg Rassy 34 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Tofinou 950 (6 meetings), First 36.7 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (2 meetings), Comet 41 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), Dehler 38 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting), Bavaria 36 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Maletto) (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 47 (2 meetings), Comet 45 (1 meeting), First 35 (Farr) (1 meeting), J/122 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), Bashford 41 (1 meeting), Xp 44 (1 meeting), Bolt 37 (1 meeting), Italia 12.98 (Cossutti) (1 meeting), Sly 47 (1 meeting), X-35 (1 meeting), J/109 (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), X-41 (1 meeting), Pierrot 9.16 (1 meeting), Elan 310 (1 meeting), Impala 36 (1 meeting), Bonin 31 (1 meeting), Este 31 (1 meeting), X-43 (1 meeting), Elan 340 (1 meeting), Hanse 400 (1 meeting), Figaro 1 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Hallberg Rassy 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
4.73
40°
Beam reach
7.55
90°
Broad reach
8.18
135°
Downwind VMG
7.11
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.
Soft conditions suit it. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind when the breeze is soft, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, 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
It falls short off the wind once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
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 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the broad reach.
How fast is a Hallberg Rassy 34
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.17 | 4.28 | 4.68 | 4.73 |
| 52° | 4.86 | 6.22 | 6.64 | 6.74 |
| 60° | 5.12 | 6.41 | 6.81 | 6.96 |
| 75° | 5.30 | 6.56 | 7.00 | 7.29 |
| 90° | 5.24 | 6.69 | 7.17 | 7.55 |
| 110° | 5.31 | 6.81 | 7.42 | 8.08 |
| 120° | 5.15 | 6.73 | 7.39 | 8.28 |
| 135° | 4.66 | 6.42 | 7.17 | 8.18 |
| 150° | 3.96 | 5.82 | 6.79 | 7.69 |
| Run VMG | 3.43 | 5.06 | 6.09 | 7.11 |
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 350 kg.
Rigging
Hallberg Rassy 34 rig and sail dimensions
A Hallberg Rassy 34 carries 12.45 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.00 m boom, a forestay 13.25 m above the deck and a 3.92 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 7 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 68 to 83 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.